And now, just over a year later I'm ready for another large project. There's a lot that has to happen before the best bit - stitching - begins though and I thought you might be interested to see a little of my design process ....
First comes the research. I scrolled through literally hundreds of images of existing "twelve days" to see what sort of designs are already out there as I absolutely don't want to duplicate existing designs, though they can offer inspiration to build upon.
Then there's the design process. I did think about creating another wheel, but the elements of the Twelve Days simply don't lend themselves to that shape. It works for the months as the animals and plants are just peeping into frame but isn't so good if we need to see the whole image. So I've decided upon bunting flags to hang along my picture rail or above the fireplace, though these designs would work just as well as elements for a wall hanging, quilt
or similar.
After sketching out the designs I double check online to make sure I haven't inadvertently duplicated existing work..
Then
