Latest Obsession

Maybe it's laziness but I'd like to think it's more about cleanliness ... whichever -ness it is, I've been fascinated by creating patterns on the computer using Adobe Illustrator. It sort of started when I began reading this blog and becoming just overwhelmingly inspired and excited by some of the things I saw there. And it sort of got worse when I went to a local fabric store and went gaga over several amazing prints on display and had my arms FULL of bolts of fabric before I remembered that I'm not buying any more fabric. Ever. So I put them back. But that didn't mean I didn't want them. The thing is, though, that I'm more interested in the colors and textures of the fabric itself than I am in actually making anything out of it. Well, that may not be entirely true, but I do find that fabrics I really love I resist using, because nothing is good enough for them. Which sounds just plain stupid, but it's true. As if it is doing any good in the filing cabinet. (Yes, I keep my fabric in a filing cabinet, you got a problem with that?)

In any case, I started thinking about pattern, and wondered if I could design my own. The first attempts were pretty lame, I'll admit it. But I'm feeling like I'm getting the hang of it, and I'm starting to create patterns that I'm proud of. Here they are, in order of when I made them.

So what's really cool is that I discovered Spoonflower, a site where you can design and upload your own patterns and get them made into one of several different fabric types. That seems really awesome, and I'd be totally into it if not for the fact that the fabrics seem really pricey to me. Maybe someday, if I come up with the perfect project and the perfect design.