Journal

Spring Pattern Cottagecore Style is a true reminder of springtime, a favorite time of year for most everyone. The beginning of new life as we watch the sprouting of new green leaves and grass, the many colors of flowers glistening with droplets rain on some days. The air is clean and fresh and when the sun is shining the sky…
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2020 was certainly a year like no other worldwide. We went from being very mobile to very stationary, with friends and family to isolation, and for some making a living to collection unemployment. This has forced us to be creative with our time, slow down, and have gratitude for life’s simplicity’s. Reflecting, I put together my 2020 pattern designs in…
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A Textile Design Lab speedy design challenge is a pattern design brief for members of TDL. The speedy design challenge is to create a pattern following the brief and doing it in a days time. If creating the pattern on that day doesn’t work in your schedule of course a member can create it when it does. Blue Poppies When…
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Photoshop Learning how to create surface pattern design with Adobe Photoshop has opened up many more design ideas. I’ve been working with Adobe Photoshop for about 20 years now mostly as a photo editor but haven’t considered using it when designing surface patterns. When designing for print I 99% of the time use Adobe Illustrator. Both of these software programs…
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Surface Pattern Design Collaboration I couldn’t have predicted how much fun it was to collaborate on this surface pattern design project. I would have usually create a mood board to begin a design. A mood board would include; sketches, images, and a color palette which are for the purpose of spurring on some inspiration for the design, how it will…
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