texture, colors I'd wear together.
For clothing fabrics with small prints, nowadays I prefer only a few colors, with a variation in texture, and especially I look for colors I would wear together. And a design which doesn't develop strong lines when looked at in larger amounts. My favorite color combination, seafoam and medium turquoise, is not bold - but hey, some of us are not dramatically colored, and can't wear bright combinations without looking like a dead fishbelly. This design is inspired by (not copied from) a couple of batik stamps.