From Sketch to Fabric - Ladybirds

I started with ink drawings of ladybirds, flowers and leaves in my little sketchbook.

And a painted background.

The drawings were also painted.

And then everything was transferred to the computer, where I separated everything and made lots of layers in Photoshop. Then everything was arranged and rearranged until I was happy [enough] with the repeating pattern I had made. 

I sent for a fabric sample from Spoonflower using their new fabric, Petal Signature Cotton. I altered the scale for the fabric because I wanted the bugs to look small so it would suit a small child.

Paint Party Friday

Elliot's T-Shirt, Swatch

I used Elliot's drawing swatch sample to decorate a t-shirt for him.

A swatch I missed out from the last set was this Marrakesh inspired design.

The repeat pattern shown first then the actual fabric swatch. The design can be made smaller on the Spoonflower shop page.

Fabric Pile

I've been trimming my Spoonflower swatches ready for stitching

New Fabric Swatches

These are my new fabric swatches from Spoonflower.

Which is your favourite?

New Vibrant Swatch

Spoonflower have released a new fabric - cotton spandex jersey, suitable for sports wear, t-shirts etc.

I decided to print this vibrant design on it, created on my tablet.

This is what it would look like in repeat.