When we first laid eyes on Kristy Lea’s swoon-worthy quilt inspired by Nouveau Bohemian’s design Arctic Song, you could say it was love at first sight—and for Kristy too! Pulling inspiration from the cool colors, the movement of the trees and the arctic animals frolicking about in Esther’s design, Kristy knew that a quilt incorporating Arctic Song couldn’t use just any quilt block pattern. Keep reading to learn how the Australian paper-piecing master behind Quiet Play Designs brought a Spoonflower design to life through a one-of-a-kind quilt.
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Announcing Spoonflower Bootcamp!
Want to flex your creative muscles and whip up some award-worthy textile designs, but need a little assistance as you develop new skills and techniques?
WHAT: We’re thrilled to announce a new series–Spoonflower Bootcamp! Each week we’ll be bringing you quick and simple tips for learning to design you own textiles and use the Spoonflower site. Having trouble uploading your first design? Need a little help understanding RGB and CMYK? No worries! We’ll be sharing all the little tricks you need to know to get your surface design game on point.
HOW: All you have to do is follow along each week to learn a new skill or technique! Snap a picture of your progress and use the #spoonbootcamp hashtag each week to share what you’re learning. You can use this hasthag on any social media site (or just hashtag in your heart and keep your drawings to yourself!).
Are you ready?
GET STARTED:
Setting up a file using Photoshop Elements
How to download an email image attachment
Free Design Tools You’ve got to Try
Creating a Spoonflower Collection
Updating Your Account Information
How to Design a Quilt Block Using PicMonkey
Searching the Spoonflower Marketplace
Free piecing quilt block tutorial
Need an easy way to use up those fabric scraps? Making a quilt using free-pieced strips is a great way to bust through your scrap bins. Quilter and blogger Nicole Neblett of Mama Love Quilts is teaching a series of modern quilting workshops this fall in the Greenhouse, our classroom and community space here in Durham, North Carolina and she’ll be sharing tutorials from her classes here on the blog for those of you who can’t visit us here at Spoonflower HQ. From her first class in the series, use this improvisational piecing technique to create a modern quilt that is all your own style!
