Susan Forste | Surface Pattern Design & Illustration

Christmas Cookie Cats is my entry for Spoonflower's latest design challenge, Merry Maximalist. This design is definitely Christmas and merry—and it's maximal in terms of cats. It's part of my new Christmas Cookie Spectacular pattern collection, which you will find in my Spoonflower shop (link in bio). If you are inclined to the humorous and whimsical, there are some other patterns in that collection that might be of interest.

Here is the link to the Merry Maximalist voting page:
https://www.spoonflower.com/design-challenge/merry-maximalist-2026-08/vote

It can be fun to browse through the many designs in Spoonflower challenges, and these contests are helpful to designers in a number of ways. Even for those who don't win, and most don't, the likes (hearts) and votes help draw attention to work that would otherwise get lost in the deluge. For designers, one of the big hurdles in participating on Spoonflower is getting found in the first place!