Pattern Designs

Are you looking for pattern designs for your next project? On this page we are proud to feature pattern designs from our own studio, as well as pattern design studios from around the world.

Textile Designers

Versatile Flora & Fauna From Linn Warme

If you are looking for a surface design portfolio that will deliver intricate details of nature, compelling use of color, or illustrations and repeating patterns...

Textile Designers

Navigating Career Paths in the Textile Design Industry

Explore the dynamic textile design industry, from design process to career paths. Discover resources, trends, and insights for success in this creative field. This essential guide offers valuable information for aspiring and established textile designers alike. Pattern Observer’s Textile & Surface Pattern Design Directory included!

Textile Designers

Erin Fox of Tearful Titmouse

Erin Fox is a budding surface pattern designer. Tearful Titmouse is the embodiment and vehicle for her passion and greatest desires. As a former educator/stay-at-home...

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Navigating Trends: A Surface Designer’s Take on Pantone’s Peach Fuzz

“What is the color of the year? And what does it mean for me as an artist?” This is what I was asking myself last...

Apparel Textiles Brand Spotlight Creative Entrepreneurship Home Decor Textile Designers

Going Bold in Belgium: House Of May

Wendy Scheerlinck founded her Belgian design studio House of May in 2019. Educated as an architect and working as a project manager in hotel renovations...

Creative Entrepreneurship Home Decor Textile Designers

The Mediterranean Mood of Mariasara Pattern Design

Maria Sara DiMaggio is a self-taught surface pattern designer with a passion for vibrant colors, the Mediterranean, and tropical wild plants. Maria Sara is from...

Apparel Textiles Brand Spotlight Creative Entrepreneurship Textile Designers

Ecommerce Expert Greta Penney

Greta Penney has two decades of experience in graphic design, creative strategy, and branding that showcases an international perspective to her work, drawing inspiration from...

Apparel Textiles Artists Creative Entrepreneurship Fashion Textile Designers

Fashion + Watercolors + Textiles

Today we are featuring the work of Susana Miranda, a freelance illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. Susana began the journey of her creative career in...

Artists Creative Entrepreneurship Textile Designers

New designer! Nicola Rowe

Nicola Rowe is a surface pattern designer from Shropshire, U.K. who works with a fresh and vibrant style. She makes patterns for fabric, stationery and...

Pattern Designs From The Studio

These pattern designs were created by our studio pattern designers as well as pattern designers in our online community, The Textile Design Lab.

Inside The Studio

Blueprint Preview: Food Patterns & More

We are delighted that Branded Licensing will be representing our portfolio of food patterns and...

Inside The Studio

Blueprint Preview: Celebrate and Positivity

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we are delighted that Branded Licensing will be representing...

Inside The Studio

Blueprint Preview: Playful Nature

We are SUPER excited to announce that Branded Licensing will be representing our portfolio of...

Inside The Studio

Free Zoom Backgrounds

I know many of you are entering zoom season, aka virtual school, and I thought...

Inside The Studio

New Collection: Dappled Light

Be the calm, be the quiet, while nature is active and bright. Nestle in its...

Creating Pattern Designs

Explore these posts to learn how to create more professional pattern designs.

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Versatile Flora & Fauna From Linn Warme

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