Pineapples! A while back I did a “Happy Drawing” a day and posted them here. Most would not be easily translated into repeating fabric designs, but these pineapples seemed doable, and they turned out pretty cute. Adding texture and shadows made a big difference. I admit, they look more like paper cutout versions of pineapplesContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 16 of 30”
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30 Day Design Experiment, 15 of 30
Here’s the second version of the Whimsical Jungle design, differing from the first because it’s been rotated by 45 degrees. This one is also my entry for the Tropical Surrealism Wallpaper design challenge at Spoonflower. Voting for that contest will start Thursday. First, fat quarter, test swatch and yard views: Now, the mock-ups. Wallpaper today,Continue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 15 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 14 of 30
Today’s design, “Whimsical Jungle,” has two versions, this one, and another rotated to be on the diagonal, which I plan to post tomorrow. Because this one was complicated and time consuming, I’m counting it as two “experiments,” even though it’s really variations of one design. Here’s how it looks on fabric – fat quarter, testContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 14 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 12 and 13 of 30
Yesterday, I spent most of the day working on a somewhat complicated design for the Tropical Surrealism Wallpaper challenge at Spoonflower. I’ll post that one in the next few days. In the meantime, I’m back with two new shaped flower pillow designs. First, here are Mod Flower Shaped Pillow 4 and Mod Flower Pillow shapedContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 12 and 13 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 11 of 30
Another day, another pillow, another mock-up. Here’s “mod flower shaped pillow 3”, created for a fat quarter of 54″ wide fabric, e.g., Linen Cotton Canvas, or wider: Now, the mock-ups – an improvement over yesterday’s (yay!): And the original: Thanks for stopping by! Monica
30 Day Design Experiment, 10 of 30
Another shaped flower pillow. The actual design tweaking didn’t take long – had done most of it before. Today was about venturing a little more into mock-up creation. I’m pretty close to beginner at this process, but the results are still decent, IMHO. Here’s “mod flower shaped pillow 2”, created for a fat quarter ofContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 10 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 9 of 30
I’ve been wanting to create some shaped pillows for a very long time. These could be for DIY projects and/or items I sell completed via this website or Etsy. A while back, I had almost completed a design with a yard of five mod flower shaped pillows. Yesterday I decided to split each one outContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 9 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 8 of 30
Confetti dots! I love them. Ever since that birthday cake. Yes, yes, I’ve mentioned this before. These are big ones – each dot is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and has its own shadow. I love how one color melts into the background on the light blue and white versions. Let’s start with threeContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 8 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 7 of 30
I kept seeing this flower, first shown on my post on June 2nd, as my Spoonflower avatar and it kept calling me to be a design. So here it is, GIANT scale and looking good. Was going to do a textured version, but things got a little complicated and time-consuming, so just the solid versionContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 7 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 6 of 30
Edit 8/23/20: In the end, I didn’t order the watercolor version. The other two look great and are now for sale in my shop. Yesterday’s design was again, more simple and bold. I did try out a few versions, though: plain, watercolor texture, and canvas texture. As I create new collections, I plan to shiftContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 6 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 5 of 30
Yesterday, for want of a little less intense designing, I chose a simpler motif. And I had to post it a couple places early because, as I wrote yesterday, “It’s like if someone lived in a house made of Dr. Seuss-ness.” Not 100% sure about the colors, yet – may want more variation between theContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 5 of 30”
30 Day Design Experiment, 4 of 30
The first thing you may notice is that I’ve changed the name from “personal challenge” to “design experiment.” Woke up this morning feeling unenthused, and I realized I was focused too much on how good these turn out when I’d rather just focus on the enjoyment of trying new things. Some may not be soContinue reading “30 Day Design Experiment, 4 of 30”
