First Fabric Design

I took a break from drawing girlfriends these past two weeks and decided to tackle designing fabric. It has been a project I have been wanting to do for a while now. I was inspired by a photograph that Anthropologie posted in their instagram of Mara Ferreira on her blog.

Photo by M Loves M

  The hat Mara was wearing inspired me to sketch and watercolor an image of her wearing some Amaria earrings. The girl in the hat then inspired me to watercolor a seashell, and the mother of pearl earrings and pearl necklace. I then decided to design a fabric combining all the watercolors and came up with my first fabric design available at Spoonflower called Lady at the Beach.

Here is my swatch of the fabric

I have also uploaded it in my Shop so if you are interested in a tote, pillow, art print, etc.

I am pretty excited about this first fabric design and have already been working on the second one with a Moroccan theme. I hope to have it up and approved by next week!

Dreaming of the Beach

With all this cold weather here in the U.S. I am sure people are ready for the beach!  Found this great photograph in the flickr account from State Library of Queensland which inspired me to illustrate it.  

I absolutely loved the fashions in the photographs but had a hard time finding beach coverups similar to the photograph. I went through the internet looking for some great fashions to style the friends in and came up with a few great items.

Here are the outfits from left to right:

Resort Kaftan Bedoin style by Maison Marrakech 

Eco Friendly Large Tote by Suspiro Taller

Hot Pink Crochet Dress by DearAlina

Keshi Pearl 14k gold fill necklace by Amaria

Tangerine Ikat Canvas Tote by Home Lush

Funky Wide Brim Sun Hat by Freckles California

Pom Pom Jumpsuit by LJC Designss

Sea Blue Beach Bag by As You Fancy

And as always if you loved the illustration check out my shop on Society6.