Spoonflower started their challenge this week with this statement… 'Did you know that the United States alone uses approximately 100 billion new plastic bags every single year?'
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| The Earth Day 'Everyday' Tote ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| thin plus (deep sea) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| dotty dot natural (deep sea) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| dotty dot natural (lt. aqua, deep sea + leaf) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| thin plus (guacamole) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
The first decision that I made was to pick the fabric that I wanted to use. Fabric strength for a bag is important so I chose Heavy Cotton Twill fabric. My 1-yard pattern is 58" x 36".
Next, I wanted to design a large useful bag, one that I would use when my girls and I go to the farmers market on Sunday. I like the hobo style and first designed an outline of the shape that I wanted to use, then copied it and pasted it on my 58" x 36" Photoshop file.
The fabric design is a simple pattern taken from my india ink paintings of dots and pine branch bits that were scanned and manipulated in Photoshop. The 'thin plus' pattern was designed in the same way.
The layout of the logo was designed and placed, and finally the directions for assembling the bag.
I can't wait to get my sample pattern for this one, I will post the process and final bag here when it arrives!!
Voting starts on Thursday, April 17th, 2014. Please Vote!
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