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Floral Pattern iPhone Wallpaper

Dark floral iPhone wallpaperToday I’ve got a new phone wallpaper for you, to give your screen a fresh look! I’ve been doing a ton of drawing and painting lately, and I’ve been attempting some floral patterns for the first time. Way out of my comfort zone, which might be why I painted them in this dark palette. I like this wallpaper because it feels restful on my eyes when I turn on my phone — sometimes I need a break from bright colors.

Download the floral phone wallpaper

To Download: Click the link above and it will take you directly to the image. If you are on your phone, you can simply save the image to your phone, and set it as your wallpaper in the settings area of your phone.

These wallpapers should work for many phones, not just the iPhone (although it may get cropped depending on the screen size). You can always browse our other free wallpapers from previous months, too!

DIY Gift Wrap

Free Printable! Black and white patterned gift wrap

I loooove patterned gift wrap. Choosing the perfect wrapping paper and embellishments is almost as fun as finding the gift itself, and I even teach workshops on how to print your own gift wrap!

Did you know that Cotton & Flax offers a gift wrapping service for any purchase made in our shop? It’s true! Just select the gift wrap option during checkout, and let us make things easy by wrapping your holiday gifts for you.

Prefer to go the DIY wrapping route? I’ve got a new gift wrap DIY project over on Design Love Fest, where you can download a free printable gift wrap sheet. Need more inspiration? Check out my tutorials for DIY yarn wrapping, Furoshiki-style fabric wrapping, and hand-printed gift wrap here on the blog!

New Desktop Wallpaper

Cotton & Flax - downloadable desktop background

If you’re like me, you’re spending more time than you’d prefer in front of your computer these days. Why not beautify your desktop with a boldly patterned desktop wallpaper? I’m happy to share three of my original pattern designs, which you can download to make your workspace a little more fun.

Cotton & Flax downloadable desktop background

Cotton & Flax downloadable desktop wallpaper

Download: Rice pattern wallpaper // Stripe pattern wallpaper // Party pattern wallpaper

Plus, a matching iPhone wallpaper, so you can take Cotton & Flax patterns with you wherever you go!

Cotton & Flax phone wallpapers

Download: Rice pattern phone wallpaper // Party pattern phone wallpaper

To Download: Click the link and it will take you directly to the image. If you are on your phone, you can simply save the image to your phone, and set it as your wallpaper in the settings area of your phone.

Please note: this wallpaper should work for many phones, not just the iPhone (although it may get cropped depending on the screen size).

Check out all our free iPhone + desktop wallpapers!

Free Patterned iPhone Wallpaper – Zig Zags

linen zigzag iphone wallpaper from Cotton & Flax

It took me a bit longer than I’d hoped, but I finally found some time to create a new iPhone wallpaper! This one uses the new Zig Zag pattern that debuted this spring, and is prominently featured on two oblong pillows in the shop.

Click here to download the Zig Zag iPhone wallpaper.

To Download: Click the link and it will take you directly to the image. If you are on your phone, you can simply save the image to your phone, and set it as your wallpaper in the settings area of your phone. If you’re on a computer, save the image to your computer, then email the photo to yourself. Open the email on your phone, save the photo to your phone, and set the photo as the wallpaper!

You might be asking, “Why is iOS7 stretching my wallpapers?!” Unfortunately, recent iOS updates changed the way your phone plugs in wallpapers, and each images is auto-zoomed to fit with the new 3D motion aspects of iOS7… luckily, there’s an easy fix! Before uploading your new wallpaper, simply follow these four steps:

  1. Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone.
  2. Tap on General.
  3. Tap on Accessibility.
  4. Choose the option for Reduce Motion and turn the option to On.

Then just upload the photo and set to wallpaper as normal. This change will keep your iPhone from automatically resizing the photo!

Just a note, this wallpaper should work for many phones, not just the iPhone (although it may get cropped depending on the screen size). You can always download the many other free wallpapers from previous months, too!