As an artist, do you have your own color palette? Spoonflower artist Wendy Scheerlinck of House of May shares how creating a personal color palette works to not only benefit her designs, but her collections too. This post, the last in a 7-part artist education series, showcases the design and curation of one of the bedding collections selected for Spoonflower’s 2023 Summer Lookbook. Read on below to learn Wendy’s design tips and discover how her collections grabbed the attention of Spoonflower’s Senior Manager of Merchandising Emerson Jones. 

A bed is pushed up against a white wall and covered in black, white and yellow bed linens. Two large Euro pillow shams against the wall are cream with criss crossing black lines. The duvet cover has the same design. Two yellow pillow shams have repeating yellow half-moon arcs on a white background. The sheets and pillowcases both have a black background covered in a cream-colored grid. The extra-long lumbar pillow has groups of dotted black lines, yellow leaves and three black dots together all over a white background.
Repeating geometric designs in a cool color palette make for a complex yet minimalist bedding collection. Featured collection

Wendy Scheerlinck portrait

Wendy Scheerlinck

houseofmay.eu • @House__of__May
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Wendy Scheerlinck runs House of May, a Belgian multidisciplinary design studio inspired by the great ‘80s Memphis style, ‘50-60s architecture and the (neo-)avant-garde. Her style is bold and colorful. 

Wendy’s 3 Tips for Curating and Designing a Bedding Collection

1. Develop your own color palette.

If you’re not making collections (and even if you are), try to develop your own color palette. Taking the time to create, then use your own unique palette makes it easier to bring completed prints together that you never thought might originally match. Then the most fun game begins—mixing and matching! 

2. Trust yourself.

Don’t get bogged down by the feeling that certain designs must somehow keep recurring in every print of a collection to form a beautiful whole. Follow your gut. Feel free.  

3. Sometimes less is more.

When curating a collection, it’s important to have some difference in the complexity of your prints—having this variety can bring calmness. In a mini collection of, say, four prints, it’s ideal for me to have one hero print, one secondary design and two blender blenders. Remember to keep in mind that when it comes to blender prints, less is more. 

How does the experience of curating for this project affect how you’ll design for collections moving forward? 

This experience has made it clear to me that it’s easier to design with a particular application in mind—doing so helps you choose the right scale and repeat. Additionally, the number of prints you want to combine for a particular application makes you think more about variation, complexity of prints, scale and colors. It was a very good exercise! 

Check Out Some of Wendy’s Designs

An extra-long lumbar pillow with groups of dotted black lines, yellow leaves and three black dots together all over a white background is shown on a bed with white sheets and pillowcases. The bed has a dark wooden headboard and is pushed up against a white wall.
Victorian Greenhouse Curls and Leaves Extra Long Lumbar Throw Pillow Cover by house_of_may
Black sheets and pillowcases with a cream-colored grid are made up on a bed with a dark brown wooden bedframe. The walls behind and to the top of the bed are white. Green plants are to the left and right sides of the image. Part of round mirror is to the top left. A white window with a white curtain panel to the rightside is to the right.
Grid Cream Lines Sheet Set by house_of_may
A cream duvet with criss crossing black lines is shown as made up on a bed with white sheets and pillow cases.
Japandi Imperfect Lines Soft Black Jumbo Duvet Cover by house_of_may

Learn Why This Collection Was Selected for the Summer Lookbook

To learn how Wendy’s collection caught the eye of Spoonflower’s Senior Manager of Merchandising Emerson Jones for addition in our Summer Lookbook, we asked her to tell us why:

“I love this modern minimalist trend we see emerging in interior design. This twist on the minimalist trend of the last decade is an opportunity to include color and pattern incorporating refined modern abstract motifs. Organic linework, orderly grids and artistic geometrics combine to make a statement without overwhelming the eye. I love this collection because it’s a little bit masculine, and the little pops of golden yellow add a great energy to the otherwise neutral collection. I see this bed working well in an industrial loft surrounded by interesting modern art.” 

Learn From More Artists in the Series

How to Curate a Cohesive Bedding Design Collection

With Spoonflower artist Gargi Panwar

Let’s Curate

How to Create a Botanical Bedding Design Collection

With Spoonflower artist Julia Schumacher

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How to Include Variety and Scale in a Bedding Design Collection

With Spoonflower artist Allison Werberg

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How to Create a Bold Floral Bedding Design Collection

With Brittany Watson Jepsen of The House That Lars Built

Bring On the Colors

How Texture Can Enhance a Bedding Design Collection

With Spoonflower artist Jay Trolinger

Feel It Out

How to Put Together a Kid-Friendly Bedding Design Collection

With Spoonflower artist Nadine Westcott

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