*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. Did you know there are (and have been) many famous people out there who did...
I don’t always know exactly what I’m looking for when I start investigating a particular pattern style. To be honest,...
In this post Julie Gibbons explores the history of the ever popular damask pattern. You might be forgiven these days...
This is the fifth in a series of posts written by Julie Gibbons on well known people who created surface...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Psychedelia in surface design embraced the wildest of the wild; using...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of paper stencils, and...
Having not received a formal degree in textile and pattern design I have read numerous books to try to develop...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Part 1 in the Russian Folk series here, Part 2 here. ...
Toile has been around seemingly forever; and although their popularity waxes and wanes a bit, they never completely disappear. They’re...
As I mentioned in Part 1, there are some common themes that run through all of the Russian folk styles...
I am pleased to announce that Julie Gibbons of tractorgirl will be joining Pattern Observer as a regular contributor! Julie...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. “Liberty Style” was the term given to a range of...
