Bonnie Christine's Pattern Magazine TM
The magazine that lives on your shelf and always stays within reach.
A quarterly print and digital publication for surface pattern designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who believe that how you live shapes what you make.
Print + digital included with both
Available at Barnes & Noble nationwide
Every issue is built around four pillars of the creative life.
Your whole creative life, covered.
Pattern Magazine is for the surface designer, the creative entrepreneur, the maker, and the dreamer
who believes that a beautiful life is cultivated with intention and heart.
Patterns of Lifestyle
Seasonal living, studio details, what's in Bonnie's basket, and the slow, story-rich practices that inspire the work.
Patterns of Business
Licensing, art agencies, revenue streams, portfolio strategy, and insights for creative entrepreneurs building meaningful businesses.
Patterns of Process
The how behind the work. Technique, color theory, signature style, and the step-by-step that turns ideas into collections.
Patterns in Play
Trend reports, color stories, creative challenges, and seasonal reading to keep your curiosity alive all quarter long.
Annual subscription
$80 / year
best value
All four seasonal issues. Print + digital version. Auto-renews so you never miss a volume.
- Four issues per year
- 100+ pages, full color
- Four heavyweight tear-out pages per issue
- Digital PDF on all your devices
- Delivered straight to your door
- FREE shipping on US orders
- Locked-in annual pricing
- Ships each season automatically
📣 Shipping internationally? We’re delighted to send this issue anywhere in the world! Please order through our separate international listing → HERE.
Your subscription will start with Volume 5, published July 1st 2026.
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Volume 5
Gathering Sunshine
Summer’s invitation to fill your creative reservoir.
INSIDE: hosting a garden party, an introduction to art agencies, communicating in color, and how to cultivate a creative practice.
Volume 4
Expansion & Exposure
Spring's invitation to plant something new.
INSIDE: Designing the garden greenhouse, the making of products, 30 days to a full pattern collection, and how to spring clean your portfolio.
Volume 3
Begin
Again
What would you let go of before you begin?
INSIDE: How Immersion began, what AI can't replace, building your signature style, and designing a film studio from scratch.
Volume 2
Rooted
Rhythms
Creating from a place that feels steady and whole.
INSIDE: Our top Licensing Expo takeaways, the art of negotiation, how to get started with wholesale, and a DIY for beautiful plaster birds you'll love to make!
Inside every issue
Featuring voices from across the creative industry.
Each issue brings together designers, educators, and makers whose work you already admire.
Want to see someone featured? Or interested in contributing yourself? Reach out here.
Don't miss a page!
Get new issue announcements, behind-the-scenes peeks, and the occasional love note from Bonnie's desk.
Hey there!
I'm Bonnie.
I've always believed that the most powerful work in the world is created by human hands, for human hearts. There's something irreplaceable about ink on paper, about turning a page and holding something that has been crafted with genuine care by amazing people.
Pattern Magazine was born from that belief. It started as a dream I scribbled down years ago and tucked away in a list of someday maybes. But it kept coming back, season after season, louder each time.
Because this community of artists, creatives, pattern designers, and creative entrepreneurs is full of the most remarkable, talented, soulful people, and they deserve a home that honors the full beauty of the life they're building.
Every page is created with intention. Every story is written by someone who lives this life. And every issue is a reminder that a life centered on creativity is one of the most deeply human experiences we get to share.
With all my heart, Bonnie
LATEST ISSUE ⤵
Vol. 5 | Summer | Now available
Gathering Sunshine
Embrace the warmth of summer, a season of long days, bright color, and carefree inspiration.
As gardens reach full bloom and afternoons fill with lakeside adventures, this issue encourages you to pause, soak in the beauty around you, and let the season fill your creative reservoir.
get volume 5WHAT'S COMING UP ⤵
Vol. 6 | Fall
Coming October 2026
Marking the Moment
Traditions, finishing strong, family stories, and the art of documenting the season before it slips away. Layered in story, rooted in the year's most beautiful turning. Coming October 2026.
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Vol. 7 | Winter
Coming January 2027
Print & Pattern Resurgence
The history of textiles, the artist's hand, and the industry-wide resurgence of pattern. Tracing where surface pattern design has been, and where it's going next. Coming January 2027.
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