60 Ways of Looking At Snow On Fabric: Vote for your favorites!

Snow fabrics! You can vote for as many as you like and we'll announce the winning fabric in our email next week. With any luck, winter will be behind us by then.

VOTE FOR SNOW FABRICS

The entries this week are:

1. 2003-01-07-0106pn2 by freespirit
2. Alaska by parklanegirl
3. blizardstripe by margaret8917
4. blizzard of 96' by ninac
5. Blueberry Ice - Copyright Kristopher K 2010 by kristopherk
6. Crocus_in_Snow by evamarion
7. Crystal Snow by cyclone
8. cut paper snow-stars by weavingmajor
9. getting to snow you by scrummy
10. Gnome, Alaska by ceanirminger
11. Groundhog Daze by sammyk
12. hedgie_christmas_spoonflower by vo
13. I Heart Snow by gurgleturtle
14. JamJax_004_snow_tree by jamjax
15. JoyfulRose Retro Snowflake Trees by joyfulrose
16. jujuSnow by dolphinandcondor
17. Lacey Snow by cutiepoops
18. Lacy Raccoon footprints in the snow by atomicgrandma
19. Lenten_roses_in_snow by thatswho
20. Let it snow, let it snow by n8designs
21. No Two Alike? by nalo_hopkinson
22. Once There Was a Snowman by winter
23. P1060690 by jmaiorella
24. red_snowflake by holli_zollinger
25. retro snow flakes by malinda
26. Scotties_on_skis by kiki_
27. Silent_Night by anahata
28. Skating Bunny 1 by jenithea
29. ski by studiotart_
30. sno by s2h7e11
31. Snow by diversepixel
32. snow by deetee
33. snow by monfre
34. snow by badda
35. SNOW by lovefrombeth
36. Snow by trace
37. Snow Globe by KiWiCuties
38. Snow on Cedars by helenklebesadel
39. Snow York by beenishz
40. Snow-Ahead by bryony
41. snowangels by kre8or
42. Snowball Fight by katty
43. snowday by mytinystar
44. snowfall2 by trebligrachel
45. snowflake by alicefukushima
46. Snowflake Swirls by pancakes_for_dinner
47. snowflakes by musterartig
48. snowflower by basilberrybakes
49. snowman3 by cndlgrl
50. snowy roads by snork
51. Snowy Rock Stripe by kdl
52. snowy rocks by hannafate
53. snow_kaleidoscope by uzumakijo
54. Spoonflower_Snow_print_copy by megansly
55. starburst_dot by lfntextiles
56. the first snow owl by giolou
57. Treasures of the Snow by heidikaether
58. vll_snowflake_blocks_1 by victorialasher
59. Winter Woodland by jasmo
60. Zee Flowers- Pale Blue by mayabella

Steampunk fabric winner!

Congratulations to Natalie Kelsey: her Charted Waters design won the most votes (by an impressive margin) in our first-ever Steampunk-themed Fabric Of the Week competition. Check out more of Natalie's work on DeviantArt.

Thanks to all the participating designers! The top ten vote-getters were:

1. 1011 votes for Charted Waters by winter
2. 672 votes for Steam strings by jasmo
3. 615 votes for pufferfish by kimkim
4. 569 votes for Clockwork Collage by ophelia
5. 495 votes for Steampunk Swirls by redpumpkinstudio
6. 384 votes for Dream machine by mandyh
7. 332 votes for Gear up! by vo
8. 315 votes for Nanny Toggleswitch by ceanirminger
9. 313 votes for Toile de steampunk by ag_designs
10. 308 votes for Steampunk Aviation by mouo

Upcoming Fabric Of the Week contest themes: Snow + Sci-Sci-SCIENCE!

In the newsletter yesterday we posted two new Fabric Of the Week themes, one of which has a deadline of Monday. [note that we have a new process for entering contests, explained in the How to Enter section of the upcoming contests page]

Snow. Contest for fabric designs with a theme of snow. Submissions are open now, but will close on Monday, February 22, at noon EST. Voting will take place next week.

Science. Fabric designs using science (and/or math) as a theme. Submissions are open now, but close on Monday, March 1, at noon EST.

For instructions on entering, contest rules, etc., please see our upcoming contests page.

 UPCOMING SPOONFLOWER CONTESTS

Steampunk Fabric Contest! Vote for your favorites

The design theme for this week's fabric contest is Steampunk, an aesthetic in which Victorian technology gets mingled with science fiction and fantasy. You have 38 designs to admire this week, but for the first time you'll be able to vote without leaving Spoonflower. It's the inaugural week of our very own contest tool. Voting should work pretty much the way our most recent contests have worked, but please let us know if you spot any problems. As usual, you can vote for as many designs as you like! We'll announce the winner next week.

