When I was in first grade, my good teacher showed us how to make such a line design, which she told us was a pattern.
I did not know this was just one example of a pattern, but it sure was memorable for me. In retrospect it helped lay the groundwork for recognizing patterns of many kinds. I can see the classroom in my mind’s eye.
This represents the front of a car from a toddler’s eye view.
Somehow I had escaped and gotten into the street. After coming to a screeching halt, a scared-to-death man got out, and my father came running over, and carried me into their upstairs apartment. I remember lying on my bed after I had been punished. My feeling on looking back at this, is just matter-of fact. I simply have these visual memories.
This Hungarian Kalocsai embroidery motif is from a tablecloth which we purchased when visiting Hungary. Hungarian embroidery is quite famous. You can see more examples here. While
Here I executed a Kalocsai pattern stamped in blue on the white fabric, purchased in Hungary, using the colors indicated under the stamp. It is done in the simple satin stitch and stem stitch, using size 8 perle cotton. The edging is in the buttonhole stitch.
In 1989, I entered a contest the aim of which was to design a cross stitch in honor of the Constitution. This was my attempt, to translate some of Kaloscai color and design into cross stitch. It did not win anything. However I gained the experience that the simple transfer of color and design elements does not yield an equally attractive result.
The rules I followed are:
I am still searching for the reason those rules work so well in the Kalocsai embroideries, as opposed to in the cross-stitch, or other places.