Yes, a pattern has a step-out that you can follow to a T – that is pretty straight forward. What if you want to grow your creativity?
This document will give you a starting point to get playing with patterns!
Firstly, what can we do with an existing step-out?
Well, we can embellish the pattern.
- adding an outer aura
- adding an inner aura
- add striping
- add striping with highlights
- fill with paradox
- fill betweed style
- fill with another pattern
We can change shapes:
- Change a straight line
- to a C
- to a S
- to a squiggle
- replace with oooooo
- dotted or dashed
- Change an O
- to an oval
- to a dot
- to a square
- to a triangle
- to an odd shape
- Change a C
- to S
- to a straight line
- replace with ooooo
- dotted or dashed
- Change corner points
- to O
- to square
- to triangle
- connect O’s cadent style
- connect squares huggins style
- Warp the pattern
- Change the size (extremely small or extremely large)
- Fade from large to small
- Draw in a grid
- Draw as a ribbon
- Draw as a fill