Sports Scarf - Part 2

Buffs, Sports Scarves, RallyWear, Yowies, Survivor Scarves - whatever you want to call them, they're here! All 5,000 of them – 2,500 of each pattern! 

See Part 1 for the developing of the scarves and backstory. 

Although the colors printed a little bit differently, I still love how they turned out, in some ways, I love them even more. The darker pattern (which will be given out at a later date.) has a little bit more masculine quality with the brick design but maintains some playfulness with all the colors. And seeing my ribbon sketch come to life was pretty amazing. The lighter pattern also turned out great. The vibrant, coral color matches a lot of the bright neons happening in the sports apparel world but it was also just pink enough to work for the event. :)  So, enough talking, here they are! :)

The first pattern was given out at the Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure® event on August 11th. It was amazing seeing people, people that have no idea who I am, sporting something I designed. Young, old, even the guys! How cool is that? 

Photos by Mac Bailey

Sports Scarf - Part 1

I'm so excited to finally be sharing this project. Marshfield Clinic, where I work, is the presenting sponsor for the Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure® event and I was asked to design a multi-use sports scarf to be given away at the event. 

(The scarves are also known as 'buffs' or 'rally-wear'. Click HERE for the quick visual if you're not familiar).  

How perfect that I get to try out textile design for the very first time and all for a great cause! I loved diving into the pattern design world and I wanted to share some of the process. These are only small portions of what went down - I went through a lot of color palettes and a lot of sketches and things got revamped even more when it all hit the computer screen. Even though there were some difficult moments trying to get my sketches to translate on screen the way I wanted them to, it was still an incredible project to be a part of. And big thanks to all the people I work with for amazing feedback as well. 

I will wait til Part 2 (after the race on August 11th) to show you the finished designs and scarves themselves. But for now - here's a small peek how things developed.