VOTE IN THE STEAMPUNK FABRIC CONTEST

Participants in the contest this week are:

1. ambitious plans by shirlene
2. Charted Waters by winter
3. Clock Gears by shout4joy2thelord
4. Clockwork Collage by ophelia
5. Clockwork Heart by rlovell
6. Clockwork Heart by bryony
7. Clockwork Machina by sarahd
8. Cutea_Benelli_s_luxury_steampunk_high_heels by tkrause24
9. Dream machine by mandyh
10. Flying Fantasy by sammyk
11. Gear up! by vo
12. Hortense Langdale by beenishz
13. Interlocking gears by zomo
14. Lightning Flying Machine by ldj_design
15. machinery by s2h7e11
16. Mechanical Birds by cbock
17. Nanny Toggleswitch by ceanirminger
18. Olio de Steampunk by lpds1220
19. pufferfish by kimkim
20. Rain Gear by razberries
21. Steam strings by jasmo
22. SteamPaper by cmpfreek7
23. Steampunk Aviation by mouo
24. Steampunk Birdman, Variation II by mudstuffing
25. Steampunk Network by pantsmonkey
26. Steampunk Swirls by redpumpkinstudio
27. Steampunk Victorian Silhouette Gears by herartsheloves
28. steampunk_sketches by mytinystar
29. Steam_Punk_Twist by jone
30. TeaTime by anahata
31. The Great Steamancipator by zeppomarks
32. the_little_old_lady by coquita
33. Time & Flourish by brquilter
34. Time Machine: A Steampunk Adventure by artbyjanewalker
35. Toile de steampunk by ag_designs
36. vll_steampunk_transportation_toile_4 by victorialasher
37. weird mum by scrummy

[Note: a few folks tried to enter this contest after the Monday deadline had passed. We've removed those entries from the voting.]

LOVE Fabric winner: Congratulations to Andrea Roman!

Andrea Roman of Minnesota wins our LOVE-themed Fabric Of the Week contest her first time out with Finding Love fabric. Congratulations, Andrea! You can see more of Andrea's work in her Ttoz shop on Etsy.

The top ten Love fabrics from last week were:

1. 673 votes for Finding Love by ttoz
2. 563 votes for Love by natalie
3. 484 votes for Valentine Wine by spellstone
4. 483 votes for Love Fiesta by sammyk
5. 415 votes for TWEEThearts by mytinystar
6. 330 votes for love filled hearts by katykeuter
7. 325 votes for Sweet Love by mandyh
8. 319 votes for Love in a box by jasmo
9. 310 votes for i heart type by studio_tm
10. 305 votes for peace-love3 by antoniamanda

Thank you to all the participating designers!

Submissions now open for contest to design fabric for Boba organic baby carrier: $500 prize

From today (Thursday, February 18) through next Thursday (February 25), you can submit one fabric design in your Spoonflower account to a special Fabric Of the Week contest being sponsored by NAP, Inc,. the makers of the Boba 2G, a baby carrier made using organic cotton. The winning fabric design, as selected by the Spoonflower community in voting March 1-7, will be used in the back panel of the baby carrier. The winner will get to work with the folks at NAP, Inc. to name the new carrier.

DETAILS

• Theme: nature. Choose a design that appeals to children and parents alike.
• Each designer can enter a single fabric design from her Spoonflower account. [If you don't have a Spoonflower account, they're free. Get started here.]
• Entries are open from Thursday, February 18 through Thursday, February 25, midnight EST.
• Voting will take place March 1-7 via the Spoonflower blog and newsletter.
• The winner will be announced on March 9, 2010 and will receive a $500 check from NAP, Inc.

TO ENTER

• Log in to Spoonflower. If you don't have an account, create one.
• Go to your design library. If you don't yet have any designs, upload the design you wish to enter.
• Pull down the Action menu underneath the design you wish to enter in the contest, and select Boba contest under Enter in Contest.
• Choose the layout option for your design, then click the button that reads "Enter in Contest". If you wish to change the size/dpi of your design, you can do so using the edit option on this page.
• If you decide to enter a different design or make changes, you can withdraw a design by following the same steps, then entering a new design.
• You can only have one design active in the contest at a time. Once the entry period closes, we will 'freeze' the submitted designs.

