SEF
@sef-lopod.bsky.social
Polymath: music, art, dance, maths, science, computing.
https://www.pedag.org
https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sef
https://www.pedag.org
https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sef
Also in the second batch of Spoonflower collection requests was something for Nursery/Baby &/or Kids. They were suggesting cutesy but mentioned quirky as an alternative - which is much more my thing. So it was an easy one to try out whether enough would fit together.
January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Also in the second batch of Spoonflower collection requests was something for Nursery/Baby &/or Kids. They were suggesting cutesy but mentioned quirky as an alternative - which is much more my thing. So it was an easy one to try out whether enough would fit together.
Spoonflower's second batch of collection requests (deadline Jan.15) included geometric - any era. To me, that in itself is somewhat telling, since geometry is beyond eras (which is why many cultures can lay claim to the same basics). It suggests they don't really want genuine geometrics at all.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Spoonflower's second batch of collection requests (deadline Jan.15) included geometric - any era. To me, that in itself is somewhat telling, since geometry is beyond eras (which is why many cultures can lay claim to the same basics). It suggests they don't really want genuine geometrics at all.
Among the next batch of Spoonflower requests, one of the themes I chose to re-collect was the Irish / St.Patrick's Day one - because I already had quite a few relevant designs uploaded in previous collections and could fairly easily add others from my off-line images.
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Among the next batch of Spoonflower requests, one of the themes I chose to re-collect was the Irish / St.Patrick's Day one - because I already had quite a few relevant designs uploaded in previous collections and could fairly easily add others from my off-line images.
The last in that initial batch of collection requests from Spoonflower that I didn't attempt (or at least not within the deadline) is Cottage. By which they apparently meant floral, picnic check and ducks. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with this one. It probably does account for some decor.
January 12, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The last in that initial batch of collection requests from Spoonflower that I didn't attempt (or at least not within the deadline) is Cottage. By which they apparently meant floral, picnic check and ducks. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with this one. It probably does account for some decor.
Another of the Spoonflower collection requests that I didn't even attempt is "Modern" - by which they meant a whole range of things: vintage, mid-century, retro & future. Obviously future is entirely made up at each point in time; but each of these has that same intrinsic IP theft problem.
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Another of the Spoonflower collection requests that I didn't even attempt is "Modern" - by which they meant a whole range of things: vintage, mid-century, retro & future. Obviously future is entirely made up at each point in time; but each of these has that same intrinsic IP theft problem.
Today I thought I'd write about one of the recent Spoonflower collection requests which I didn't try to do - viz: sports.
I've actually had a sports & games collection from very early on in joining their print-on-demand website. But it's not the sort of thing they're looking for.
I've actually had a sports & games collection from very early on in joining their print-on-demand website. But it's not the sort of thing they're looking for.
January 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Today I thought I'd write about one of the recent Spoonflower collection requests which I didn't try to do - viz: sports.
I've actually had a sports & games collection from very early on in joining their print-on-demand website. But it's not the sort of thing they're looking for.
I've actually had a sports & games collection from very early on in joining their print-on-demand website. But it's not the sort of thing they're looking for.
At the other end of the scale from "Basics" comes Spoonflower's request for faux patchwork (or cheater quilts). This would be where a mixture of designs are already put together within a single design as if someone had already pieced them together. So any quilting only involves following the lines.
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
At the other end of the scale from "Basics" comes Spoonflower's request for faux patchwork (or cheater quilts). This would be where a mixture of designs are already put together within a single design as if someone had already pieced them together. So any quilting only involves following the lines.
Another of the themed collections that Spoonflower wanted in their first batch of requests was "Basics".
In the print/fabric design world those might be solids and dots and stripes and checks to be used as fillers alongside "hero" designs featuring something specific as a larger element.
In the print/fabric design world those might be solids and dots and stripes and checks to be used as fillers alongside "hero" designs featuring something specific as a larger element.
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Another of the themed collections that Spoonflower wanted in their first batch of requests was "Basics".
In the print/fabric design world those might be solids and dots and stripes and checks to be used as fillers alongside "hero" designs featuring something specific as a larger element.
In the print/fabric design world those might be solids and dots and stripes and checks to be used as fillers alongside "hero" designs featuring something specific as a larger element.
Another of the themes for which Spoonflower wanted some collections was Valentine's. This has tended to be a standard contest request each year but previously for individual designs rather than a co-ordinating set. However, that repetition means that most long-standing people already have several.
January 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Another of the themes for which Spoonflower wanted some collections was Valentine's. This has tended to be a standard contest request each year but previously for individual designs rather than a co-ordinating set. However, that repetition means that most long-standing people already have several.
