Visit my new online shop DESIGNS BY MARYLOU to purchase. These are the newest item in my sewing world. Such great little bags to not only hold jewelry, but small trinkets, small perfume bottles, essential oil bottles, anything that needs a tidy organized place. Easy way to secure your jewelry at home or while traveling.… Continue reading Handmade Travel Jewelry Bags
Had an idea this summer to make tea towels for Christmas and holiday gifts this year. My favorite online fabric shop (Spoonflower) was having a fantastic fabric sale which I couldn't pass up. I took an old tropical leaf design I did a couple years ago, and transformed it into the design. I used a… Continue reading Happy Holidays Tea Towels
Being a member of The Colour Gang on Facebook is such a boost for me in the creative surface pattern design arena. The Colour Gang is a Closed Facebook Group administered by Make It In Design (the British company I’m currently enrolled in pattern design courses). I’m having a blast learning new concepts, gaining in-depth… Continue reading Shades of Autumn in Two Colors
For this Make It In Design exercise my Brief was: Design a coordinating set of table mats and napkins Pick one color palette from the WGSN Colour Evolution report that was supplied to us in the course, and use only those colours and white Create a simple pattern concept or a formal repeating tile Use… Continue reading Table Linens
Make It In Design Course: Creative Exercise 2.6 Trends; Brief 1: WOW! This design brief really was a tough one. It's about trends, and how trends are influenced by major international events. Any huge event can spark mass production of goods to sell relating to the events. For this brief I was to think ahead… Continue reading Tokyo 2020 Olympics/Paralympics Design Trend
It's been hectic, especially since May 21, when I started the first class of Module Two of Surface Pattern Design School! That week was also the lead in week for the Memorial Day Observance at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery (which was heart touching ceremony-largest event yet, Huey fly over was spectacular-true tribute to those Vietnam… Continue reading Tropical Summer Collection – Lesson 1.3
A collection of note cards with matching wrapping paper. The hibiscus flower was hand drawn in pencil, then penned over so I could scan it into Illustrator where I was able to fine tune the drawing. With a little copying, manipulating and arranging the flower vector I created a seamless surface pattern. This surface pattern… Continue reading White Hibiscus Note Cards and Wrapping Paper
I am having so much fun with a new creative design arena. Several months ago while looking for fabric swatches to sew window treatments for the guest bedroom I stumbled upon a surface pattern design website. There are thousands of fabrics online, and I found many I liked, but I wanted something different, something special.… Continue reading Enter Surface Pattern Design School
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