conventional in my choices versus unexpected

My new "bent hook" arrived in the mail the other day and with that I set about designing my  Mary Stanley Pumpkin. 

Linen in the hoop - check.  Pattern drawn and transferred to the linen - check.  Wool colors picked out and cut into strips - check. 

And now the fun part begins.  Figuring out what colors should go next to each other and where I should be conventional in my choices versus unexpected.  I learned when I was doing my bird that this "random selection" comes out much better with a little bit of forethought.

I like looking a this big pile of strips and coming up with different combinations.  There might be something else that could make me happier, but right now I am having too much fun to imagine what that could be. 

Comments

[Carol Gossett]

He's going to turn out so beautiful! What will you do with him once he's all filled in?

[Pam]

Love your drawn pumpkin- vs to wait to get home and back to mine thanks to you!