DETAILS & GUIDELINES

• Upload designs in JPG, PNG, TIF, or GIF format. Your artwork should be sized at 150 dp. Once uploaded,  use the contest entry page to edit the repeat style of your fabric design.
• Please submit an original design that complies with Spoonflower's Terms of Use.
• The fabric panel on the Boba carrier is roughly 15 inches by 10 inches, but is not rectangular.
• The point is not necessarily to design a panel that fits exactly into the available space, but to design a beautiful fabric that will make the carrier more striking when sewn into the back panel.
• Other fabric colors in the pack that your design should coordinate with: black and brown (Pantone 4695 U). The green Boba logo is Pantone 381U.
• Submitted designs must be public. To edit which of your designs are public, visit the Design Gallery page in your Spoonflower account, click on Design Details and check the box on the lower right that reads, "I would like to include this design in my public gallery."
• In the keywords field please enter the word "Boba."
• The size of the panel and the carrier colors are shown in the photo to the right. Note that the hex values of the colors vary quite a bit depending on your computer monitor -- if you are seriously trying to match the colors of the carrier, use the Pantone values.
• The area of fabric that will be used in the carrier is the area in the photo that is green.
• If your design wins the contest, you'll have a chance to work with NAP, Inc. to tweak and refine the design as needed before the fabric panels are printed and the carrier goes into production.
• Please note that unlike Spoonflower's usual weekly contests, participants in this contest must agree to grant NAP, Inc. full ownership rights to their design should they win the contest. Neither Spoonflower nor NAP, Inc. assert any rights over submitted designs not designated winners. You may delete any design you upload to Spoonflower at any time.
• While we do not require that a design submitted to the contest have been purchased first, please consider that it's a good idea to at least see for yourself what your design looks like on fabric before entering it in a public contest. Swatches are $5.
• If you have any questions, please drop us a line here.

Visit the official contest page, which includes all of the above information as well as more about the carrier itself.

VISIT OFFICIAL CONTEST PAGE

All you need is LOVE fabric: Vote for Fabric Of the Week, Valentine's Day Edition

We had 81 entries in our love-themed Fabric Of the Week contest, so this week you'll have three pages of designs to peruse. As usual, you can vote for ALL the designs you like. Happy Valentine's Day!

The participants competing this week are:

1. All of a flutter by bry
2. Batty_4_U by kiki_
3. Be Mine by pinkmonkeyflower
4. be mine by ag_designs
5. Bear Hugs (#008-00) Milk by inscribed_here
6. Black & Red Valentine Playing Card by aydeeyai
7. Blocks of Love by lpds1220
8. costume love by moxywares
9. Crafty Candy Hearts by jenimp
10. Crazy Love by lacefairy
11. cross-stitched hearts by smila
12. Doves and Hearts by katharinahirsch
13. Dreaming Heart by pantsmonkey
14. emily_s_pattern by emilyclaire
15. Family Values by giftinspired
16. Finding Love by ttoz
17. First Love by jeezvanilla
18. four_red_hearts by jone
19. Guitar Love by tlouey
20. Happytines by parklanegirl
21. hateless by neetee
22. Heart Shine by winter
23. Hearts by kdartstudio
24. HeartThrob by greenmyeyes
25. I Heart Hippos by arcana-j
26. i heart type by studio_tm
27. I heart you by taraput
28. In love 2 by nadja_p
29. in the pink by drbadjen
30. Jello hearts by hannafate
31. Karners Love Lupine by helenklebesadel
32. Language of love by simplydollicious
33. Locks___d-s by rtzfrtz
34. Lots of hand drawn hearts by antonybriggs
35. Love by natalie
36. Love Alive by think_house
37. Love Bird by bryony
38. Love Fiesta by sammyk
39. love filled hearts by katykeuter
40. love heart by scrummy
41. Love in a box by jasmo
42. Love In Bloom by heidikaether
43. Love is in the Air by sew-me-a-garden
44. Love letters by kimnlove56
45. lovebunnies4 by kre8or
46. lovegarden mirror by uzumakijo
47. Loves me...Loves me not! by cutiepoops
48. love_is_a_nice_cup_of_tea by etrewinchester
49. love_neon by corentine
50. loving peace by thalis87
51. LUV_SWEAT_N_TEARS by kimkim
52. Matchmaker (pink) by leighr
53. Oh...el amor!!! by tilde
54. Only You by beenishz
55. pachy smooch by abbethune
56. peace-love3 by antoniamanda
57. Pierrot and Pierrette by shirlene
58. Pink Matryoshka Doll Love by tortagialla
59. red_heart by innerfire
60. Robot Heart Shaped Head by herartsheloves
61. Romantic Love by findevogel
62. scandibirds by funkynature
63. Scandinavian Love by zeppomarks
64. So Much Love by klynnmorton
65. Still Rather Fond of Red by nalo_hopkinson
66. Sweet Heart by image_capsule
67. Sweet Love by mandyh
68. Sweet Moons by deboraheve
69. sweethearts by asset68
70. Tattoo Love by hamburgerliebe
71. The Swan I Love by cean
72. Tummyflies by anahata
73. tunnel of love by indi
74. TWEEThearts by mytinystar
75. Valentine Wine by spellstone
76. valentine_punkarmed_and_dangerous by papertiguer
77. Valentine_s_Heart_Pattern_Fabric_150 by heartaday
78. valentine_toile French by humpty
79. vll_cut_paper_valentine_collage_1-ch by victorialasher
80. XO with love by vo

Bug Fabric Winner: Congratulations to UK designer Julie Shaw

Congratulations to Julie Shaw of Surrey -- her Green Lacewing fabric crawled to the top of a wriggling mass of terrific designs in our bug-themed Fabric Of the Week contest.  Like our other winners, Julie will receive five yards of free Spoonflower fabric.

