pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

Photo by John Morgan Designers, YOU DID IT!  For 15 days we've seen many of you set aside at least 15 minutes of your day to devote to creativity. With the guidance of designers from the Spoonflower community, you've sketched in pencil, you've learned block printing and traditional Japanese shibori, you tackled steampunk and kawaii styles, and, hopefully, you've gained the confidence of knowing there's no medium you can't take on. If you haven't yet, be sure to scroll through the #SFDesignADay hashtag on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter – I know you will be as inspired as we are by the incredible talent of this community. We are so proud!    See what others have created Our prompt for today is Designer's Choice! Take a moment today to dig into your favorite prompt from the series or to dust off an old favorite. It's the perfect day to let the creativity you've cultivated during the challenge run wild! We...

Today's #SFDesignADay comes to you from 2015 Spoonflower Staff Challenge Winner, Eloisa Docton, better known as  Natitys  in the  Spoonflower Marketplace . Eloisa is proof that expensive design software is not needed to create beautiful, bold surface patterns. Eloisa stops by today to talk about her favorite open source tools for creating fun, playful designs that won't break the bank!  Eloisa:   Before learning Photoshop and Illustrator, I would search online for countless hours online for easy tools that would allow me to create my designs. To this day, I still recommend using these over expensive programs to start off, because they help you make fun creations without the large investment and the big learning curve. These online programs are also easily accessible, and very user-friendly, people of all ages can play with them! One of my favorite online tools is  Canva . On this website, you can ...

2015 Kitty Tea Towel Calendar

2015 Kitty Tea Towel Calendar