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Surface Pattern Design · Austin, TX
Beautiful Patterns.
Better Workflows.
Hand-painted watercolor fabrics for your next heirloom sewing project, and powerful Adobe tools to streamline your creative workflow.
For the Sewist
Vintage-Inspired Prints
for the Modern Maker
Hand-painted fabric prints designed for the sewist who wants something different. Bring the vintage-inspired aesthetic of Anthropologie, Sézane, and Ulla Johnson to your sewing table — and make something entirely your own.
Art Deco Fall - Olive And Burgundy
11 designs
Hellebores - Olive And Burgundy
12 designs
New Boho - Rust And Dusty Blue
13 designs
Library Core - Blush And Navy
10 designs
Earthy Boho - Dark Neutrals
8 designs
Free Sewing Moodboard
Planning your next project?
Download our free sewing moodboard pairing our latest prints with top indie sewing patterns — complete with fabric recommendations for each design.
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Soft Summer
Golden Amber Laurel Vine Diamond Trellis On Warm Linen English Garden
Earthy Boho
Two Tone Botanical Toile With Flower Urns In Cream On Chocolate Brown
Art Deco Fall
Deep Burgundy Poppies With Scroll Tendrils And Dark Leaves On Warm Taupe
For the Designer
Stop Doing the Busy Work.
As a Ruby on Rails developer and surface pattern designer, I build custom Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop scripts that turn hours of tedious formatting into a single click.
Illustrator
3 Genius Ways to Recolor Patterns in Illustrator Quickly
Recoloring your surface pattern designs doesn’t have to be tedious! In this post, I’ll walk you through three different methods I use to recolor patterns in Adobe Illustrator — whether you’re batch-creating colorways for Spoonflower, adjusting a single shade, or automating your entire recolor workflow. 🎨 Method 1: Recolor Artwork Tool in Illustrator This is […]
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5 Amazing Time-Saving Tools That Will Blow Your Mind
Let’s skip the boring parts of design — here are 5 automations for Illustrator and Photoshop that I rely on every week! 1. Magic Background Remover (Photoshop) This script is a lifesaver when you’ve scanned watercolor or gouache paintings on white paper: Once it’s done, you’ll have perfectly transparent PNGs with all that white paper […]
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Automation and its Amazing Benefits to Artists
Hey there, fellow creatives! 🎨 Are you tired of getting bogged down by repetitive tasks in your design adventures? Well, hold onto your brushes because automation is here to save the day! What’s the Buzz About Automation? Think of automation as your trusty sidekick in the bustling world of art. Imagine being able to resize […]
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Hello, I'm Samantha
Art and code,
finally friends.
I'm a surface pattern designer and Ruby on Rails developer based in Austin, TX — a mom of two who somehow ended up at the intersection of watercolor painting and software engineering.
My patterns start the same way every time: a pot of tea, a brush loaded with gouache, and a reference folder full of things that feel beautiful and old. The digital part comes later.
On the code side, I build tools that give creatives their time back — Adobe scripts that automate the tedious parts of running a design business, so you can spend more hours making and fewer hours formatting.
Latest from my Design Blog
December 16, 2025
Intentions as Inspirations for a New Fabric Collection
This has been my favorite collection in a while. I started with the idea of creating a collection based on my intentions for 2026: strength, focus, being present, and gratitude. Those are the things I want in my life for next year. Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, I prefer to set intentions. Are a resolution […]
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October 17, 2025
Texas Hill Country Home — new wallpaper and fabric collection
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September 11, 2025
Fast and Easy Creative Ideas for Pattern Collections with ChatGPT and MidJourney
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August 14, 2025
How to Turn Watercolors into Charming Repeat Patterns in Illustrator
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April 1, 2025
The Vintage Floral Obsession: Why We’ll Never Break Up