Join Surface Designer Tammy de Zilva of Loopla as she shows you that you too can create your own fabulous designs for fabric and more simply by using shapes.

Tammy spent 20+ years in an IT career but dreamed of being a designer. She dabbled in surface design in her spare time but her lack of drawing skills always held her back from progressing. Then she learnt some techniques which unlocked this thinking and hasn’t looked back. She now runs her successful design business Loopla. In this class Tammy’s goal is to help you unlock this thinking too and set you up with the same love of designing as she now has.

In this class you will learn:

The basic setup of Adobe Illustrator
Creating and using the shape tools
Manipulating the shapes
Combining shapes
Creating custom shapes
Tidying up your elements
Creating a pattern tile
Exporting your pattern

What you'll create:

A repeat pattern tile which can be applied on a variety of products
A print ready file to send to a fabric printer with 4 panels which you can use to sew your own personally designed tea towels

This class is perfect for beginners in surface design or those wanting to learn some simple design skills using Adobe Illustrator.

In order to follow along, it’s a must to have Adobe Illustrator or simply watch the videos first to see just how easy it is. You’ll be hooked in no time! A free trial of Adobe Illustrator is also available from their website.

Let's get started!

To find out more about Tammy:

Class recorded using Adobe Illustrator 26.0.3

Music - "Already There" by Josh Woodward.

Kathryn Munro

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