I have been having fun taking my watercolor paintings and turning them into fabric designs.  I call this one French Script, Butterflies and Roses.

 A customer asked me to design the repeat so that she could create crib shoes.

I created a small repeat design with a Blush border.

One Beginnings and Borders, which measures 7 x 6 inches in a repeat.

The other design is called French Script Butterflies and Roses small.  It measures 5.26 inches by 4.50 inches in a repeat.










I am going to use this larger one printed on Quilting Cotton fabric for a pillow.

Of course, it's always a good idea to have an inspiration board to go with the designs.

SAMPLE BOARD

My watercolor painting was one of my first paintings, which I created while I was pregnant with my first daughter in 1988.







The original hangs in my in-laws home.  The little one is a print of the original.

Spoonflower will be having another contest. The next contest will be tea towels created for 2012.

 I created this one to be reminiscent of those old Victorian Valentine's.

As you can see, I used my French Script, Butterflies and Roses to create the design.

This design has been submitted for the contest.  I call it A VICTORIAN TEA TOWEL CALENDAR.

If you can use a calendar for 2012, please take  this one home as my gift for stopping by.

Just click on the image of the calendar and it will lead you to my flickr gallery.  Click on the photo again and click on VIEW ALL SIZES at the top righthand corner.  Then choose what size that you would like to download.

The cute black and white Victorian sewing images are from the lovely Karen, from The Graphics Fairy.



Have a lovely day.

Chinese Grandmas on French Script

Once upon a time we lived in Hong Kong.

Our home faced the Tai Tam Reservoir in the steep hills of Tai Tam.

One day as I was walking along the reservoir, coming towards me were about twenty Chinese Grandmas.

 Each one wearing the customary pajama style outfits in vivid colors.

They each carried a colorful umbrella to shield them from the sun.


I  stopped in my tracks as I watched this beautiful scene. I had no camera, just my ability to memorize the moment.

Years later I sat down and painted two large paintings in watercolor.   I used Asian papers to recreate the vivid patterns. I had them framed. I still have one in my home, and the other one I gave to my best friend Judy.

The name of this fabric is called Chinese Grandmas on French Script, and is available for sale on my Spoonflower Shop.

When I saw that Spoonflower was offering a Cotton Silk fabric, I was able to make another dream come true. To make a silk scarf using my Chinese Grandma design. I reworked the design into two panels on French Script. It can be used as one large piece of fabric or cut into two panels.

  I am in the process of making a scarf, which I will share soon.

Now I can't wait to see other designs printed on this lovely fabric.

A French Script Christmas

French Script Christmas.

I know, I know first comes Halloween, then Thanksgiving and finally Christmas.

But I wanted to create some kits for crafters, giving them enough time to make them for Christmas.

I designed this Babushka hanging ornament for an upcoming contest on Spoonflower next week.  We were asked to fit it on an 8" square swatch and include directions.

Then I used the same pattern to create a Santa design.

There are two designs for each one.  A swatch to create one ornament, that square measures 8 x 8 inches.  I also designed the Santa and the Babushka Doll designs to create nine 12 x 12" squares fitting on One Yard of Quilting Cotton Fabric.   Each square houses the hanging ornament cut-out pattern.

I want to make kits using these two and a few others that I am designing.

It would be nice to make nine stuffed hanging ornaments for a Christmas tree or banner.

These designs will be in my French Script Christmas collection, and available on my etsy shop and on my Spoonflower Gallery.

The Little Ballerina

I recently had this fabric printed in a Cotton Voile for a customer. I really love the soft texture of this fabric.

This design all began with a watercolor painting.

I created a new version for my KarenHarveyCox Designs prints.

Then I reworked the design until I thought it would read well on fabric.

 

The final design is a repeat, and I have it offered in my Little Ballerina Collection,
And of course there is one with a bit of French Script.  I have it offered on my etsy shop FrenchScript in Cotton Voile and a Quilting Cotton.  It can be ordered in any fabric on my Spoonflower Shop or I can create a custom listing on etsy.

 Ballerinas are always such an inspiration.