Fabric Pattern: Wings for a Sphinx

Lisa Flores sews practical items for people and pets. She has an etsy shop, ekeka, where she sells custom and made-to-order cat beds, custom dog bed covers and cat clothes. Her cat clothes are mainly for hairless sphynx cats.

Lisa recently got in touch to let me know a customer had requested a set of sphynx items using one of my Heartwings fabrics (available in a variety of colors and fabrics on Spoonflower), and she even sent along a photo. Below is the double occupancy bed and kitty caddy (apparently, sphynx owners need a lot of grooming supplies). She had just completed and shipped the coordinated set.

I love seeing the amazing things people create with my fabric patterns. I always learn something new, and it’s always inspiring—partly because it’s a special synergy; The completed and whole project is truly greater than the sum of its parts.

Among the things I learned this time is that, although Spoonflower allows buyers to adjust the scale of the fabric patterns, few people feel comfortable doing it. I promised Lisa I’d upload a half-scale version of this fabric pattern. It will allow her and other sewists to create more types of coordinated sets.

Another thing I learned (from the ekeka Facebook page): ekeka is inspired by the word “Ekeko”, a South American god of abundance and prosperity.

See more Heartwings fabric patterns (available as wallcoverings and giftwrap, too)

Side note: I just recently got a more intimate glimpse at the sphynx breed after I grieved to space organization expert, Christel Ferguson, about my relentlessly inquisitive, active and destructive tabbies. She sent me a “My Cat from Hell” video about a family struggling with the same behavior in their sphynx. Turns out it’s the nature of certain breeds, and your coping tactics need to be as ingenious as they are.