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DESIGN #15 - GEOMETRIC MELANGE

4/25/2023

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I thought I would do something fun for the month of April.  The creative juices are flowing and I am working on twenty new patterns to add to our line of designs.  I will be launching them all this month.  Five patterns a week from Monday to Friday, starting today and winding down on Friday 28th.  Some are smaller, some larger and all else in between.  There are a few new Christmas designs, a bit of whimsy, a geometric, an interesting contemporary choice, etc. Let’s see what I can pull out of my hat. 

Design #15  is called GEOMETRIC MELANGE

Although I really like this design, I question what I was thinking.  Every line has to be straight on the grain so that means 95% of it had to be drawn by hand, not with a red dot but with a pencil in the grooves of the weave and then darkened in with a marker.  Labour intensive to say the least.  Maybe, just maybe this might be a one off, once sold it could be retired just because it wouldn’t be cost effective unless the price was reflected  in the labour and materials.  There is only so much of a ceiling to what I can charge for a pattern, but then again perhaps I’m wrong.  The other day I saw a pattern that would take me five minutes to draw and was 11” x 14” and priced at $58.00.  I’d call that was highway robbery with a side order of gouging but people are paying those prices while I have detailed patterns that take hours to draw that I’m told are too expensive.    
My patterns are priced for size and detail.  If you like my kind of designing and see the love I put into each one, you are greatly appreciated.  I’m a diverse designer, never the same pattern twice with a full gamut of topics.  I like to think there is something for everyone.  And you know that whatever comes out of the studio is top quality, perfectly drawn designs that will stand the test of time.   Every purchase of every pattern is a feel-good moment for me. 

Something funny happened the other day when a long term customer dropped by for a chat.  The person saw my sketch book on the desk featuring a new design I was playing with and said, “That’s nice”.  Then added in a question form, “You can draw?”  I chuckled inside but kept a straight face and said, “Who do you think draws all these patterns?”   This person has hooked for a number of years and has completed many of my patterns so I’m not sure where it came from.  Perhaps a bit of foot in mouth?  Just in case others wonder as well, our designs don’t come from China and they don’t fall off the turnip truck, they are inhouse creations by myself, Deborah Sweet and others.   
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So this little gem is a geometric lovers dream.  Once again, hubby named it, perhaps I need to put him on the payroll?  The name is kind of perfect actually, like him. 
 
Design #15 – Geometric Melange 20" x 31"
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4 Comments
Barbara MacPherson
4/25/2023 01:59:12 pm

I like it. I think I could use the many partial skeins or left overs I have and pull it together with a mid to dark background.
I would like to order this..would prefer it be on linen please.

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Christine.
4/25/2023 03:40:47 pm

That would be wonderful. Click the link on the top of this page that says Ordering and fill out the form or you can phone the shop tomorrow on our toll free line. 1-855-624-0370. Cheers!

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Denise/CT
4/26/2023 12:38:47 pm

Love these new designs, especially these geometrics.

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