{"id":820979,"date":"2025-09-15T10:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/?p=820979"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:54:42","slug":"sarah-watts-fabric-design-wacom-cintiq-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/sarah-watts-fabric-design-wacom-cintiq-16\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sarah Watts builds creative connections through fabric design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many of us go throughout our lives without thinking too much about the various patterns and prints on surfaces and textiles all around us. But for the fashion and design conscious, and especially for sewists and quilters, they're everything<\/em> \u2013\u00a0and basic, corporate, computer-generated prints will not<\/em> do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People who care deeply about the various patterns and prints they put together into quilts, clothing, and handmade products such as bags, totes, home goods, and accessories prize the handmade, intricately designed patterns by designers like Sarah Watts<\/a> and those available through creative groups like Ruby Star Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah Watts<\/a> is an illustrator, art educator, and surface designer for Ruby Star Society<\/a>. She began in children\u2019s fashion before launching her first fabric collection with Blend Fabrics and becoming a founding designer at Cotton+Steel<\/a>. With Ruby Star Society, she\u2019s created dozens of collections rooted in storytelling and play, and has collaborated with over 40 companies, including Target, Hallmark, and Penguin Books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

We love Watts' fun and beautiful designs, and as a longtime Wacom user, we wanted to learn more about her process, what inspires her, and how Wacom products factor into her workflow. So we got her one of the new Wacom Cintiq 16 pen displays<\/a>, interviewed her, and worked with her on this video studio tour and artist feature about her background, influences, and process! Check out the video below<\/a> and read on for the interview! Note: the below interview has been edited for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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