![]() ![]() They were easy to come up with a name, but not so all works. Because I wanted people to know that the works were based on I used the words abalone and opal in the titles, and they were part of a theme so I used classical music terms as well. One of my woven tapestries was an abstract of the colours of an abalone shell and at the time I was also listening to a lot of classical music, so the name I came up with was Alalone Concerto, while a companion piece based on the colours of an opal was Opal Oratorio. I too that a file tucked away to play with “one day”!!! In my mind to name a piece – embroidery, textile art, sculpture etc, I always think gives it that little extra for me, gives it it’s soul! I always go looking for the name of a piece of work and feel a little let down if there isn’t one. You can find lots of free hand embroidery patterns available here on Needle ‘n Thread, if you’re looking for more stitching possibilities! Check them out! You can enlarge or reduce it to suit your preferences.įair Verona – a free hand embroidery pattern (PDF) The design prints at 6″ tall, if you choose “no scaling” or print at 100% on your printer. After all, I don’t think Fair Verona is going to go down in the annals of art history, even if it ever does get stitched.Īnd besides … what’s in a name? PDF Printable I’m obviously thinking too hard about this. It doesn’t quite have the same ring, does it? 3 in D minor? Didn’t anyone besides Rachmaninoff compose a piano concerto number 3 in D minor?īut if composers do it that way, why can’t I? Why not Embroidery Piece No. 3 in D minor from any other piano concerto no. 3 in D minor? How does that name differentiate any piano concerto no. My question is, how do designers and artists go about naming their works? I often wonder if there’s a formula.Īnd why don’t visual artists name things the same way composers do? Piano Concerto No. And if you consider that Shakespeare lived during that era – and composed Romeo and Juliet right in there somewhere – then yes, I think the design’s name makes a little more sense. Oh, wait! The design is somewhat Jacobean. There’s absolutely no reason to call it “Fair Verona,” beyond the connection between my niece’s name and Shakespeare’s play. Or maybe hemlock, or some kind of poison, is featured in the foliage? With a name like Fair Verona, you’d think the stylized flower would have some Italian flavor to it. Guess what I discovered? I discovered that the rest of my family is pretty much just as good at naming things as I am!īut one of my nieces chimed in and said I should name the design after her – Juliette – and that’s how I came up with Fair Verona for this design. So, after I drew this particular design and then vectorized it, I sent it around to my family and asked for some input on a name. Maybe Rise and Shine? But wow, can you say cliché? Those are the things that come to my mind. What else would I call it?Ī Clever Someone might call it something ingenious, like… I call my projects very non-original things, like The Crewel Rooster, because… well, it’s a rooster. Normally, I think of them in the most general terms, and coming up with a clever name never even occurs to me. I’m really rotten at naming my embroidery projects. But in the mean time, I thought I’d share it with you! I fiddled with it, sketched it, colored it, fudged it up, and then finally set it aside, thinking, “Some day, some day.”Īnd hopefully, some day, it will come about that I can work it into an embroidery piece. The design was inspired by a floral repeat on a piece of antique fabric of a somewhat Jacobean flavor. This is a little drawing I’ve been playing with for a while, with the intention of using it as a hand embroidery design. Today, I’m going to share a free hand embroidery pattern with you while waxing philosophical (actually, just babbling and pondering) about the names we give to visual works of art.
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