When 2020 first started out I had a couple of goals...learn to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop AND make as many quilts as possible. I wanted to learn the Adobe programs so I could do more professional graphics for my patterns and also learn to design fabric. Here are a couple of my latest fabric designs. I'm a little stuck though. I want to design some coordinating prints but I'm not sure what would look good. Any ideas? Stripes? Checks? Dots?
The last picture is a design I did for a class at Make Art That Sells. If you are interested in learning about the commercial art world this is a great website! Really inspiring!
im really drawn to the brown fabric design do you actually sell fabric? or just like designing at this point?
Posted by: laurie | 09/09/2020 at 10:31 AM
You can't go wrong with a good dot or stripe. Maybe also a few vine-y tone-on-tones. You could also do another colorway in blues. And a signature print in a larger scale that used both....
Or, maybe that is too many ideas.
Whatever you decide to do, I like what you have done already.
Posted by: D | 09/09/2020 at 06:23 PM
dots and stripes are a part of every collection. But a dot doesn't have to be a circle. The small buds in your design above would make a lovely dot. You could also make a small leaf and it would read as a dot from a distance. Don't be afraid of a barely there or embossed fabric either. :) hope it helps!
Posted by: Marsha Bradford | 09/09/2020 at 10:45 PM
Erin, I like the idea of a dot using the gold that's the center of the flowers.
I would also consider an additional colorway or two-blue and maybe a burgundy.
Stripes could incorporate all the colors of the print.
Posted by: Eileen O'Byrne Keane | 09/10/2020 at 04:55 AM