Salt Water Shallows - Fabric, Wallpaper and Home Accessories

 

Salt Water Shallows in Yellow and Lavender a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Here we have it Salt Water Shallows a new collection of co ordinating patterns that can be mixed and matched for your personal salt water sanctuary. In five colour families inspired by the coast and treasures collected at the beach - available from Spoonflower.

Yellow and lavender for a sunny living room or cosy reading nook.

Salt Water Shallows in Yellow and Lavender a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Sea sage green for kitchen and dining....

Salt Water Shallows in Sea Sage Green a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Or maybe warm terracotta, reminiscent of coral and seashells..

Salt Water Shallows in Warm Terracotta a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Perhaps a bedroom in soothing deep duck egg and frosted mint aqua...

Salt Water Shallows in Deep Duck Egg & Frosted Mint a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and
home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Or the depth of warm evenings of summertime blues?

Salt Water Shallows in Summertime Blues a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

For each colour family there is a selection of plain solid colours, pin stripes and all over dotty co-ordinating fabrics, wallpaper and accessories to combine with one or more of the main patterns. Spoonflower can reproduce the designs on a range of fabric from cotton and linen to chiffon and velvet to even further personalise your choice.

Some of the designs are a little smaller in scale which makes them ready to use in smaller craft projects.

The main designs are also available from RedBubble for further choices in accessories, for example aprons, mugs, coasters, tote bags, scarves and notebooks. I rather like some of the patterns on the summer dresses from RedBubble too. 

Colour palettes for a new Fabric and Wallpaper Collection.

 

I thought I would share how I start to play with colours and choose palettes for new pattern collections in fabric and wallpaper. I am very drawn at the moment to yellows, ochres and soft lilacs which feels like a big leap from the teals, blues and turquoise I have turned to in painting and printmaking lately.

Palette Inspiration Golden Yellow and Lavender   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

I am very inspired by this postcard that I picked up at the Russell-Cotes Museum of 'Magpie or Still Life with Magpie by Clementina M Hull 1866-1908. It may not come across in this picture but the colours are both subtle and vibrant and the complimentaries sing beautifully against each other. I need the cheerful colour in the middle of Winter amidst all the grey and dark.


Isolating the colours and curating them with shells, objects from my collections and paint swatches that I have painted is an interesting exercise. I like to move physical objects around and lay them on painted swatches as it feels more real than just manipulating on a screen. I want to see how colour behaves in different light and how it will drape around a form like fabric will in real life. It helps me to imagine how it can be used within a real setting. 

Colour Inspiration Sea Sage   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Palette Inspiration Summertime Blues   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Colour Inspiration Deep Duck Egg  ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Isn't the koi door handle and plate above stunningly beautiful? This is from the Russell-Cotes Museum too. The stripes are from corrugated plastic roofing on Boscombe pier - not quite so artisan and romantic but colour inspiring in its own way.

Colour Inspiration Warm Terracotta   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

This gorgeous botanical sample was photographed at an exhibition of May Morris designs last year. It was amazing to see the drawings, watercolours and evolution of her designs along side the finished work. 

You can see from these palettes that I am a bit of a magpie too, always collecting treasures, making connections. Sometimes the flotsam and jetsam takes years to surface and influence work but I think the benefit of time is important, ideas need to evolve and percolate waiting for the right moment.

The new Collection will hopefully be ready to share next week or the week after, I have been working away on them since December and am partway through loading them onto Spoonflower. 

November's spiral shell drawing

 

WIP spiral shell drawing   pencil and ink   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

November's drawing is a weighty one. I always think this shell would make a pretty lethal weapon. You can hold it in your hand very comfortably with it's claws between your fingers as it is a rather large specimen. I guess the creature that lives inside could potentially use it's protrusions to warn off predators maybe, it certainly looks fierce.

Can you believe that there is only one more drawing to go? I can't I feel like I have just been getting started but the year is going so fast! I will need to think up next years one-a-month project soon.

