Exciting News!!!! In last week’s newsletter I shared a quick and fabulous way to create an online portfolio in an...
Are you heading to SURTEX this year? We’ll be featuring the work of Surtex exhibitors throughout the month of May...
Interested in designing your own fabric? There are many companies that specialize in digital fabric printing to help you with...
Having not received a formal degree in textile and pattern design I have read numerous books to try to develop...
Opportunities to design on your own, outside of the direction of a client, art director, or agent, offers a liberating...
On August 24, 2017 we lost Jane Lewis, one of the most talented and knowledgeable textile designers in the quilting...
Have you ever had the opportunity to design patterns for the gift bag industry? In this post we’ll explore how...
In last week’s newsletter I asked readers to tell me what they hope to accomplish within the first 12 weeks...
Getting the latest trends and inspiration from the runways —and on the street— during New York Fashion Week (Feb 9 –...
“What is the color of the year? And what does it mean for me as an artist?” This is what...
Images via: (clockwise from top left) “bedroom chinoiserie screen” by lkonstanski (cropped from original), “Cherry Blossoms” by John Morgan, “Chinese panels” by NinaZed (cropped from original), “Chinese Wallpaper” by momo (cropped from original), “Le Chinois Toile”...
Thank you to all who applied for our customer service position! We received a ton of great applications and are...

















