October 2025 - SassiNiemand

🦋 From Caterpillars to Creativity – How Raising Butterflies Inspired My Designs

Bedding mock-up of A Butterfly’s Poison (A monarch butterfly fabric design) pattern by Lisette Niemand featuring hand-drawn monarch butterflies, milkweed flowers, and caterpillars in a realistic botanical style.

The Lesson That Started It All Years ago, when I moved to Devon to take up a new role as head teacher at a small preschool, I never imagined a group (an army of) of caterpillars would spark a lifelong

How I Learned Surface Pattern Design (The Sky is the Limit)

The Sky’s the Limit swallow wallpaper design – Spoonflower Break Room Challenge

In my first blog, I shared how a children’s story inspired the name SassiNiemand. This post follows the next step in my journey. How I learned surface pattern design, the courses and challenges that shaped me, and the swallow design that became my logo and mantra: The Sky’s the Limit.