Having not received a formal degree in textile and pattern design I have read numerous books to try to develop...
Raspberry Creek is a digital fabric printer focused on apparel and wallpaper. Diana started the company in 2012 for a...
Today is the day! The 2013 Pattern Industry Survey is now live! Over the past few years so many of...
Opportunities to design on your own, outside of the direction of a client, art director, or agent, offers a liberating...
Exciting News!!!! In last week’s newsletter I shared a quick and fabulous way to create an online portfolio in an...
“What is the color of the year? And what does it mean for me as an artist?” This is what...
In last week’s newsletter I asked readers to tell me what they hope to accomplish within the first 12 weeks...
There is a rising trend for agents and studios, and that is the trend of requiring all pattern designs to...
*image via Pedro Szekely Happy New Year!!!! The Pattern Observer calendar is starting to fill up, but I am holding several...
Have you ever had the opportunity to design patterns for the gift bag industry? In this post we’ll explore how...
Thank you to all who applied for our customer service position! We received a ton of great applications and are...
For week four of the Textile Design Lab’s Summer of Creativity “Back to School” summer study we are focusing on...



















