Inkscape
You can officially vote for the best birds of the week at Spoonflower. You really should go and check it out. There are some amazing designs out there. Once I was on a roll, I decided to continue experimenting with this bird pattern. These are my new flats to share with you. I’ll zoom in so you can see the pattern on the front bodice. This is so much fun! I just wish my computer would stop crashing on me! Love,
posted @ Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:22 PM |
I decided to create a dress from the “Love Birds” fabric design I created for Spoonflower. I have digitally laid out all of the pieces except for the sleeves. The images you see here aren’t accurate but show the composition of the pieces. I’m also going to play around with a different color scheme after I write this up. Here it is! Love,
posted @ Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:10 PM |
You can find inspiration in almost everything. I was watching Charlie and Lola with my daughter and I just love the bright, bold, colorful prints Lola wears on her dresses. It’s so very fun and playful. I am going to work on some new designs this week. I’ll post a little bit each day so you can see how I progress. My first idea is that I would like to re-create a big bold flower pattern. I’ll be interested to see what happens at the end of the week because I always end up with something...
posted @ Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:51 AM |
I have been messing around with Inkscape today trying to capture Esther’s beloved “Tunkey.” With some help and guidance from my 5 year old daughter, this is what we came up with: What could this look like as a fabric? I’m going to tile this and see what happens. Not sure about a background color. Any ideas? Love, Rachel
posted @ Sunday, August 31, 2008 5:27 PM |
I received my yard of colors! Here is Esther showing them off. She couldn’t resist dancing with the colors in the yard. Each color block has the corresponding number to it. So the idea is to work directly from this color “swatch” because we know that Spoonflower is able to print these colors. By doing this you shouldn’t have any surprises when you open your fabric package. I also received my bird swatch and I was very pleased. The colors were exactly as I projected. For those...
posted @ Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:24 PM |
Hello everyone! I’m excited about this post. We are going to continue along with our fabric development with the end goal of our “swatch” being uploaded to Spoonflower, a new fabric printing company. If you have missed Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, please check them out! This is all about creative FUN! For those of you who have been following this series and have designed something along-side of us, I’d love to see your art! Email me at: info@mammamadedesigns.com and I’d be glad to share your creations with everyone! To pick up where we left...
posted @ Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:03 PM |
Well, folks! Hope you are all ready to get moving on our project! For those of you who are just joining us, you may want to read Part 1 and Part 2 in this fabric development series first. Today is the day that we transfer our “sketch” to our vector art program, Inkscape. First you will want to take a picture of your sketch with your digital camera and upload it to your computer. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect, it will only be a guide for you anyway. This time I’m going to use this inspiration lion sketch...
posted @ Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:54 PM |
Welcome back for Part 2 of my series in fabric development! Back for more, eh? Today I’m going to talk about Computer Art Programs available for people just like you and me. There are so many things to think about and cover for something like this; the only way I can really even begin to touch on it, is to just bring you through the process the way that I go about it. That of course is not to say that other ways are wrong…(smile)…I’m just remembering how my sister Megan always says that I...
posted @ Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:54 PM |