As I was punching the background
on this snowman punch needle design...
something wasn't sitting right.
The more of the background that I punched,
the more the snowmen seemed to
just blend in and...
disappear.
I love the frosty blue color of the background -
icy and wintry.
icy and wintry.
But the more I punched,
the more I could see it wasn't working.
When working with fiber and textiles, it is
good to play darks off of lights and lights off of darks.
It will help you to balance the design and focal point.
Time to tear out... not liking to do this...
it is costly and a waste of valuable time...
but sometimes very necessary.
(Occasionally I will wind up the Perle Cotton
to be used again, but not this time.)
I had to change out the twig arms
to a lighter brown, so that they would 'show up'
with the darker background,
otherwise, all else stayed the same.
Really like how the snowmen 'pop'
with the new background.
By changing the background to a darker shade,
I was able to make the light colored snowmen
the main focus of this punch needle design.
Now, on to a finish...
Have a wonderful crisp, Autumn weekend !
Rose