Layered pattern

[Amber R. King-Southern]

Hello scrollers. 

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Edited July 2, 2018 by Amber R. King-Southern

[spirithorse]

Hi, Amber,
Did you have some info to share with us or seeking advice?
God Bless! Spirithorse

[Amber R. King-Southern]

Advice on how to turn this into a layered pattern

[jerry1939]

Hi Amber.  I think that you posted your own pattern.  Print as many copies as you want layers.  Cut one copy of each color.

A trick I learned;  Your picture shows birds not attached.  Save the "scrap" that you cut those out of. For gluing, I prop that scrap up on craft sticks.  Apply glue

 to the birds & drop them into the scrap for positioning.  This method has much more merit when aligning individual letters for gluing.

jerry

[jerry1939]

Would add to my above posting.:
     a.  For the top layer, scribble the lines that will be cut for a lower layer, or preferably;
     b.  Use a yellow highlighter to mark what you want to cut for the top layer.
Lay the cut top layer onto what will be the 2nd layer & draw around all the interior cuts that you made in layer one.  Use your highlighter on the lines you drew from layer one.  Cut that, plus other interior cuts for layer two.  If there is layer three, repeat drawing around layer two onto layer three.

Let the pattern on the "top" layer.  After the interior cuts have been made on all the layers, glue them together & saw the perimeter.

Certainly hope that you can understand what I am trying to suggest.  I sure as  heck can't !!!!!!! 

jerry

 

 

 

[Birchbark]

Just to start, how many layers were you thinking there would be?

Russell

On 7/3/2018 at 2:16 AM, Amber R. King-Southern said:

Advice on how to turn this into a layered pattern

 

[Amber R. King-Southern]

I was thinking 4. That including the back 

[Birchbark]

On 7/9/2018 at 1:06 AM, Amber R. King-Southern said:

I was thinking 4. That including the back 

 

Yes, that was my thought.  I think in the end it would look more like this tho.   Also, how would you handle the head?

Russell

[Amber R. King-Southern]

2 hours ago, Birchbark said:

 

Yes, that was my thought.  I think in the end it would look more like this tho.   Also, how would you handle the head?

Russell

I have no idea. I’m completely new to this pattern making. I would say make is a  silhouette 

[Birchbark]

Silhouette, like this, would be my suggestion as well.  Next, make the backer like this, IMO.

Russell

 

 

[Amber R. King-Southern]

That’s cool. I’m still eraseing my first layer. Very time consuming 

[Birchbark]

The next layer is the lighter color, like this, then the slightly darker one, then the black....  Yes very time consuming. 

Russell

[Amber R. King-Southern]

I would have thought his smile would have been with the rest of him. 

[Birchbark]

There are three layers of trees in the smile i thought.?  IDK.  lol.  It's your pattern. Make it the way you think is best.  Nobody will know the difference.

Russell

[Birchbark]

Looking at it again, there are only two layers of trees, then the characters and the actual smile on the top layer, but like i said, make it anyway you want it.

Russell

[Amber R. King-Southern]

There is. I was thinking black one pattern. Dark gray one pattern light gray one pattern then the yellow with the bats one pattern 

[Amber R. King-Southern]

I could be wrong. I’ve never made a pattern before 

[Birchbark]

If you've never made a pattern, you're starting with one that very few do...  best of luck to you.  Post a picture for us.

Russell

[Amber R. King-Southern]

Thank you. I most definitely will. Have a good night.