Winterschool 2021 by Makeitindesign

In February 2021 I joined Winterschool by Makeitindesign and took part in two design briefs.

Pattern concept for the first design brief

Creative Brief 1: Country Peacocks Fabric Collection

For the first design brief “Country set” I used natural components, and also wanted to include something traditional from Switzerland. Do you recognize what it is? I hand-drew this pattern in Adobe Illustrator, but also added some bits and pieces I created in Procreate to enlarge the variability. Whilst working on the main pattern I came across the lovely Skillshare courses by Shannon McNab from Sketch Design Repeat After watching her courses I created two additional coordinates to accompany the main design – thanks for your great courses, Shannon!

“Tropical Peacock” fabric collection for winter school 2021 by Makeitindesign

Creative Brief 2: Geo Frogs Pattern Design

For the second creative brief “Geo Pop” it took me a moment to come up with an idea. Usually, I do hand-drawn art as describe by others have a “cute touch”. I was inspired by a fence and a bridge on a walk, and an adorable little frog on a cake I bought for Valentine’s Day (which was too endearing to eat, and is sitting in the freezer now!). For the background, I suddenly came up with the idea to bring some elements of a wind chime by César Manrique in Lanzarote into my design. For the background, This idea is shown in the pattern with the circles.

“Geo Frogs” pattern for winter school 2021 by Makeitindesign

Hi, I am Priska an illustrator and fabric designer from Switzerland. I create designs which are colourful and fun, for fabrics and kid’s products. Some of my designs are also available on different kinds of fabric on Spoonflower. For unique products sewn by myself in Switzerland, you are very welcome to visit my Etsy shop merupri. To get in contact send me an email or sign up for my newsletter. I am looking forward to meeting you in my mailbox.

Ps: The typical Swiss element I have included in the main illustration of the Country Peacocks design is the “Alphorn”