Monday, April 2, 2012

Moving Forward

As I mentioned in my post on Hopes vs. Goals, I wanted to develop some prototypes for products. In thinking about things I could put in an Etsy shop, one possibility that occurred to me was specialty pincushions. In February, I mentioned I was working on a pattern. It is finally finished. Given my fascination with butterflies, it seemed only logical to make this first one a butterfly. The pincushion is about 5" square.


I would really value some input from the community. Would you please leave me a comment letting me know what you think?
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  1. UnknownApril 3, 2012 at 7:04 AM

    This is adorable!!

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  2. FishberyApril 6, 2012 at 7:14 PM

    Hi Dianne,
    I like the basic shape of your pincushion and that it's divided into sections.

    The doubledecker effect is interesting, have you tried your butterfly on different shapes, such as a leaf or cloud? With the bit of bright blue we can see, I got the idea of your butterfly floating in the air.

    I'm not too keen on the print you used for the upper wings, it's a bit too large scale for this and I'd think it would be hard to see pins/needles on it. The orange print you used for the lower wings is perfect.

    I also think it would be better to stay with an overall small scale print or more of a solid for the bottom layer, there's a lot of different textures going on in the lower layer distracting the eye from the loveliness at the top.

    Hopefully this is useful for you.

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    1. DianneApril 7, 2012 at 8:03 AM

      Thanks so much. You have given me a lot to think about.

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