Hello everyone!
Today I am part of something very exciting - the
Passion for Pattern bloghop. You’ve probably
just arrived here from the wonderful blog of
Michelle Drew. After you have read my post, make sure you visit
Njeri Designs who has some great designs to show you. If
you have only just found the hop, pop over to
Claire’s blog where you
can get started and join in the fun! The image above is from my "Pocket full of posies" collection.
This is the perfect time to blog as I have recently finished the
surface pattern e course I started last year. I can't believe the course has finished! I'm so sad about this as it was great fun and provided me with much needed daily organisation and motivation. Taking this course was one of the best decisions I have ever made as I have now amassed a huge collection of patterns and networked with hundreds of brilliant and lovely people. I really hope to meet some of them in person soon. I'd highly recommend this amazing course created and run by the lovely
Rachael Taylor and
Beth Nicholls.
Over the next few weeks and months I'll be putting my first patterns into production. I'll be starting small by producing cards and prints and selling via Etsy and Folksy (shops soon to open). I then hope to produce some textile products with my own fabric printed via my
Spoonflower shop. I currently have cushion covers and placements available on
Envelop.
In a moment I'll leave you with a selection of some of the patterns I have created over the course, but before I do I have one more thing to share. My new website will be going live very soon! I am so excited about this as my
current website was a bit of a work in progress and only showed my illustration work. The new site will show all my work and the design feels very me and really reflects my illustration and pattern styles. I am really proud of it and I hope you will like it too! It has also been a great collaboration between myself and my web developer (and fiance) Simon Childs. Please check back here as I will be announcing the launch very soon. You can also follow me on
Twitter and if you're interested in web development you can follow Simon on
Twitter too.
Thanks for reading and thank you to Claire for creating this wonderful opportunity :o)
