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Jan52015May 11 2015
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Suzani Skirt

Here it is,

my first pattern design on a piece of clothing.

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My go-to-sewing-pattern-for-a-simple-skirt is

Caprice by Mamu Design.

I can wear it in summer,

and with leggings for the rest of the year,

I even wear it in yoga classes.

I sewed a similar skirt last January

(and wrote a similar-looking post about it)

and this time I am happy to say there was no obession involved,

just fun sewing it.

Quick and easy.

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Now I can be a living advertisement for my designs.

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Jan42015May 11 2015
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Pink Moment of the Week

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… getting myself a mouse. From all the computer work since summer I got a hurting right upper arm. And all the yoga doesn’t help. I think, it comes from the motions I make with my hand on the touchpad. And I hope, that different montions with a mouse might relieve the pain. Plus it glows in the dark.

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Jan32015May 11 2015
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Two Euros

Besides my two 365-day-projects I blogged about last year – 365declutter and Carolina’s naps – I had another little year-long-project going on. I collected all the two-Euro-coins that landed in my purse.

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And now was the big day to count the cash. Especially my 8-year-old-Clara was very interested in this as she is in all financial matters.

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This money will be for splurging.

Spoiling myself.

Something I wouldn’t spend money on normally.

I still have no concrete plan for it.

But I will find one – or one will find me.

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Jan22015May 11 2015
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Hello January!

Now that I had turned the last page of Clara’s calendar of 2014, I was so delighted by Clara’s christmas present for Hubby and myself – a calendar of 2015! This time the calendar was her year-long project in art class at school, every month of last year the children would make a calendar page. And Clara managed to keep the calendar a secret throughout the whole time.

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Interesting though, that German children write in English on their calendar. I asked her about it and she said, that the model calendar was in English …

So here comes January:

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We have only had a little bit of snow this winter so far, one morning after Christmas we woke up to a slim snow blanket. The girls built a tiny snowman and are hoping for more snow now. Have a great start to 2015!

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Jan12015May 11 2015
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New Year, New Blog

Welcome to my new blog! I am so happy that you are here. To kick off the New Year in celebration style I would love to show you something I am quite proud of. Constant readers of my former blog might remember those plates I designed in November. I put one of the plate designs into a repeating pattern in Illustrator, added a grey background and send it off to be printed on fabric.

Cathrin Gressieker-suzani fabric

As I live in Germany I didn’t want to use Spoonflower for their printing services and shipping over the ocean. I found a German equivalent to it – stoff’n in Berlin. I ordered some jersey fabric and got it shortly before Christmas. I am very pleased with the quality of the fabric and how the colours turned out. It all started with this simple sketch:

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To see and touch the fabric now in real life is such a feeling of accomplishment, I can tell you.

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And now off to the sewing machine!

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about me

Hello, thanks for stopping by. This is a space where I share my colourful adventures in pattern design, painting and travelling.

Recent Posts

  • Bye bye Blog
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  • 3 new things I learned in 2019
  • Albania Sketchbook
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  • Licensed Designs for 24Bottles
  • Licensed Designs for Plum Practicewear
  • #the100dayproject 2018 Days 51-100
  • Licensed Tropical Design for The Planner Society
  • #the100DayProject 2018 Days 1-50
  • Featured Designer on Patternobserver in cooperation with SURTEX
  • Fashion Collaboration with Isy B. Design / Cayman Islands
  • Print Collaboration with Happycloth
  • Licensed Design for Shakti Shanti Yoga Wear
  • #the100dayproject 2017 100/100!!!
  • New Licensed Designs for FLEO
  • Summer in Cuba
  • #the100dayproject, days 37-81
  • CoLabs, Year Two
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Long time no bikini here - that can changed 😉 Long time no bikini here - that can changed 😉

My Aloha print for @malswim, tropically worn by @brittanydaylynn 🌴👙🌴
 
#textiledesign #swimwear #tropicalvibes
‘Joy of the Universe’ is ready to be flown out ‘Joy of the Universe’ is ready to be flown out into a new home on this earth 💫

The painting is a collaboration of artists Doris Reske and Cathrin Gressieker.

'Joy of the Universe' is a meditation on our interests in meditation, quantum physics and the endless possibilities of the universe.

In our ongoing experimental and intuitive CoLab painting process we paint on large canvases, take turns and the layering can take up to a couple of months, or even years, until a finished piece emerges and takes form. 

This painting is 40x60cm in size and it is sold through our online agency @saatchiart for €722, you can find the link in my bio linktree.

#contemporaryart #saatchiart #joyoftheuniverse @doris.reske
Let’s start on the first fresh canvases of 2023 Let’s start on the first fresh canvases of 2023 in the 78th collaborative painting session with the always creative @doris.reske 💫✨💫

#artiststudio #expressivepainting #acrylicpainting #collaboration
From my travel sketchbook - New Year‘s Eve in La From my travel sketchbook - New Year‘s Eve in La Pared, Fuerteventura’s surfer paradise. I loved the feeling of COMMUNITY.

#traveljournal #travelingartist #lapared
Happy, healthy, creative, adventurous and magical Happy, healthy, creative, adventurous and magical 2023 to you 💫

I retreated on an island with my family for the new year and spent my days with walks on the beach, meditation, yoga, dancing under the stars, watching sunrises and sunsets, sleeping and a bit of sketchbooking.

For 2023 I am aiming to put more JUNGLE into my life and I am excited to see how this will unfold. Let’s start with this jungle print for South African yoga brand @shaktishantiyogawear 

#wordoftheyear #textiledesign #yogawear #junglevibes
Here are the generated Top 9 of my Instagram 2022 Here are the generated Top 9 of my Instagram 2022 - hello flowers 🌸 

I am happy to see that the week-long art & groove school project is here, my 100-day-project for @kunstautomaten, and my work for @patternbank, @bydee_aus, @liasahara and @minervadotcom.

There is more purple that I would have expected. Thank you very much for being interested in my creative journey 💫

#floralartist #textiledesign #cathringressieker
‘Into the Jungle’ - a postcard series that wan ‘Into the Jungle’ - a postcard series that wanted to come together over the last three days 🌴🎨💫 Just in time for Christmas 😉

#doitfortheprocess #collage #junglevibes
From artwork to product - tropical vibes for @vave From artwork to product - tropical vibes for @vavea_bikini from Tahiti 🌴🌺🌊👙 And look at those cute matching sets for the little ones in your life! This brand uses fabric made from recycled plastic bottles for their eco-friendly products. 

Bikinis, hibiscus, strelitzia, palm trees and the ocean - it’s time for me to start packing my suitcase for my next inspirational trip to an island 💫

#textiledesign #swimwear #tropicalartist
Happy Winter Solstice to you ☀️ On the shorte Happy Winter Solstice to you ☀️

On the shortest day of the year I am sharing my probably last finished large painting of 2022. May the sun radiate in your heart and into your life today! 

There is also a video of the different stages of this painting throughout the year, just swipe.

#happywintersolstice #floralartist #shineyourlight
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