Designer Profile: Charla Pettingill

Charla Pettingill

Charla Pettingill is a published illustrator, surface designer, and illustration professor in sunny Savannah, GA with 15+ years of industry experience designing for print and pattern. She loves creating playful illustrations and patterns that bring joy to others.

Charla has created artwork for magazines, product packaging, floor coverings, sewing fabric, gift wrap, and greeting cards, as well as children’s activities and books. She also has experience in art direction and project management. Patterns, however, are her passion!

When she is not making new art or teaching, Charla enjoys a good cup of coffee on her back porch, spending time with her little family, exploring nature in coastal Georgia, and rummaging at local vintage/antique shops.

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Bright Holiday 100% organic cotton quilter's weight fabric by Charla Pettingill for Cloud9 Fabrics shipping June 2025