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Graceful Gathering

Doodle Bugs was our Spoonflower assignment this week. I am not a fan of bugs in general. I wouldn’t choose to draw them. I do admire bugs that other artists create. And I have to admit, I was surprised at how many colorful, pretty bugs there are. I had a hard time narrowing it down.

The brief called for hand drawn or painted bugs. My Talens Angora watercolor palette came to mind. Warm desert tones. (Their skin tone collection.) And I decided on Moths. There are so many pretty ones. Some are neon pink and yellow. There were lots of yellows, in the images I researched. And warm earthy rusts and salmons.

Graceful Gathering Wallpaper. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

I created the bodies and details using the pen tool in Photoshop. I wanted nice crisp lines. I painted blobs, trying to get some bleeds and blooms. I wasn’t as successful with that, but I did end up with a few that were usable. I trimmed them digitally to fit the moth bodies.

I have never considered painting a butterfly. Always felt it was beyond my abilities. But I surprised myself. I am learning to think in pen tool. Haha. 🙂 No way would I be able to draw them by hand though.

Graceful Gathering details. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Graceful Gathering samples. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

I am really happy with how this turned out. Happy with the hues.
Happy with my little taught-me-so-much doodle bugs. 😉
Voting is open until next Tuesday, the 25th.

Graceful Gathering Collection. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Last week I received notice that Spoonflower was making changes in the challenge voting. They have already changed the main challenge page, and WOW! I am looking forward to seeing what changes they made on the voting page. Fingers crossed.

I just read in a Facebook Spoonflower group, that the voting is messy and takes you through 21 pages. BUT, it does allow you to exit and come back to it. It saves your votes, but shows the designs in random order. So you may see some designs more than once, if you re enter. Sounds like they need to work out some glitches.

It will take people using it, for them to gather info for improvements. And if you do consider voting, I am very interested in hearing your opinions, so I can pass them on to Spoonflower.

They did mention, that there would be two columns instead of one, on the phone app. That is a huge change. And will help make voting a little faster. They will also be verifying that designs meet the requirements, and are repeating designs. One key to voting on the phone, is to open the page, and give it a few seconds to load the images.

WOO WHO!!!

Spoonflower calculates the counts now! Awesome! I don’t have to search through the entries now, to find my placement. Thank you Spoonflower! 🙂

Rugged Line placement in the Miniature Dollhouse Wallpaper challenge.

Rugged Line - Pink. Miniature Dollhouse Wallpaper. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Rugged Line – Pink. Miniature Dollhouse Wallpaper. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Woo Whoo! 176!! That is the top 10.45 %. (If the online calculator is correct. LOL)

You can see the top 65, here. I would have needed only 30 more votes to make the top 65. WOWzers! 🙂 This simple design is one of my favorites. So nice that so many others like it too. 🙂

Sending out a huge cup of appreciation, to all of you who voted & to those of you taking the time to vote this week. 🙂 And to all of my followers. I am so grateful. 🙂

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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Saguaro Sanctuary For Spoonflower

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Saguaro Sanctuary Duvet. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Saguaro Sanctuary Throw. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Saguaro Sanctuary Placemats. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Saguaro Sanctuary Throw. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

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Saguaro Sanctuary Sample. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Saguaro sanctuary was finished with an hour to spare. Unfortunately, there was a glitch, and I was not able to enter it in the garden bedding weekly contest. UGGHH! I tried six or seven times, in each of the formats accepted. Nothing worked. I contacted Spoonflower, and they said they are looking into it. I didn’t think that anything could be done, but I thought I should let them know. It was just the gremlins in the machine.

At least I can feel good about having met the deadline, and having a new design. On to the next. If you would like to take a look at this weeks entries, follow the link. There are over 2000 entries.

We had a wonderful long rain yesterday. Light, steady, gloomy and grey. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the shower.

Wishing you JOY!

Mossy Melody

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I kept it simple for this one. I’m a day behind with the daily painting challenge. Time’s a wasting! I had grand ideas for a watercolor composition. Truth be told, I spent a day listening to that wicked voice in my head, telling me I could not pull it off. I did 3 pages of sketches. Then I procrastinated some more, working on other things that need to be done but could have waited until after my deadline.

This came together in under two hours. My quickest design ever. I made the deadline with 15 minutes to spare. I went with a ditsy. Small scale. Suitable to quilting & children’s clothing.

There are so many amazing designs this week. I am slightly embarrassed to post the link for voting. But the world needs ditsy patterns too.

Mossy Melody Placemat. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Mossy Melody Pillow. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Mossy Melody Placemat. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Mossy Melody Fabric. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

And when thou art weary I’ll find thee a bed,
Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.
John Keats

Emma's Room Wallpaper. © 2023 Sheila Delgado. — Emma’s Room Wallpaper. © 2023 Sheila Delgado.

Emma’s Room placed at 766 of 1876 entries with 38 votes. Roughly the top 40%. 😮 You can see the top 81, here. So thankful for your votes! Thank you Everyone! Have an awesome week! 😁