I created the main pattern for my Hummingbird Charm collection in September as an entry to Spoonflower's 500th design challenge, the prompt was Artistic Voice. I like to push myself to try different mediums, but when I think about my style and what my clients hire me to do, it’s this hand drawn look that usually starts with a pen (or a brush pen on my ipad) I’m not sure what to call it, but this is my default style and what I’m best at. When I saw the prompt to the artistic voice competition, I wanted to skip it because it was so wide open and I had way too many ideas floating around, but then I started thinking of hummingbirds. Then I started seeing these seemingly magical little birds buzzing around my garden every time I’d sit outside on my front porch to work. With everything that went on in my life last summer, they were a refreshing reminder to appreciate the small things in life that can easily be overlooked. I decided to do a little research and I was intrigued by the symbolism and history connected to hummingbirds. Hummingbirds also seemed fitting because I am naturally drawn to pollinators and tend to create a lot of pollinator themed art and patterns.
I created this collection with warm sunny days in mind. I included a deep bold yellow and a punchy pink in the main pattern that combined seem to have such a summery feel good vibe. It’s available on fabric and wallpaper in my Spoonflower shop and I can see this hummingbird fabric being sewn into cute little ruffle bottomed one piece bathing suits or possibly sundresses for little girls.
This collection is available for sale in my Spoonflower shop on fabric, wallpaper and an assortment of home decor items.
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Here’s the original line drawing. I drew it using the procreate app on my iPad.