Design of Textile Prints
A course by la casita de wendyFashion Designer
A course by la casita de wendy, Fashion Designer
Create seamless repeat patterns for manual and digital printing
In this online course, learn how to create seamless repeat textile patterns alongside Inés Aguilar, designer and creator of the brand La Casita de Wendy. Under her expert guidance, create several repeat pattern designs and work on different finishes using two distinct manual processes. Then discover how these designs can be used on different fabrics with a digital printing technique.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 9 downloads
Drawing techniques for "patterns"
8 minutes, 23 seconds
Drawing materials
2 minutes, 26 seconds
Basic structure of a "Rapport"
5 minutes, 31 seconds
Patterned with texture
8 minutes, 38 seconds
Rapport with Photoshop I
19 minutes, 11 seconds
Color, size and delivery
9 minutes, 33 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start by getting to know Inés Aguilar as she tells you about her work and her biggest influences.
Continue with an introduction to pattern design and see how to make two prints of your own.
Find out how to transfer a drawing to fabric and how a repeated pattern unit works for printing before designing two handmade prints using distinct techniques.
Move on to the digital world and create a repeat pattern unit using an image editing program. Play around with the design, trying out different fabrics, garments, and color variations, and cover some key concepts on scale and color. Then, learn how to properly deliver your digital design to the printer to make sure it comes out perfect.
To round out the course, Inés shares some tips on which patterns best suit different types of garments.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Create geometric prints with the same techniques used by La Casita de Wendy. For the first design, use the stamping technique to work on a textured print. For the second pattern, use a felt-tip marker to create a hand-drawn design, scan it, and add color digitally.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Graphic designers, fashion designers, illustrators, painters, and anyone interested in creating their own textile patterns using manual drawing techniques.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of Photoshop is needed to take this course.
In terms of materials, you need a black marker and paper, a print block, a carving tool, a utility knife, stamp pads, watercolor paper, and wet wipes. You also need a scanner, a computer, and a printer.
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Recomendable
- 2 months ago
Excelente
- 4 months ago
Really inspired!
- 4 months ago
muy bueno, facil y didactico. super recomendable
- 8 months ago
Aún no termino el curso pero me parece genial ver el proceso creativo de cómo los dibujos se convierten en patrones listos para ser usados en productos, es interesante ver como se combina lo manual con lo digital. Me está inspirando muchísimo!
At La Casita de Wendy, Inés and her team create garments with simple shapes, allowing the graphic designs or patterns printed on the fabric and the selection of colors and materials to be the real protagonists. Through viewing its garments as a unique medium of communication, the brand strives to tell stories with its designs.
Inés combines her role as creative director of the brand with teaching. She has taught in Madrid at the Universidad Europea, the Higher Technical School of Architecture, and the IED design school, where she currently directs the master's degree in textile and surface design.
Content
- U1
Who am I and what do I do
- Who I am
- Influences
- U2
From drawing to weaving
- Drawing techniques for "patterns"
- Stamping techniques
- Drawing materials
- U3
Create a Rapport
- What is a "Rapport" in Print
- Basic structure of a "Rapport"
- Patterned with texture
- Stamped with flat colors
- Rapport with Photoshop I
- Rapport with Photoshop II
- Color, size and delivery
- U4
Result, finishes and tricks
- Result according to fabric
- Curiosities and tricks of composition of prints
- FP
Final project
- Design of textile prints
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FAQs
You’ll learn to create textile prints from hand drawing through digitization and repeat pattern creation, using techniques like stamps, watercolor, markers, and Photoshop, all while applying principles of color, composition, and visual storytelling.
The course is aimed at people with intermediate design or illustration skills but includes step-by-step instructions for both manual and digital techniques, making it accessible to motivated beginners as well.
You’ll need paper, pencils, watercolors, markers, stamp carving rubber, carving tools, a craft knife, multi-surface inks, wet wipes, and access to Photoshop or another digital editor for the editing and repeat pattern part.
Yes, you’ll learn how to scan, clean up, adjust, and tile your hand-drawn designs in Photoshop to create seamless repeats ready for professional textile printing.
Absolutely—this course equips you to create and apply your own prints and embroidery on garments, accessories, and textile products for fashion and home decor.
A repeat pattern (rapport) is the basic unit of a design that repeats continuously. Getting it right ensures your print flows seamlessly across the fabric with no visible breaks.
Yes, the course covers manual printing techniques like carving rubber stamps, painting motifs with watercolor and markers, and combining these methods to create unique textures.