Mad for Plaid!

The latest Spoonflower Design Challenge is another collaboration with East Fork Pottery. They have just released their latest glaze colours Butter and Piglet.  The challenge was to create a design featuring those two colours primarily.

After looking through their website and getting a feel for their aesthetic I decided on a plaid pattern.  For the colour pallete I chose Butter and Piglet of course, but added Eggshell and Pannacotta - two additional colours from their glaze range.

It was my first time making plaid and I wasn't really sure how to do it! But I found this great tutorial on YouTube.  Although it was for Adobe Illustrator I was able to replicate the results with Affinity Designer 2.  

[EDIT - I have since created a tutorial on how to make a seamless diagonal plaid pattern like this with Affinity Designer 2.  Check it out on my YouTube channel here.

​In the end I didn't use Pannacotta, but a lighter tint of it because the contrast with the lighter colour was better.  The result is very soft and delicate.  I think that it would make a great fabric for Spring/Summer projects, or alternatively adorable baby wear or nursery décor.  See the design on Spoonflower and see how it works on a range of home décor products.

Now that I've learnt how to make plaid patterns I am officially mad for plaid!  Expect to see many iterations of plaid in my future portfolio 😄.  If you like this design please vote for me here. Voting ends 4th April 2023 at 3pm EST.  (Fair warning there are a LOT of entries, so put aside a good half hour and grab yourself a cuppa.)