The 100 Day Project - Day 18 of My "1 Motif 100 Ways" Pattern Series

"Parchal", by Carlyn Clark of "The 1 Motif 100 Ways" series for day 18 of "The 100 Day Project"

After a couple of days of stripped down versions of my original motif, today I made a more intricate and lacy pattern. 

Parchal, Portugal was named after an old Franciscan monastery. It's derived from an Arabic word, "praxel", which means "flooded" or "marshy", which describes the area in it's early days. It was often flooded by the waters of the Rio Arade. In the middle of the 20th century, it was a major fishing and canning center. 

This abandoned train station in Parchal has beautiful lacy ironwork which inspired the lacy pattern today with colors inspired by the ocean.