Blue and white is a
perennial favourite when it comes to home accessories and fashion.
Just at the moment it's
the deep, rich Indigo Blue that is particularly trending. I wrote a
blog post all about 'The colour Indigo' a while back so I won't repeat myself
here.
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| From the Patternbank website |
The Indigo and White
combination will suit almost any type of home decorating
environment, adding an intriguing hint of the exotic - and there are very few people who don't look good in blue! I'm currently working
on a new Indigo pattern to submit to Patternbank but I'm already well ahead of the curve with this pattern that I created last year!
This is how it started!
Just some doodles on scrap paper while I watched television . . .
But that was the easy
part - developing those doodles into a collection of coordinating
patterns took a bit more time and thought!
Here's the original,
"main" pattern -
Next I took
two of the motifs and made a new pattern from them -
- and then
reversed the colours, and set them on a soft denim blue background:
As usual I
made a stripe and a check to coordinate with the main patterns -
Ticking
Stripe
Preppy
Check
And finally,
a Faux Patchwork that included a little pattern that I didn't much
like on its own but which seemed to fit well into the patchwork -
Last year I
set myself the goal of learning to create border patterns in
Photoshop, complete with 'corners' because I love patterned borders!
And with a bit of trial and error, I finally found a way to do it
that was not too complicated -
So then I
moved on to the next challenge - a circular border! A little more
tricky but I got there in the end and I hope you'll agree it was
worth the effort!
Altogether,
I created more than 500 'Indigo' products for my Posh and Painterly Zazzle
store - everything
from cases to cushions, many of them ready to customize.
So here's a
Collection of just a handful of them that I think would make great gifts -
I've also
collected together some Bedroom and Bathroom 'Indigo' products
because blue and white is so fresh and clean for a bathroom, while
blue is said to have a calming effect, making it the an excellent
choice for a bedroom:
As ever, I
have not been able to include every available product with each
and every pattern. But if you see a pattern you like but it's on the
wrong product, I'd be happy to create a new product for you with the
pattern of your choice, at no extra cost. Just contact me through my
Posh & Painterly Zazzle store.
Indigo may
be forecast to trend next Autumn and Winter and it's always good to
be ahead of the fashion. But Indigo and White never really goes out
of style! I'm sure you will know someone who would love an 'Indigo'
gift - maybe for a birthday or Christmas present or even as a Wedding
Gift!
Or you could just treat yourself to 'a little bit of what you
fancy'?
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be interested to read this blog post:
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