The 2026 Repertoire ALUMNI enrollment is now open!
Enroll with your 75% off alumni discount
ENROLL HEREThe Alumni offer is for you who:
âïžÂ Want to stay inspired and keep evolving
Using the knowledge, skills and perspective that you have developed since the last time you took the course - to take your designs to new heights.
âïžÂ Haven't gotten around to complete the course yet
And would like help and guidance to get to the finish line, with the live experience, the support team, community and weekly live calls.
âïžÂ Want to further refine your personal style
By exploring the styles, motifs and patterns again, but this time with a different media, materials, techniques and new structures and layouts.
đđŒ Simply love the course and want to do it again!Â
To stay motivated and get new ideas for creating lots of new work, while having fun accountability together with your fellow classmates.
This is Repertoire 2026!
℠12-weeks, 8 modules and 4 implementation weeks
â„ "Companion lessons" for study priority guidance and personalizing your course experience
â„ Historical styles and motif lessons & tutorials
â„ The Toile de Jouy style lessons and tutorials as a separate bonus module
â„ Techniques & Illustrator tutorials
â„ A student challenge: Create a pattern collection!
â„ Digital workbook with lots of assignments to choose between
â„ Weekly live Q&A's at 7pm CET / 1pm US ET
â„ Our beloved support team - this year larger, with some familiar and some new faces
â„ The private and supportive community
â„ The same familiar course classroom that you are used to
The 2026 historical patterns and motifs
Islamic
The Acanthus
Arts and Crafts
Toile de Jouy
Paisley
Rosette
Ancient Egyptian
Millefleurs
Liberty
Ancient Greek
& Roman
Indian Floral
African
Ginger Jar
Renaissance Foliage
Damask
Chinoiserie
Art Nouveau
Vermicular
and more...
"The course feels like a creative library I can return to whenever I need a spark of inspiration or a new challenge."
- Amy Thakrar, USA
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A note from BĂ€rbel:
Hello there!
I hope you are doing well and that you've had lots of use for the knowledge, skills and experiences you acquired from Repertoire last time you took it.
Now it's time for another round and I'm so excited to present this year's edition of the course!
Me and the team have carefully read through the student survey results and feedback and poured our hearts and souls into making this year's Repertoire experience the best one ever!
The 2026 course is the same as last year, but with a new student challenge.
However, if you didn't take the course in 2025, there are many news and updates from previous years that I think you will enjoy and be inspired by, for example the Islamic style, the classical Acanthus motif, new Arts and Crafts tutorials - and more!
I hope you will join us again this year and let me help you keep evolving and staying inspired.
đ„° Love,
BĂ€rbel & Team Bearbell
8Â modules & 4 implementation weeks
FOUNDATIONS
Module 1 is waiting for you inside the course when you enroll, with lessons and tutorials to get you started and prepare for the coming lessons and tutorials.
You'll learn principles for creating original work, balanced and interesting compositions, how to design with purpose and intention, and you'll get a first introduction to a technique for planning the pattern layout.
SPOT PATTERNS
In this module we will start studying and learning about patterns built with a spot composition type.
We will study historical styles and motifs like the Rosette, Paisley and ancient Egyptian. You'll get introductions to classic pattern types like Foulard, and Conversational.
In this module you will also learn and practice how to draw stylized and ornamental motifs.
ALLOVER PATTERNS
With module 3 we start learning how to create patterns in allover compositions.
You'll learn about historical styles and classic pattern types like Millefleurs, Liberty florals, Landscape and Vermicular patterns.
You will also learn and practice how to draw varied floral motifs and vectorize painted motifs.
TESSELLATING PATTERNS
This module teaches how to create patterns with a tessellating composition.
You get introductions to the classical styles like ancient Greek & Roman, Islamic, African and South American.
You learn how to create a wide range of geometric patterns like checkerboards, diamonds, the Houndstooth, triangles, hexagons, circles and scallops.
CONTINUAL PATTERNS: GEOMETRICS
In this module we start learning about patterns with a continual composition, meaning motifs that seem to continue infinitely with no visible beginnings or ends.Â
You'll learn about different types of stripes and checks and their different styles, for example Gingham, Plaids and how to create them.
