Cross Stitch Design Challenge Entry This is design is a little out of left field for cross stitch (considering it’s actually embroidery), but it includes some of my Grandma’s work (the blue pattern), so I still enjoy it. At least, I think it’s my Grandma’s work. It was covering her sewing room chair. It still…
Tag: textile design
Pantone Color of the Year Design Challenge
Process Each year, Spoonflower designs a challenge around Pantone’s color of the Year. This year’s color is “Viva Magenta.” A twist this year is that they also specified the exact color palette we must use with the color of the year. As you can see, the rest of the colors are extremely mellow. Not easy!…
Favorite Things Design Challenge
Watercolor is my Favorite! Spoonflower gave us a lot of freedom in this challenge. Basically, they just gave us instructions to build a fabric design around one of your favorite things. I’d say painting floral watercolors is absolutely one of my favorite things. Thus, I took a favorite painting and made a repeating pattern out…
Funny Valentine Design Challenge
This week’s funny Valentine design challenge was a lot of fun! I brainstormed a few ideas, but the one that ultimately won out was candy conversation hearts for the introvert. Brainstorming what the hearts should say with my sister was a hoot! I went through a few design iterations. It was hard to capture the…
Cardamom Sourdough Monkey Bread
& the Fika Spoonflower Design Challenge A new week and a new design challenge! This one made me drool (hence the sourdough monkey bread recipe card you’ll find in this post). Fika is a Swedish word for ”a coffee break with friends.” Books have been written on the concept! For a proper fika experience, you…
Otherworldly Botanicals Design Challenge
Process I painted these abstract florals a while ago and turned them into a repeating pattern. I thought they fit the “otherworldly” brief pretty well, and as we started up school again this week, I’ve been a little short on time! We’ll see how it does. If you like to vote, remember you can vote…
Victorian-Era Florals Spoonflower Challenge
My entry for the this week’s Victorian-Era Florals Spoonflower Challenge. I love a floral challenge, as it gives me an excuse to pull out the watercolors. I spent one afternoon looking up the Victorian Flower Language, picking, and painting flowers I thought were lovely. Side note: why don’t we all learn the language of flowers…
Birding Spoonflower Design Challenge
This design took me ten hours! It’s definitely a personal record for hours invested in a Spoonflower design challenge. First, I painted the Lilac-breasted Roller, a gorgeous bird from Africa. Then I painted all the botanical elements. Lastly, I combined everything in the illustration app Procreate on my iPad. That alone took 6 hours! Here’s…