When I design a piece, I look at what I want to do with it, who will see/receive/use it and what elements I want to use...then play!! When I look at making something new, the same questions apply, for example my current piece is to be worn on a shirt/skirt outfit with a butterfly print...colours chosen to set up a match and pattern from a collection that has been gathering for some time. My other current project is one of my own design - the elements to meet criteria set by the first destination of the piece... Inspriation comes from lace gatherings, poetry, property, nature, etc...I have spent a lifetime jotting down 'scribbles' when I see something that appeals. My biggest problem is stopping it all just long enough to take advantage of what I already have.
Warm regards, Laura Forrester @>++ laura_ros...@yahoo.com http://lauraslace.blogspot.com/ http://funkyglassbeads.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Sue <hurwitz...@btinternet.com> To: Arachne <lace@arachne.com> Sent: Saturday, 23 June 2012 1:30 AM Subject: [lace] Where do you get inspiration from? I bought two fabulous items last weekend and both need lace inside to complete them, but I know I want something that I enjoyed working but which really looks good when done and mounted. One is a box which now holds my bobbins and also bits and pieces of findings, hair slide backs and other little things like bells I have added to christmas bell pieces of lace. The lid is a wooden frame with glass to show off whatever goes in it, be it a photograph, cross stitch design or lace. it is quite big at 11 inches square. The other is a clock and we pick a design and then consider another. I think it will be sometime before I get started at this rate. I do need to complete the current strip which is half done at the moment as I need to free up the bobbins and also the large block pillow. I would love to know how others get their creative minds to decide on one design when so many wonderful patterns exist. Sue T Dorset UK www.hurwitzend.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
