I'm a great lover of ancient and modern architecture. My daughter says I'm obsessed with multi story car parks because I always get excited when I see a good one. Architecture has a big influence on my design style, particularly with repetition of shapes, geometry, shadows and reflections. This design, High Rise, is my most obvious piece of architectural art so far. It's inspired by a photograph of a mid century London tower block I found in a book on British domestic architecture, I don't think the building exists anymore. The building had strong diagonal coloured shapes exactly as I've portrayed and deep shadows around the evenly spaced small windows. I've added different stitch patterns to each colour element to give the piece texture and to make it interesting to stitch.
The purchased download includes a list of everything you need to create this beautiful wall hanging for your home. To get you started here is my list of the recommended Appletons 4 ply tapestry wool codes and quantities required for this pattern.
Coral 861 x 4 skeins
Turquoise 524 x 4 skeins
Cornflower 461 x 4 skeins
Royal Blue 821 x 4 skeins
Autumn Yellow 473 x 2 skeins
Black 993 x 3 skeins
Bright White 991B x 3 skeins
You will also need
Zweigart white 18 count / holes per inch mono Royal Deluxe canvas measuring 9 x 30.5 inches / 22.9 x 77.5 cm.
See The best canvas post for more information.
