Here are my Party Birds! This week’s design challenge theme is all the other holidays of the year…anything from Valentine’s Day to Thanksgiving. I think these birds would be great as a birthday party table cloth or even a New Years Party table. Between hand-painting the birds and assembling the pattern, this design took me…
Category: Spoonflower Challenge
Surreal Wallpaper Design Challenge
Designing the Wallpaper The surreal…whales swimming in the sky? Birds flying under the water? That’s what came to mind for me when prompted to design a wallpaper with a surreal theme. I had another design for my whimsical wallpaper collection that I thought could be made over nicely to fit the theme. I like the…
Apricity Design Challenge
What on earth is Apricity? I didn’t know until last week when I went to see what Spoonflower wanted for the next fabric pattern design challenge. It’s an antiquated term to refer to the warmth of the sun in the winter. Actually quite lovely, no? So, as I sat nursing my 9 month old baby…
Weekly Design Challenge
I’m posting a quick look at my new pattern for the week. It’s a view from a bug’s-eye view of the night sky through a canopy of mushrooms, titled “From the Ground Up.” It was a fun one to create! Here’s the Timelapse. From the Ground Up Textile Pattern Close up… To vote in Spoonflower’s…
Pantone Tea Towel Challenge
A brief design process post for a tea towel challenge for the custom fabric printing website, Spoonflower.
Recipe Wallhanging
Wall Art Design Process My design this week features a painting I did a few years ago. My sister sent me a pic of her happy hour drink one night, and I thought the reflections were so pretty. I wanted to try to capture them with watercolor and ended up being pleased with the painting….
2024 Wall Calendar
Spoonflower Calendar Design Process It feels a little premature to be designing a calendar for next year…like setting up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving…but the retail world plans ahead. The print on demand fabric website Spoonflower has to get their designs ready for the new year now. So this week, designers were tasked with designing for…
Cartography Challenge
Cartography Challenge Design Process This week, I’m participating in the Spoonflower design to create fabric inspired by map making that will look nice on a throw pillow. I started by pulling my copy of Undaunted Courage off the shelf. Lewis and Clark are the first thing that jumps into my mind when I think of…
Lake Life Design Challenge
Check out my design process for making repeating patterns for Spoonflower’s Lake Life Design Challenge!
Vintage Sportswear Challenge
A fun little design process blog about textile creation with a vintage sportswear twist.