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I like that Spoonflower lets us preview our print on various applications. I think it’d be totally charming for a kid’s room wallpaper (although I’ll note that Spoonflower wallpaper is pretty pricey!), and it’s adorable on throw pillows, cocktail napkins, dishtowels — so spring-y! Have to order a proof and proof it before it’s available […]

I think I have a design.

Starting to compose the print. This is where I feel the most unsure of myself; I’d really love to take a surface pattern design class at some point, when budget and time permit. Ah well — for now, I’ll just keep puttering along… (That bun-bun in the pink overalls really should be wearing gloves for

More coloring of snowdrop bunnies. I’m rewatching Rosemary & Thyme, and I have to say, British gardening murder mysteries are the perfect backdrop to drawing these. I do wish this series hadn’t ended after only three seasons, because it’s quite delightful.

Okay, coloring in my snowdrop bunnies is really fun.

I’ve been wanting to design another fabric or two — Spoonflower’s challenge this week is rabbit-themed, for Year of the Rabbit. I took a few hours to draw some bunnies in the garden. They are all wearing clothes, because apparently I cannot resist animals in clothes. Next step — combine with my snowdrop sketches, see

More serger experiments, more questions. So I cut up some of the Castles fabric into 5″x5″ squares to make cocktail napkins, and then I doubled them up (wrong sides together) and started serging. All was going well, until I suddenly ran out of the green thread! Oops — I guess they don’t really give you

Carollina Song stopped by today to walk me through the first steps of using the serger, which was very helpful, as I was somewhat intimidated by it. First we set it up and she had me try running a stitch on some scrap fabric — my cotton tardigrades. Went great! The doubled bit of stitching

I tried a new lining on the zippered bags (had to re-watch bits of the video to remind myself of the steps, but only made one mistake that needed fixing, not bad for something I last did weeks ago — I have NO memory…), and it’s a little slippery to work with, but I love