I'm a big fan of Spoonflower, it's a company that allows internet users to design and print their own fabrics. At first, prints were limited to 100% cotton fabrics, but they've been slowly adding more options. I'm very excited about the release of their new cotton-linen blend, so I made designed my own print in anticipation.

I don't have the time or skills to do the illustrations for my fabric by hand, so I decided to do a print that involved photographs of a collection of everyday objects, namely something that I would have a lot of. Of course, I have few dozen pairs of scissors floating around the living room alone.

Growing up, we had one pair of good scissors in the house that lived in a kitchen drawer. I suppose the number one thing I was scolded on was taking the house scissors and not putting them back. Now, as an adult, I have a policy of keeping so many pairs that it doesn't matter if someone takes one and walks away, there will still be a few pairs within arm's reach. No one needs to yell if any of them end up in another room.



I rounded up every pair of scissors I could find in the house, placed each on a piece of green paper and snapped snapped a picture. I used two table lamps placed at 90 degree angles to minimize shadows.



I used my Photoshop skills to separate out each pair from the background and arrange them in a pattern.



I'm saving my money so that I can order a few yards when when I get chance.

Labels: fabric, projects

posted by Alison 8/09/2009 01:42:00 PM : (0) comments : splink