Meet the Artist: Calee Cecconi of chimesdesign
Calee Cecconi is the designer, multimedia artist, educator, and maker behind chimesdesign. Working where traditional art and digital experimentation meet, Calee creates bold abstract and geometric fabric patterns with expressive movement, unexpected color, and a distinctly modern point of view.
Calee begins with marks made by hand using ink and paint, then combines them with creative coding. Custom-written code helps determine elements such as placement, repetition, color, and layout, allowing organic painted textures and structured digital systems to interact within each pattern.
The result is a collection of modern abstract fabrics, irregular geometrics, painted shapes, linear marks, and playful repeats designed for contemporary quilts, expressive apparel, accessories, upholstery, and distinctive home décor. Each pattern is printed to order in the USA on your choice of 15+ base fabrics with a 1-yard minimum.
Where Hand-Painted Art Meets Creative Code
The chimesdesign collection reflects Calee’s interest in the blurred line between art and design. Hand-painted marks retain their irregular edges, visible brushwork, and human character, while creative coding introduces rhythm, repetition, variation, and unexpected relationships between shapes.
Rather than creating rigid digital geometrics, this process produces patterns that feel organized but not overly precise. Lines shift, painted forms overlap, and repeated motifs retain enough variation to give the fabrics energy and visual depth.
This combination makes the collection especially appealing for makers looking for abstract or geometric fabric that feels artistic, contemporary, and different from conventional computer-drawn repeats.
Explore the Complete chimesdesign Collection
Three Coordinated Color Stories
The collection is organized into three broad color directions, making it easier to combine multiple patterns within a quilt, room, wardrobe, or coordinated group of accessories. The chimesdesign Brand page displays every active design and available colorway.
Earthy Neutrals
Forest green, clay, parchment, stone, rust, smoke, and onyx give the abstract patterns a grounded, sophisticated character. These quieter palettes work especially well for modern interiors, tailored accessories, understated apparel, and quilts that rely on texture and shape rather than bright color.
Colorful Funghi
Lavender, peony, jade, lagoon, pottery, mint, and other nature-inspired colors create a lively but balanced palette. This color story offers an expressive option for contemporary patchwork, creative apparel, children’s spaces, studio décor, and eclectic home projects.
Tie Dye
Saturated combinations of coneflower, papaya, peacock, sunshine, pumpkin, lagoon, and wildflower tones emphasize movement and contrast. These energetic colorways are ideal for statement garments, bold quilts, bags, cushions, and maximalist interiors.
View All chimesdesign Patterns and Colorways
What Makes chimesdesign Fabrics Distinctive?
- Handmade and digital processes: Painted and inked marks are combined with creative coding rather than being drawn entirely on screen.
- Organic geometry: Squares, arcs, lines, triangles, and abstract forms retain irregular edges and visible artistic texture.
- Modern visual movement: Repetition, rotation, spacing, and layered marks create patterns that feel rhythmic without becoming rigid.
- Broad color flexibility: Neutral, nature-inspired, pastel, and saturated palettes allow the designs to move between subtle and expressive projects.
- Easy coordination: Related color stories make it possible to mix different abstract and geometric patterns without requiring exact motif matches.
Project Inspiration for chimesdesign Fabrics
Modern Quilts and Patchwork
Mix irregular geometrics, painted lines, scattered marks, and larger abstract compositions to create quilts with contrast and movement. Use quieter neutral designs as supporting fabrics, or combine several saturated patterns for an energetic, improvisational look.
Apparel and Accessories
Choose lighter cottons, sateen, linen, or stretch fabrics for shirts, dresses, skirts, jackets, scarves, and creative accessories. Abstract patterns are especially useful when you want an art-forward garment without a traditional floral or novelty motif.
Upholstery and Home Décor
Print the collection on heavier cottons, linen blends, twill, duck, or other décor-weight fabrics for cushions, upholstered chairs, benches, lampshades, curtains, and fabric wall panels. The designs can add a contemporary focal point without relying on representational imagery.
Gender-Neutral Rooms and Creative Spaces
The collection’s geometric forms, artistic textures, and wide range of color palettes work well for bedrooms, playrooms, offices, studios, dorm rooms, and shared living spaces. Pair bold patterns with solid furnishings or combine several related colorways for a layered room.
Bags and Everyday Goods
Use the graphic patterns for totes, backpacks, zippered pouches, laptop sleeves, aprons, storage baskets, and other functional projects. Smaller abstract repeats can also coordinate with larger designs as linings, pockets, straps, or accent panels.
Find a chimesdesign Fabric for Your Project
Printed to Order on Your Choice of Fabric
chimesdesign patterns are available by the yard on 15+ base fabrics, allowing you to choose the weight, drape, texture, and performance best suited to your project. Options include cottons, linens, natural-fiber blends, performance fabrics, and specialty textiles for quilting, apparel, upholstery, curtains, and accessories.
- Printed to order in the USA
- 1-yard minimum
- Multiple colorways available on individual product pages
- Natural-fiber fabrics are steamed, washed, and dried after printing for a soft hand and durable, colorfast results
- Detailed digital printing preserves painted textures, irregular lines, layered marks, and subtle color variation
How to Order
- Browse the chimesdesign Brand page and select a pattern.
- Choose the colorway that best fits your project.
- Select the base fabric you would like us to print.
- Enter the number of yards needed and add the fabric to your cart.
Need help choosing a fabric? Compare specifications and recommended uses in Our Fabrics, order a Ground Fabric Swatch Kit , review our Frequently Asked Questions, or contact The Textile District for personalized assistance.
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