Dec 7, 2020 | fabric design, surface pattern
Paintbrush Faces – Pattern Collection This collection came about from a brief asking for a paintbrush inspired pattern with suggestions for inspiration as: Abstract Bold Multidirectional Experimental Figurative Faces I took inspiration from the faces of Picasso and...
Oct 12, 2020 | fabric design, surface pattern
Tropical Papaya – a Tropical Inspired Fabric Collection A fun tropical collection of patterns for printing on fabric. These came from a pattern call out asking for a ‘rad repeat pattern’ using the top 5 Pantone colours for 2020. Doodling on the couch one night I...
Aug 10, 2020 | fabric design, surface pattern
Rainbows | an applique & fabric design The Rainbows are available as more than simply an applique design, as you’ll find out below. This applique design came about as a collaboration between myself and Kylie at Little Moo Designs, with all the events at the start...
May 5, 2020 | surface pattern
A quirky greeting card collection and the story of how it came about. A brief in the Make It In Design Ultimate Portfolio Builder course I completed a little while back was looking for ‘funky original designs, incorporating words’. The initial product would be for use...
Mar 16, 2020 | surface pattern
The Pompom collection came about from a brief to design a wrapping paper for generic occasions. A design that could be versatile across a range of ages and occasions. For some reason I took my inspiration from pompoms, I think as they are fun and reminded me of...
Dec 23, 2019 | fabric design, surface pattern
These designs were for a gift wrap collection brief from the Make it in Design live hub. The brief was to look at our Christmas past and be inspired by our own personal memories of Christmas when designing the collection. The designs were to be unique and also conjure...
Nov 25, 2019 | fabric design, surface pattern
The brief came from the Make it in Design 2018 summer school called ‘Shoreline – Fabric Dyeing’ which called for a simple fabric dyeing inspired pattern. Which after researching and looking at the trend briefs supplied in the brief lead to a Shibori – tie dye inspired...
Sep 9, 2019 | surface pattern
The past few years I have been completing Make It In Design Summer and Winter schools for inspiration and a challenge.They’re each a month long with both trend and creative briefs to complete, with submission dates as well. So they keep you on your toes, its like...
Jul 4, 2019 | fabric design, surface pattern
A fun tropical collection of patterns, these came from a pattern call out asking for a ‘rad repeat pattern’ using the top 5 pantone colours for 2020. Doodling on the couch one night I created the palm frond motif (maybe I was dreaming I’d rather be at the beach as...
Mar 22, 2019 | fabric design, surface pattern
Lilac Cat The Collage Journal series are a range of surface patterns created from mood boards using old school paper and magazines in their creation. ‘The Cat From Outer Space’ in the center of this board doesn’t quite fit by colour (to me it has too many pink tones)...
Feb 22, 2019 | fabric design, surface pattern
Aqua Balls from the Collage Journal seriesThe Collage Journal series are a range of surface pattern designs created from mood boards using old school paper and magazines in their creation.This is an aqua/blue mood board containing the calming aqua to a dark deep moody...
Jan 22, 2019 | fabric design, surface pattern
The Collage Journal Series A series of collections inspired by images & colours found in print magazines. They are a journal by colour, these are the moodboards that inspired them. The inspiration behind the colour boards came from an online course I was...
