Snapdragon Placement
***Challenge spoiler*** If you’re participating in the flower wagon challenge, you may not want to see my progress.
I knew the size and placement of my three snapdragons would be critical to the effectiveness of my design. I did two things to help me judge this correctly. First, I created a photo sketch.
Then I did something I’d never done before: I loosely blocked in the shapes and positions with fabric pieces pinned to the background.
My idea was to place a few large pieces of fabric, just to work on the placement. Once I got it figured out, I intended to cut the fabrics smaller and rework it. This was useful, as I found some things I liked and some that needed some tweaking. I also learned that I would need to use quite a variety of fabrics within each flower, and that I’d have to pay attention to defining the edges of each flower.
On to the actual flowers.
Ellen Lindner
(FYI: You can read a photo essay on my collage process here.)
