Creative Space: Geo Love

Those who check in on my instagram might have seen last week that I 

carved a new block, a tricksy octagon. So, yes, it sat on my desk for a bit, 
but finally I've started playing around with it to see how it might form a pattern... 

I knew when I cut it out that it wasn't going to form easy continuous patterns, so

I made some of copies of the block and began playing with how they

might work. 

Attempt 1... I began by trying to form patterns with the shape of the block...

Attempt 2... I started looking at the pattern within the octagon and how the 

block could be placed to make these lines form a new pattern...

Attempt 3... bringing them all much closer to make the line patterns

more obvious...

And then Attempt 4... looking for new ways to make more obvious patterns 

within the pattern. 

There was something about this one that really appealed. I instantly 

loved how I could see circles in the design and stars within the circles.

And this made me think of other possibilities if I looked at it as being

part of a geometric grid...

Anyway, I guess you can see where I'm going with this. There's still a lot of 

playing to do. So glad I can do this on the screen and not waste fabric ;)

What's in your creative space this week? You can see more here.