In the Queue Wednesday

A different kind of project...

Hopefully most of you have already heard of Spoonflower, the site that allows you to upload a graphic file and prints your design on high quality, quilting weight Moda cotton fabric.

(If you haven't heard of it, definitely check it out! Wouldn't it be cool to sew with fabric that you designed!?! I am continually amazed and impressed by the incredible skill and creativity on display on the site...)

Long before this site ever existed, I've wanted to create my own fabric with images associated with rock climbing, in order to make shirts and other accessories for myself, my husband and other rock climbing friends.

Actually, it's not so much that I wanted to create my own, as it is that I could never find any rock-climbing-themed fabric that I liked, so creating my own seemed like a necessity. ;)

I feel like some of the gear could easily be turned into stylized graphic images and printed as colorful silhouettes in a semi-random pattern. See what you think:

These are called "nuts" or "stoppers":

This is an example of a camming device:

Unfortunately, computer graphic skills are not in my portfolio... But I'm going to give it a try. I'm not sure when, but don't worry. I'll get to it. It's in my queue... ;)