Spiral shell drawing   pencil and ink on paper   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

I am also VERY excited to show you the pattern that I made in the summer from the first six drawings, this is a sample of the fabric in the small scale in mid blue. I am so pleased with how this came out (even if I do say so myself) - and I did a happy dance! The fat quarter that I ordered is on the petal signature cotton but lots of other fabrics are available like velvet, fleece, twill, cotton silk, denim and I am very tempted to order some of the wallpaper as a sample (I will have to think up a project to use it on - I think it would be lovely as a book cover).

To see the available colourways click here and look for the Coastal Collection for the relevant colour.

Beachcombed Beauties medium mid blue   fabric available at Spoonflower   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

As always it is available as a print, framed, unframed or canvas or stationery at RedBubble 

Portrait XI   framed prints available at LisaLeQuelenec.redbubble.com ©LisaLeQuelenec2025

2025 Spiral drawings overview

 

Spiral Drawings for 2025   pencil & ink on paper   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

I have thoroughly enjoyed 2025's drawing challenge. It made me relook at my collection in a different way. Some of the subjects I have had for many years and their familiarity has caused me to overlook them somewhat. Some months were easier to choose than others. I had also forgotten how much I like a tonal paper to draw on and that is something I want to use more in the future. It seems the more structure that I give myself the better sometimes as it takes away the decision fatigue and I am reminded of the challenges a sketching buddy and I imposed on ourselves when we used to go out into the local area. We might choose three colours and one brush one time or only two pencils or set a time limit of 20 minutes. It helps focus the mind and stop all the faffing around. 

I am still hashing out in my mind what my challenge should be for 2026 so details on that to follow. Do you have plans for arty challenges in the coming year? Do let me know.

Available prints and stationery at RedBubble ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Beachcombed Beauties Fabric, wallpaper and home accessories available at Spoonflower

Beachcombed Beauties - new on Spoonflower and July's spiral drawing

 

Beachcombed Beauties in mid blue fabric in & Wallpaper designed by LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower

Based on this years spiral drawing project and washing up from my shore to yours, available at three different scales and in eight colourways a new repeat design at Spoonflower for fabric, wallpaper and soft furnishings and at RedBubble for gifts and home accessories my latest design - Beachcombed Beauties. 

Co-ordinating designs are available in each colour collection in my stores.

Beachcombed Beauties fabric & Wallpaper in Mid Blue designed by LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower

 

Which colour is your favourite? I am rather liking the Midnight Blue.

Beachcombed Beauties fabric & Wallpaper designed by LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower

A bit too late to be included but this is July's spiral drawing. The spiral of this cone shell is completely flat. I was really attracted to the contrast of the white with sepia markings that made it a joy to draw. This one may end up in it's own pattern at a later date at the moment I'm enjoying observing the shell from all angles whilst it sits on my desk.

Spiral for July   coloured pencil and ink   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

July's spiral  ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Daringly Deco Scallops - new design available at Spoonflower & RedBubble

 

Daringly Deco Scallop  new design available at Spoonflower and RedBubble ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Daringly Deco Scallop  new design available at Spoonflower and RedBubble ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

New designs added to my Coastal Collections of fabric, wallpaper, home accessories & gifts at Spoonflower and RedBubble. The scallop design features a reworking of a watercolour painting and the undulations with it made a subtle nod to Art Deco. I really enjoy working on patterns and putting collections together but I find thinking of names very HARD! If you have any coastal themed suggestions I would really appreciate the help.

The second design, Wave Stripes, (can you see what I did there?) is among new co-ordinates for the collection. There are also plains, spots, pinstripes and ticking stripes available and lots more. I recently made some patchwork grids using a selection of the designs by colour too.

Wave Stripes  new design available at Spoonflower and RedBubble ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Daringly Deco Scallop   new design
available at Spoonflower & RedBubble
©2025LisaLeQuelenec