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…
Tag: textile design
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.
Cute Kid Sheets Challenge
Process A challenge to design something cute for kids is always a fun one! I know a few kids. 😆 Spoonflower puts out updates about trends, and one of them is “southwest.” I drew up a fun handkerchief pattern, but the details were too small to see for the challenge. So I took some of…
Abstract Animal Print Curtains Design Challenge
I’m back! I had a baby a couple months ago and took a little hiatus from Art to soak up all the fleeting baby cuddles. I’m still getting plenty of baby cuddles, but I’m also sneaking in some design work here and there. Isn’t she a doll? I designed a pattern for this week’s abstract…
Time Machine Design Challenge
Process In a somewhat open-ended challenge this week, Spoonflower asked people to pick a time period and design something for that era. I actually made this design a few months ago when I was just doodling and playing around. I first designed some trees made out of peacock feathers, but the longer I looked at…
Earth Tone Throw Pillow Design Challenge
Challenge & Process This week, Spoonflower asked us to design a fabric that would look great on a neutral throw pillow. They limited the color pallet to 4 colors, all browns. The last time they did this, I was really impressed with what people turned out. It was like the palette limitations forced creativity and…
Year of the Rabbit Design Challenge
Process I used this challenge as an excuse to paint bunnies. It was a fun, therapeutic process that took about 4 1/2 hours over a few days. My girls are big fans of this one. I bet I’d have takers for bunny sheets or pajamas. I used a watercolor brush in the Procreate app to…
Poisonous Plants Design Challenge
Design Process There are some beautiful poisonous plants! But I knew there would be zillions of beautifully illustrated botanical designs this time. So I took a different angle and put my plants in lovely vintage jars. Capturing the light and reflections in glass is always challenging. However, I love the colorful outcome. You can see…