And you'll learn about a new historical style: Islamic motifs and patterns!
CONTINUAL PATTERNS: FLORALS, PART 1
In this module we take on floral patterns with a continual and trailing structure.
You'll learn about the historical Indian Floral and Chinoiserie styles, where you often find this type of patterns in various types and compositions.
You'll also learn techniques and methods for creating this type of patterns, with flow and balance.
CONTINUAL PATTERNS: FLORALS, PART 2
In this module we continue with continual floral patterns.
You'll learn about and how to draw the classic Acanthus motifs and you'll be introduced to the historical Arts and Crafts and Renaissance Foliage styles.
You will also get tips and techniques for adding background motifs and patterns.
MIRRORED & INTERLOCKING
In this module you learn about pattens with mirrored and interlocking motifs, and advanced techniques for creating this type of symmetrical and complex patterns.
You will learn about and how to create Ogee patterns, and get introduced to the historical styles of Art Nouveau and Damask.
"I love the way Repertoire takes you from simpler to more complex patterns."
~Caroline Hirst, UK
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The 2026 Repertoire curriculum
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MODULE 1: FOUNDATIONS
MODULE 2: SPOT PATTERNS
MODULE 3: ALLOVER PATTERNS
MODULE 4: TESSELLATING PATTERNS
MODULE 5: CONTINUAL GEOMETRIC PATTERNS
MODULE 6: CONTINUAL FLORAL PATTERNS 1
MODULE 7: CONTINUAL FLORAL PATTERNS 2
MODULE 8: MIRRORED & INTERLOCKING PATTERNS
Hear from returning alumni:
"My confidence keeps growing each time I've taken Repertoire..."
- Larissa Waters, USA
"I wanted a chance to go through the lessons again with a different approach - and practice in my own style that had evolved."
- Gabrielle De Winter, Canada
"You always learn something new, because you're different in different parts of your life."
- India Brown, USA
Celebrating your alumni stories!
Meet fellow alumni from the Repertoire family around the world and take part of their course experiences and wins!
SEE MORE ALUMNI STORIES HEREThe 2026 bonuses
Bonus 1:
The Toile de Jouy module
Since last year the Toile de Jouy style has its own module, including 8 lessons that will teach you everything you need to know for creating your own Toile de Jouy inspired motifs and patterns!
Bonus 2:
The Repertoire 2026 Student Challenge
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"Create a Repertoire collection"
With this challenge students are invited to design and submit a pattern collection, with patterns created during the course. With the challenge comes live trainings about how to create in collections. And there will be prizes too!
The Repertoire resources
120+ video lessons and step-by-step tutorials
Lesson transcripts and Enlish closed captions
Workbook with actionable assignmentsÂ
4 implementation weeks to work on your designs
Search lessons and videos
Weekly live (and recorded) Q&As with BĂ€rbel
Team of experts to support and guide you throughout the course
Private & supportive community
Meet the 2026 Repertoire team!
Our international support team of experienced pattern designers and alumni are here to help and guide you along the way.
POPEIA HERZOG
Austria
CARRIE SWEENEY
USA
VANESSA WARRELL
Australia
GABRIELLE DE WINTER
Canada
JILLIAN ANDERSON
USA
VERONĂCA LARRAIN
Switzerland
SUE CHEER
New Zealand
LARISSA WATERS
USA
DAWN CUMBY-DALLIN
Canada
KELLEY AMATO
USA
KIMBERLEY WILSON
UK
Enroll to Repertoire here
Choose your alumni payment option:
UNLIMITED ACCESS
You will have unlimited & lifelong access to the 2026 course. Watch and rewatch the lessons and tutorials as many times as you want and need. Whenever, wherever.
REFUND POLICY
The Repertoire course comes with 2 week money-back guarantee. If you for any reason can't continue with the course, you will get a full refund if you contact us within the first 14 days after the course starts.
đ Celebrating your Repertoire stories đÂ
Meet fellow alumni from the Repertoire family around the world and take part of their course experiences and wins!
SEE THEIR (AND PERHAPS YOUR) STORIES HERE