PATTERN OBSERVERFrom The Textile Design Lab: Floral Layout with Chelsea
Monday, February 24, 2014
Each month in The Textile Design Lab we share a pattern design tutorial to introduce new techniques and concepts and help give our students an edge in this…
Street Patterns: Floral Ikat
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Post by Victoria Snape. Images via: (Top row left) Kathleen Ann Home (Middle row left) Funky Old Soul (Middle row right) LesOubliettes (Bottom row right) Viola Jeans Crafts
Featured Designers: Wendy and Michelle Arbeit of Lulet
Friday, December 6, 2013
Wendy and Michelle Arbeit are an identical twin duo who go by “Lulet” (which means flowers in Albanian and pearl in Amharic). Their signature bright style is highly…
Street Patterns: Ornate Floral
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Post by Victoria Snape. Images via: (Top row right) Preaime vintage, (Middle row left) Plum and Pigeon, (Bottom row left) Tomacrafts
Featured Designer: Reshu Gupta
Friday, August 16, 2013
These stunning florals are the work of Reshu Gupta, a graduate of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, India. They were developed for Milkprint and can…
Featured Designer: Jane Farnham
Friday, June 14, 2013
Hello there! Without further ado, I would like to present the Vintage Peach collection by Jane Farnham, a surface pattern designer based in the UK. “I wanted to…
Street Patterns: Tulips
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Post by Victoria Snape. Images via: (Top row right) Mrs Pomeranz, (Middle row left) Jane Foster, (Middle row right) Aiseirigh Vintage, (Bottom row left) Mrs Pomeranz, (Bottom row right) Erin Flett
Featured Designer: Laura Mysak
Friday, May 3, 2013
These beautiful florals are from the UK-based designer Laura Mysak. I was immediately struck by the expressive nature of her work, which momentarily takes me away to a serene…
Street Patterns: Naive Florals
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
*post by Victoria Snape, images via: (Top row left) Time Valley, (Middle row right) Ume handmade
Featured Designer: Maria Montiel
Friday, March 15, 2013
These luscious prints come to us from Maria Montiel, a textile designer currently living and working in Madrid, Spain. Maria is originally from Venezuela, which is a key…