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Fabric design: alphabet code

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This Spoonflower Fair Isle design challenge combines a colorful abstract fair isle pattern with an Alphabet Code pattern. I've always been fascinated by the alphabet charts that show you how to construct letters and words out of stitches for knitting, embroidery, and cross-stitch. Some are very basic and block-like as these letters are; others diagram very elaborate and detailed letters.

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Fabric design: chinoiserie

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Anger and rage are driving my entry for this week’s Spoonflower design challenge: chinoiserie (drawn using the 6B sketching Pencil in the Procreate App)🔹 Inspired by a Chinese tile (circa 1700-1724) from the Rijksmuseum and the unforgettable words of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford that were painted outside the doors of the Yale Law School #MeToo #womensreality #ThankYouChristine

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