I'm glad my print "Butterfly Collector" went to a happy passer-by seen in the photo. Good vibes all round at yesterday's Free Art Friday event organised locally by Estuary Fringe. Artists & designers donated art and it was handed out free on the street to anyone who liked it. It was also pinned up in unusual places so that people could take it home if they saw it and liked it. Thanks to John Bulley (Southend artist) for taking this pic. The Free Art Friday events started in U

I really enjoyed the Victorian Christmas craft fair held at the Prittlewell Priory (Southend-on-sea, Essex, UK), founded my monks in the 12th century (that's the priory, not the craft fair). I sold lots of my rat and butterfly screenprints including new prints with silver ink. It was great to see my university pal, textile expert Steven Bakewell and partner who drove down from London with friends. It was my first ever craft fair so was very useful to meet the organisers and a

I spent a few hours visiting the beautifully restored Roman mosaic floors from a residential block of buildings now housed under an enormous glass covering. Then a wander around the neighbouring city streets revealed the city's contemporary and classic paisley fashion prints. Here's a small selection of my favourite snaps. 'Paisley' in Italian = disegno cachemire #paisleypower #patrickmoriarty #textileprintdesigner #disegnocachemire

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The online shop is now selling my new PaisleyPower designs by the metre. You can choose silk charmeuse which is excellent for digital printing, cotton canvas, cotton jersey, cotton sweatshirt and linen. You can choose any of my designs, please email me so i can upload the design you require to the shop. #patrickmoriarty #fabricbytheyard #fabricbythemetre #fashionfabric #furnishingfabric #paisleypower

winning design in the Front Row Society scarf challenge Save #competition #patrickmoriarty #frontrowsociety #winner #scarf #paisleypower #textileprintdesigner

Patrick Moriarty's scarf design "Carousel" was chosen as a winner in the Front Row Society Scarf Challenge. The theme was Homespun Wisdom. There were more than 400 entries internationally. You can see a small detail of the design in the bottom right hand corner of the picture below. To see the design in more detail, go to the Competitions page where you can see this winning scarf and some more of his entries and winners. Save #competitionwinner #patrickmoriarty #design #compe

Submitted in March 2014 this design was my second entry to design a print for leggings for the Front Row Society, a fashion brand based in Berlin, Germany. I used a photograph from a trip to Ghana, Africa in 2013. I sliced the photo into thin strips and shifted them to give an interesting effect and unexpected colour changes. I love to experiment when I am creating my designs. Inventing new techniques and discovering skills online from other designers helps to keep my designs

Submitted in March 2014 this design was my entry to design a print for leggings for the Front Row Society. http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/m/contest/submission?id=9633&cid=82 #design #competition #leggings #print #pattern #patrickmoriarty