Beach Brigade... Sandcastles for Spoonflower!

Sandcastles are the theme this week…

'Beach Brigade' ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. 

Voting will open Thursday, June 4th, 2015. Vote HERE!

A sun shower for Spoonflower!

Umbrellas are the theme this week!

'A Sun Shower For Spoonflower' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs.  All Rights Reserved.

Rainy day blues? Designers were asked to create a design depicting umbrellas…

Voting starts on Thursday, October 9th, 2014. Please Vote!

'Wellies and Umbrellies' for Spoonflower!

April showers bring May flowers! This week's challenge was to design a fabric to celebrate the trusty rubber boot!

'Wellies and Umbrellies'   ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs.

This concept came easy to me this week. I live in beautiful south Florida and am surrounded by amazing birds year round. I am constantly photographing, drawing and watching birds. (I took the photo's below).

Two sandhill cranes - backyard 

 

An egret with rosette
spoonbills - local pond

Flamingo - Palm Beach Zoo

Ibis - pond

rainy season rainbow - backyard

Egret - backyard photo

 The weather is gorgeous right now but in rainy season the only creatures happy to be in the rain are the birds. 

I decided to incorporate the boots and birds with rain and some fun umbrellas. I was excited to use some of my sketches from my iPad's Adobe Ideas App. I drew some wellies, umbrellas, rain, clouds, flowers and accessories for my characters like the bathing cap, glasses, and hats to give them personality. 

When the drawings were done I imported them Photoshop on my main computer and assembled them with color and pattern in layers, almost like a collage. When my characters were complete I made a repeat of the rain and clouds and added my characters!

Previews will be sized as a fat quarter (21" x 18"). Voting starts Thursday, March 27th, 2014 and continues until Thursday, April 4th, 2014. Please vote!

'Hoot the Owl' in top 10!!

Thanks for voting!!
So exciting!!! Top 10 at Spoonflower.com this week for my 1-yard 'cut & sew' pattern… Hoot the Owl!

'Hoot the Owl' 1-yard Cut & Sew fabric design available at Spoonflower.com
©2013 Patty Rybolt Designs

Safari Baby made the top 10!

Just found out that my 'Safari Baby' fabric design made the top 10 this week! 

Thanks to everyone who voted!!! 

Spoonflower also announced today that they will not only sell fabric, wallpaper and wall decals, but will also be selling Gift Wrap($15. per roll satin/matt finish)!! 

Fat quarter bundles of all top 10 baby animal fabrics
are available for $60. at Spoonflower.com

'Safari Baby' is now available at Spoonflower.com
fabric + wallpaper + wall decals + gift wrap
©2013 Patty Rybolt Designs

Baby Animals!

This weeks entry...  Safari Baby!

This weeks contest is all about animal babies, designs are judged by fat quarter (21" x 18").

My approach was to use hand drawn babies in a safari setting. I thought it would be fun to make all of the creatures white with the color being in the background, with bits of color in the leaves and hearts! Keeping it simple! Sweet animal babies enjoying the great outdoors!

Safari Baby!
©2013 Patty Rybolt Designs