distant stitch: Chapter 4 –Cut and Fold Design shapes

Cut and fold designs from folded black paper squares

A B C D

E F G H

I J K

B, C, D and F have two lines of symmetry. A, G, and H have one line of symmetry and the remainder are asymmetrical .

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Designs cut from folded, coloured paper squares.

I have mounted my designs onto individual squares of card. This means that I have a ‘pack of design cards’ and can select one to develop into a fabric and/or stitched sample. This has already worked for me, I have developed several bonded fabric samples with the selected design card in front of me. I enjoyed this chapter and made lots of design cards. I have experimented with colour combinations and subsequently arranged the design cards in related colour schemes. Some designs are more successful than others, I feel this is sometimes related to the colour combination and just a change colours would make it work.

The cards are either 10 x 10cm or 12 x 12 cm.

A B

A – two symmetrical shapes overlapped to give asymmetry

B - layers of symmetrical shapes rotated and layered asymmetrically

C - Layers of symmetrical shapes rotated and layered asymmetrically over a negative space

D + E Negative window pane spaces over asymmetrical cut designs

F Complex star design G – Interesting spaces

I H + I - Positive and negative star shapes. I have used both these designs in bonded fabric samples but changed the colours.

J K

J + K+ L - More star inspired designs.

I have already developed H, I, and L into bonded fabric samples.

M N

O P

M +N + O + P – are all asymmetrical layered designs. The negative spaces are very varied and interesting. I think translating these designs into fabric would be challenging.