Showing posts with label collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collection. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 October 2025

Announcing...The Festive Christmas Holiday Robins and Berries Collection



Image shows how a quilt design might look if made from the 25 various red, dark green, silver and white fabrics from the "Festive Robins and Berries " Collection
My "Festive Christmas Holiday Robins and Berries
 Collection" available now on Spoonflower


Hello there

It's that time of year again. When I make a post that will delight some (who may be wondering what took me so long to get around to it) and annoy others (who may not wish to see this kind of thing until December 1st at the earliest).


There are good reasons for this

For those in the latter camp, please bear with me. But as this is, above all,  a collection of co-ordinating designs for on-demand printing onto fabric and wallpaper, I really do need to post this now, so that people who want to make things (or plan special festive decor) have a chance to do so before the actual main event.

Image is a photo of a table with fruit, and the table runner on it is a dark green fabric covered with a modern red berry and grey stalk hand drawn botanical pattern.
"Festive Red Berries and Silver Grey Branches
 on Dark Green," Table Runner




Plus, as I type, Spoonflower says there's a discount of up to 30% on purchases made at the moment (discounts being applied at checkout, as far as I can see). If it's gone by the time you click this, it's not false urgency-obviously, I just have no control at all over Spoonflower's  sale schedule.

Image shows bright red-pink napkins and cutlery. the napkins have a grey botanical trailing leaf and berry pattern on them too.
Festive grey on pink red botanical napkins,
available on Spoonflower.



Either way, I can say, hand on heart, that I put a *lot* of work into making this the best it could be. So whilst there are main showstopper type patterns, there are also less busy ones, very simple blender designs, and even solid colours like this pinky-red, so that if you're seeking a plain, exact match with other colours in the designs (eg for quilting) you should be able to find it.


There's fun, too...

If you're wondering how I designed the main picture for this post, no, I haven't suddenly become a quilt designer. It's just that Spoonflower's own tools for seeing how designs might look as a set of festive dinner napkins,


Image shows twelve squares, each bearing a pattern from the Festive Christmas Holiday Robins and berries Collection, in shades of red-pink, dark blue-green, white and silver grey.
Napkin collection mock-up, created
using Spoonflower's "Fill a Yard Tool"







Image shows four lengths of fabric laid out ready to form an infinity scarf, each bearing a pattern from the Festive Christmas Holiday Robins and Berries Collection, in shades of red-pink, dark blue-green, white and silver grey.
Infinity Scarf Fabric Lengths mock-up, created
using Spoonflower's "Fill a Yard Tool"




 for example, are *really* easy to use, and massive fun.



Finally

If all this isn't your thing, thank you so much for bearing with me. And you never know, as Spoonflower does make items on demand as well as sell fabrics, you might yet know someone, later in the year, who'd love a robin tea towel, for example ;-).


Image shows a tea towel, with a dark blue-green background, upon which robins, each red, white and silver, are set in a half-drop pattern, Each robin is surrounded by his or her own spray of red berries with silver-grey branches.
Red Robins and Berries Tea Towel,
available on Spoonflower



Thank you

In any event, thank you so much for reading down this far, and I really appreciate your being here.

More soon, and on a totally different topic, I promise.

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Thursday, 10 June 2021

Sketchy Roses Pattern Collections to Mix and Match

A graphic of illustrated rose-patterned papers in a set
The "Sketchy Roses" printable papers
Collection




Hello there, and hope this finds you well and thriving.

Today, am so happy to be able to present my new, Sketchy Roses collection to you. 

 It's a coordinated collection of my designs for your projects, in a light and fun style that nods to tradition, but is sketchily light enough to feel fun and happy too. Each design can also be used in either direction. The collection is available on printable papers, and home décor/gift items too.




The story behind the collection:


Photo of a pink rose

The collection (in all  its forms) was inspired by the beautiful rose gardens we're lucky enough to have around these parts. (Thanks to The Computer Man who took these pics on a stroll we had.)
Photo of pale pink roses



And, just like the different, multi-coloured roses in a flowerbed, these papers and fabrics are designed to be mixed and matched together in your projects too.

Photo of single pale pink slightly wabi-sabi rose

Finally, if you love the designs, but aren't feeling crafty, I've also popped a "mix and matchable," selection of gift and decor items onto Redbubble. You can see the whole collection here.

Here's how just some of  those gift items mix and match together as cushions and pillows, and on a mixture of items.


More than anything, please have fun, and may anything and everything in this collection spark joy and delight for you, your friends and family, and the world at large.

More soon.

(N.B. post edited on 23rd June 2025)