Thursday, September 24, 2009
Pantone and the Stitcher
Textile folks know about the Pantone report which tries to predict color trends for designers of all sorts of products. Here's the Pantone report for this fall in a PDF format.
http://www.pantone.com/downloads/articles/pdfs/PANTONE_FCR_FALL09.pdf
After you droll over the sketches of designer gowns using these colors, you might want to read about this beader's use of the Pantone colors to generate color palettes for her beading.
http://beadlust.blogspot.com/2009/09/ten-great-colors-for-fall.html
Anyone who needs to choose colors for a design (whether it is a counted thread chart or an original design or an outlined canvas) might find the color articles from Pantone a good source of inspiration.
The fall colors seem luscious to me. Do you like them?
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Rabbit Geisha's Face, with Background
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Brenda Stofft,
Cat in a Kimono,
Rabbit Geisha
I did a bit more on the lower kimono stitching, too. It doesn't look like much but that took me several hours last night. Still, having her face finished helps. It shows me the background stitch works well with her figure and gives her a personality. She seems subdued and elegant, but watchful.
I'd like you to visit her sister occasionally at the Stitching Up a Storm in Alamo City blog. It has been very instructive to see how the Cat in a Kimono works up as the cat is fancier and has more decorative touches. Both canvases are by Brenda Stoft although I think the Rabbit is earlier. You can see how the design evolved to become more Asian in feel with the Cat.
http://janew1102.typepad.com/my_weblog/
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