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A few more pics from last night’s potluck. So lovely to see everyone again after a long time away, and to see their lovely faces…

OPALGA+ has hardy greeters — I love that everyone gets a name tag at the monthly potlucks, everyone gets welcomed, whether it’s your first time, or you’ve been coming for decades. Way to model inclusiveness and welcome — proud to be a member of this lovely group…

I hosted the monthly potluck this evening for our local LGBT+ group, which meant I had about 50-75 people on the first floor, and it was mask-optional, and no one (except Kevin and our kids, who ducked downstairs periodically to get food) chose to wear masks, and it was both wonderful and slightly unnerving. First

The first samples of my new Spoonflower fabric showed up, which is always exciting. • I’m happy with this print on the chiffon — I think it’ll make really lovely spring scarves. • I’m a little waffly about what to do with the organic cotton sateen — I’d originally planned on those squares for dinner

One thing I’d like to learn how to do better is make mock-ups outside of Spoonflower’s defaults (which are mostly home decor). I’d love to show people what they can do with fabric. I spent a little while poking around, and these free templates are an example. I don’t have Photoshop, but you can use

Deeper colors for the snowdrop design, because not everyone is a fan of pastels.

Once you upload your design to Spoonflower, you can’t just sell them to people — Spoonflower requires you proof them first. Which is totally reasonable, and I’m sure cuts down on complaints from people who get flawed designs, but you have to pay for the proof, which can add up if you’re doing lots of

One of the most irritating parts of designing a fabric collection isn’t the actual designing — it’s uploading each variation separately and labelling them. This is one area where I wish Spoonflower had better tools — if I could make a default set for a new collection, and just change variables as needed (keyword pink

Picking background colors is just fun, especially when the main motif is fairly neutral — lots of colors will work. Here’s the Easter palette.