The current (early July 2025) Spoonflower challenge is for
Cottagecore - and that just struck a chord for me to develop a new pattern from
my very English centric pansy illustration which I painted up many years ago
for one of my very first business card designs as I was sallying forth in the
wonderful world of freelancing in the last millennium!
Cottagecore is (from Wikipedia) "In British English,
the term cottage typically denotes a small, cozy building. The term
describes many kinds of small houses of rustic or traditional style. Cottages
are often associated with cottage gardens, which prioritise informal
design and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. Notably,
cottages are associated with non-urban landscapes. The aesthetics of cottages
and cottage gardens may be evoked in rural houses or in more urban
environments.
Pansies are SO English cottage garden - almost their epitome along with hollyhocks, poppies, foxgloves and the ultimate - roses!
Cottagecore satisfies an "aspirational form of
nostalgia" for its proponents, as well as an escape from many forms of
stress and trauma.”
I give you my PINK PANSY COTTAGECORE:
This pattern is now avaiLable in my US Spoonflower shop on fabric substrates, wallpaper, table cloths, cushions, curtains and more - just click HEREIf you would like to order from UK please just drop me a DM
If you would like to VOTE for this design click HERE but be warned there are 21 pages of designs to scroll through - you can vote for as many take your fancy and each voters gets a different random order of the designs.
As always all aspects of this design were created by hand by this human in watercolours on paper then scanned, cleaned up and formatted via Photoshop to create a seamless, layered repeat.
Cheers, Patricia x
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