I have switched over to doing more art again for the past week or so. Spoonflower claimed to want some themed collections from designers. Realistically they won't want mine but I decided to play along anyway (albeit somewhat belatedly, as it interrupted the other designs I was working on).
January 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I have switched over to doing more art again for the past week or so. Spoonflower claimed to want some themed collections from designers. Realistically they won't want mine but I decided to play along anyway (albeit somewhat belatedly, as it interrupted the other designs I was working on).
I'm not proficient (or prolific) at keeping up with social media. But I'm going to try to add some xmas carols - arranged to be in standard ballroom & latin dance styles - to my website:
www.pedag.org/dance/music/...
www.pedag.org/dance/music/...
pedag.org - dance music : xmas
www.pedag.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm not proficient (or prolific) at keeping up with social media. But I'm going to try to add some xmas carols - arranged to be in standard ballroom & latin dance styles - to my website:
www.pedag.org/dance/music/...
www.pedag.org/dance/music/...
My entry for the latest contest at Spoonflower is a fantasy adventure story in graphic toile (rather than novel) form. It's a re-arrangement of something I originally drew for a convention magazine (to fit around the text on successive pages):
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19...
19433942 (c) the expedition Fabric | Spoonflower
Shop 19433942 (c) the expedition custom Fabric by sef for sale on Spoonflower
www.spoonflower.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My entry for the latest contest at Spoonflower is a fantasy adventure story in graphic toile (rather than novel) form. It's a re-arrangement of something I originally drew for a convention magazine (to fit around the text on successive pages):
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19...
There's a Mad Science project waiting for @thephilfoglio.bsky.social or someone else to have a crack at after Trump posted an AI image of him cosplaying with a red lightsaber (ie marking him as an evil Sith type, destroying democracies to enforce an authoritarian empire).
May 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
There's a Mad Science project waiting for @thephilfoglio.bsky.social or someone else to have a crack at after Trump posted an AI image of him cosplaying with a red lightsaber (ie marking him as an evil Sith type, destroying democracies to enforce an authoritarian empire).
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
{ There were a lot of points to fit into this one. So it's long and, while it scans, the rhyming scheme is rather variable. }
{ There were a lot of points to fit into this one. So it's long and, while it scans, the rhyming scheme is rather variable. }
April 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
{ There were a lot of points to fit into this one. So it's long and, while it scans, the rhyming scheme is rather variable. }
{ There were a lot of points to fit into this one. So it's long and, while it scans, the rhyming scheme is rather variable. }
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
#LGBTQ
Help the misfits in the world
who must keep their colours furled
when they should be standing proud,
free to name themselves out loud.
#LGBTQ
Help the misfits in the world
who must keep their colours furled
when they should be standing proud,
free to name themselves out loud.
April 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
#LGBTQ
Help the misfits in the world
who must keep their colours furled
when they should be standing proud,
free to name themselves out loud.
#LGBTQ
Help the misfits in the world
who must keep their colours furled
when they should be standing proud,
free to name themselves out loud.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Coffee or tea?
What will it be?
Maybe the answer is neither.
Water or milk,
things of that ilk
Can be much better than either.
Coffee or tea?
What will it be?
Maybe the answer is neither.
Water or milk,
things of that ilk
Can be much better than either.
April 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Coffee or tea?
What will it be?
Maybe the answer is neither.
Water or milk,
things of that ilk
Can be much better than either.
Coffee or tea?
What will it be?
Maybe the answer is neither.
Water or milk,
things of that ilk
Can be much better than either.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Today's challenge was to write an epitaph; but they didn't state that it had to be for a person:
Born of hope, died of spite;
Now it is an X site.
Today's challenge was to write an epitaph; but they didn't state that it had to be for a person:
Born of hope, died of spite;
Now it is an X site.
April 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Today's challenge was to write an epitaph; but they didn't state that it had to be for a person:
Born of hope, died of spite;
Now it is an X site.
Today's challenge was to write an epitaph; but they didn't state that it had to be for a person:
Born of hope, died of spite;
Now it is an X site.
It looks like there's some sort of #Invertefest going on. Sometimes I feel the need to tessellate (crustaceans, bugs, whatever), eg:
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/16...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/11...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/42...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/82...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/16...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/11...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/42...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/82...
16876218 © lobster : spoonflower0727 Fabric | Spoonflower
16876218 © lobster : spoonflower0727 custom fabric by sef for sale on Spoonflower
www.spoonflower.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It looks like there's some sort of #Invertefest going on. Sometimes I feel the need to tessellate (crustaceans, bugs, whatever), eg:
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/16...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/11...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/42...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/82...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/16...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/11...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/42...
