Looming Large - Challenge #2 - Industrial Revolution

The Printed Bolt Repeat competition second challenge was to create a pattern in three color ways that embodies the industrial revolution.  My pattern is based on a Jacquard loom that was programmable by way of punch cards.  The pattern is called Looming Large.

Oxidized

Rustic

Steel

To view my submission, click here. 

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The Printed Bolt - Challenge 1 "Tiny Dwellings"

"Little RV on the Prairie:

"No Shell Like Home"

I'm a contestant in a fabric design competition called Repeat, hosted by The Printed Bolt.  It's a six-challenge contest with 10 finalists from around the US.  After each challenge there are eliminations of two contesants. The first challenge "Tiny Dwellings" was due last night and is now up for voting.  Eliminations are on the 26th and the public can vote for "Reader's Choice."  

I started off this first challenge thinking about nomadic homes, which tend to be tiny dwellings, from there I came up with mobile homes as the theme to my designs.  The first design, Little RV on the Prairie, features various kinds of man-made mobile homes such as Winnebagos and streamliners in a trailer park.  The second design, No Shell Like Home, is aquatic mobile homes; I picked five creatures that move about with their “homes,” like the hermit crab and nautilus.   Since the two designs are related and it is springtime, I wanted to use bright colors and coordinate them so they may be used together.

You may see everyone's designs here:

www.theprintedbolt.com

It only takes a second to vote and I would love for you all to show the love!

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