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Navigating Spoonflower: Find the Right Fabric for Your Project

When it comes to custom printing, Spoonflower offers a wide array of fabric choices, each with its own personality, texture, and best-use scenarios. Whether you’re sewing a whimsical quilt, upholstering a vintage chair, or crafting custom apparel, the fabric you…

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Penguin Bedding

Penguin Toss 2 is my entry this week in the Spoonflower design challenge. I have been learning how to create fabric patterns that work for quilters. According to my friend Dawn at SewDawnFun, patterns that don’t have a strong 90°…

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Tossed Pattern Demo in Adobe Illustrator

Welcome everyone, in this demonstration, I will be showing you how to create a tossed pattern in Adobe Illustrator. A toss pattern is a design that appears as if an object is being scattered or thrown into the air. It’s…

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Removing White from the Background of a translucent Painting

Welcome to this tutorial on how to remove white from the background of a translucent painting! Painting translucently can produce some stunning effects, but it can also make it difficult to remove the white background from your artwork. In this…

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