Drawn To Create

Would you use a large-scale geometric pattern on your bed?

I wasn’t sure how this pattern would feel at such a large scale, but I absolutely LOVE how it looks on this bed.

This is my Heritage Parquet Inspired Interlocking Lattice in terracotta, camel, and sage. 🤎

The earthy colors feel so at home against the warm wood, while the geometry adds a little structure to the softness of the bedding. 🌿

I could imagine this in a relaxed bedroom with collected furniture and a few well-loved pieces.

You can see this design in my Spoonflower shop. Link in bio.

There's an Eastern redbud tree in my backyard that I've watched through many seasons.

I knew its pink blossoms in spring, its heart-shaped leaves, and the seed pods that appear later in the year.

But sometimes seeing something isn't quite the same as really looking at it.

When I began paying closer attention to those seed pods—their shape, their structure, all the little details I had passed over before—I started to see how beautiful they really were.

I photographed them. I drew them. And after watching the tree through the seasons, it almost felt inevitable. Over time, it became my Eastern Redbud herbarium botanical study.

I keep thinking about how often that happens with the familiar. We see something every day, until one day we look just a little more closely—and find there was more there all along.

Sometimes the familiar has more to show us.
We only have to pause long enough to see it.

I wrote more about this in the latest Letters from the Studio, The Hundred and First Time. You can read the letter at the link in my bio.

Do you think a pattern can change the way something feels?

The artwork is the same, but seeing it on a dress that catches the breeze instead of covering a wall tells an entirely different story.

That’s one of the things I love most about surface pattern design. A collection isn’t meant for just one surface—it’s an invitation to imagine the many places it could live.

Every place it lives reveals something different about the artwork.

Where would you love to see this design next?

One of the questions I hear most often is, "Which Spoonflower fabric should I choose?"

The good news is that you don't have to guess.

Every design I create can be printed on dozens of different fabrics — and each one is suited to something a little different. The same pattern that becomes a swingy little dress can just as easily become a tote you carry every day, or a pillow that settles into your living room like it's always been there.

One pattern. Different fabrics. Different projects. Different homes.

Spoonflower makes it easy to browse and search fabric types right from the design page, so you can find the right one for whatever you're making — no guesswork required.

Is there a Spoonflower fabric you've been curious about? Let me know — I'd love to cover it in a future Design Notes post. 🧵