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Pattern Designs
The pattern design community is a vibrant community of textile and surface pattern designers creating stunning artwork and sharing their craft with the world. Explore their work and read their stories in these inspiring posts.
MaryJane Mitchell has a flamingo pattern that’s been selling for seven years. This pattern is printed by Kaufman,...
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Pattern Design is the art of turning your artwork into stunning repeating patterns which are then applied to products. Products include fabrics, apparel, home decor, stationery and more. Explore just a few of our pattern design posts here.






































