I have been excited to finish my full pattern collection. How about you? There is something just so satisfying about getting the job done! It has been a fun time to experiment with different ideas for producing the coordinates. I went kind of crazy, producing way more than I need. That’s ok! They will come in handy. In fact, I may end up doing two collections with all the patterns.

This class, Creating Coordinates for a Pattern Collection, will show how I developed very different sorts of patterns. I have created a well-rounded group of patterns for which I can already imagine the end use. The purpose of designing the collection is to be able to offer the end user many different options.

For example, a quilt-maker could have 6 – 10 different options for even the most intricate of quilt patterns. I used the same color palette throughout the three classes as well. Each coordinate contrasts well or matches beautifully, and I have gone to extremes. What I mean by that is I have large scale and small scale, geometric and soft, and light colors to dark colors.

A well-rounded collection can and should be adaptable to many different end products.You will learn a few new things and many of the Affinity Designer skills you have already learned will be reinforced. Each time I do a pattern design class for Affinity Designer, new opportunities present themselves for teaching you advanced skills and efficiency strategies. And I try to always do things in a way that makes it interesting.

In this class I’ll walk you through:

• using your assets from the Asset Studio to make a new pattern
• creating a unique geometric pattern
• creating stripes using two completely contrasting techniques

• tips for creating compositions for a new iteration of the hero pattern
• adjusting colors until satisfied with a color scheme and keeping it simple enough to edit later

How a surface pattern designer works is the main focus of the class. Creating collections is key to being a surface pattern designer whose work is in demand. With these pattern design classes, I am creating a continuum of learning that, once complete, will give you the skills necessary to pursue this as one of your possible alternative income streams.