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/82...
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Spring:
An old folk measure of the spring
was in the daisies it would bring
and just how many could be found
within one footprint on the ground.
Spring:
An old folk measure of the spring
was in the daisies it would bring
and just how many could be found
within one footprint on the ground.
April 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Spring:
An old folk measure of the spring
was in the daisies it would bring
and just how many could be found
within one footprint on the ground.
Spring:
An old folk measure of the spring
was in the daisies it would bring
and just how many could be found
within one footprint on the ground.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Once upon a time a word
was only something someone said.
Stories told were always heard
or drawn in picture form instead.
Then those pictograms in time
became a form of written sound.
Oral history in rhyme
replaced by records passed around.
Once upon a time a word
was only something someone said.
Stories told were always heard
or drawn in picture form instead.
Then those pictograms in time
became a form of written sound.
Oral history in rhyme
replaced by records passed around.
April 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Once upon a time a word
was only something someone said.
Stories told were always heard
or drawn in picture form instead.
Then those pictograms in time
became a form of written sound.
Oral history in rhyme
replaced by records passed around.
Once upon a time a word
was only something someone said.
Stories told were always heard
or drawn in picture form instead.
Then those pictograms in time
became a form of written sound.
Oral history in rhyme
replaced by records passed around.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
The topic for today from the shared list was Earth. I don't know why they didn't put that for Earth Day (22nd April)! But that's where we are now.
The topic for today from the shared list was Earth. I don't know why they didn't put that for Earth Day (22nd April)! But that's where we are now.
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
The topic for today from the shared list was Earth. I don't know why they didn't put that for Earth Day (22nd April)! But that's where we are now.
The topic for today from the shared list was Earth. I don't know why they didn't put that for Earth Day (22nd April)! But that's where we are now.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Singing
Can you hold a tune at all?
Pitch control, its rise and fall?
Next the timbre of your voice
Could be an important choice.
Can you keep on time throughout?
Breath control, project don't shout?
Then enunciate each word
So that you'll be clearly heard.
Singing
Can you hold a tune at all?
Pitch control, its rise and fall?
Next the timbre of your voice
Could be an important choice.
Can you keep on time throughout?
Breath control, project don't shout?
Then enunciate each word
So that you'll be clearly heard.
April 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Singing
Can you hold a tune at all?
Pitch control, its rise and fall?
Next the timbre of your voice
Could be an important choice.
Can you keep on time throughout?
Breath control, project don't shout?
Then enunciate each word
So that you'll be clearly heard.
Singing
Can you hold a tune at all?
Pitch control, its rise and fall?
Next the timbre of your voice
Could be an important choice.
Can you keep on time throughout?
Breath control, project don't shout?
Then enunciate each word
So that you'll be clearly heard.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Honest
"Honest as the day is long"
Doesn't mean they do no wrong.
What about the hours of night
When most things are out of sight?
As the year turns do they change?
Is there then a matching range:
Very good in summer sun;
Bad once winter has begun?
Honest
"Honest as the day is long"
Doesn't mean they do no wrong.
What about the hours of night
When most things are out of sight?
As the year turns do they change?
Is there then a matching range:
Very good in summer sun;
Bad once winter has begun?
April 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Honest
"Honest as the day is long"
Doesn't mean they do no wrong.
What about the hours of night
When most things are out of sight?
As the year turns do they change?
Is there then a matching range:
Very good in summer sun;
Bad once winter has begun?
Honest
"Honest as the day is long"
Doesn't mean they do no wrong.
What about the hours of night
When most things are out of sight?
As the year turns do they change?
Is there then a matching range:
Very good in summer sun;
Bad once winter has begun?
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Language:
When you know the words to say
it still matters in which way
they get ordered, emphasized,
accented and improvised.
Language:
When you know the words to say
it still matters in which way
they get ordered, emphasized,
accented and improvised.
April 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Language:
When you know the words to say
it still matters in which way
they get ordered, emphasized,
accented and improvised.
Language:
When you know the words to say
it still matters in which way
they get ordered, emphasized,
accented and improvised.
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Circus:
Live performance, ancient show;
Acts that generations know.
Feats of daring, feats of skill,
Strength, dexterity and will.
Circus:
Live performance, ancient show;
Acts that generations know.
Feats of daring, feats of skill,
Strength, dexterity and will.
April 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#NationalPoetryMonth #Poem
Circus:
Live performance, ancient show;
Acts that generations know.
Feats of daring, feats of skill,
Strength, dexterity and will.
Circus:
Live performance, ancient show;
Acts that generations know.
Feats of daring, feats of skill,
Strength, dexterity and will.