The top ten bug fabrics from last week's voting were:

1. Green Lacewing by Julie Shaw     429
2. Bugtastic! by Samarra Khaja     416
3. lined up ladybirds by danielle hanson     412
4. Wings by Anna Cole     409
5. bugs in the bush by Raul     393
6. Flea de Corps by alison oliver     392
7. Bugs at Play by Jenny B Harris     370
8. BUGS_on_blue by Jone Hallmark     351
9. Housefly by Alex Morgan     325
10. butterfly border blue brown by Ali_C     309

Thank you to all the great designers who participated! Find information on upcoming contest themes (posted thus far) -- including next week's Steampunk contest --  HERE.

Big news! Heather Ross out-of-print designs to be available soon on Spoonflower

We are pleased as punch today to share the news that illustrator and fab fabric designer Heather Ross (author of Weekend Sewing) has decided to make a collection of her previously out of print designs available through Spoonflower.

Heather has posted some details about which designs will be available on her blog, but as soon as they are live we will post about it here.

If you don't know Heather's work already, take at least a few minutes to peruse some of her textile designs: Kokka of Japan and Mendocino for Westminster. She's amazingly talented and we're thrilled that she's decided to work with us on this very special project.

Fabric Of the Week: Invasion Of the Bugs! Vote for your favorites

This week's fabric design theme is BUGS! We have a whopping 106 creepy-crawly fabrics to admire this week.  The ballot has three pages and -- as usual -- you can 'check' as many designs as you like.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE BUG FABRICS

The participants are:

1. Sunny Day. Busy Ants. by Adeline Lim 
2. Buggy Booga by Adrian Post 
3. charming ladybug by adriane lopez 
4. Housefly by Alex Morgan 
5. butterfly border blue brown by Ali_C 
6. Flea de Corps by alison oliver 
7. Bee bliss by Amanda H 
8. insects spoonflower by Angelica Burgen 
9. Wings by Anna Cole 
10. Green Snails by Antony Briggs 
11. Ladybugs by Audrey Clayton 
12. Bugzyville by Beenish Zia 
13. Ladybird by Cate Cook 
14. the spider and the bee by Cathy Hamilton 
15. I Love Bugs! by Cherie Balowski 
16. fluttering butterflies by cheska 
17. Little Boy Bugs by Christina Dennis 
18. Rollie Pollie Bugs Rainbow by Christine Hansen 
19. Beetle Bouquet by Claire Bircher 
20. Ants at My Picnic by Colette Lindemann 
21. Grasshoppers by Connie Kaiser 
22. lined up ladybirds by danielle hanson 
23. Creepy Cameo by Danika Sea 
24. butterflies by Dayna Gedney 
25. Lizzy and the Ladies by Deborah Mote 
26. jewel beetles by dedree drees 
27. BeezNeeezzz by Denise 
28. Ladybug Swinging Single by Denise 
29. Return of Mothra by Denise Dodd 
30. bugs! by elisabeth lindsey 
31. Bugs on branches by Emily 
32. shoofly pie by Emily Valenza 
33. Bumbling Bees by Erica Deam 
34. Dragonflies dancing by Eva Marion Seyffarth 
35. Käfer #1by Frauke Hahne 
36. Butterfly Fields by Gail Paula DeLeon 
37. Millipedes by Heather Brady 
38. Bees Love Sunflowers by Helen Klebesadel 
39. insects by Holli Zollinger 
40. Webbed Spider by JamJax 
41. Buggy by jeanetta gonzales 
42. Butterflies are Free by Jeni Paltiel 
43. Daisy Bees by Jennifer Addotta 
44. Bugs at Play by Jenny B Harris 
45. BUGS_on_blue by Jone Hallmark 
46. Lovebugs by Joni Stringfield 
47. Green Lacewing by Julie Shaw 
48. Sunshine Bugs! by Karen Chu 
49. Butterfly Inspiration by Karen cox 
50. Mantis by Karen Hart 
51. betterfly by Kim Lennox 
52. Butterfly hearts by Kim Nguyen Love 
53. Magentabutterfly by Kindershop 
54. In Search of Nectar by Kolleen Fortenberry 
55. Butterfly Migration by Krista Hamrick 
56. butterfly by ky Deslatte 
57. Bee Mine by Lauren Gardner 
58. SkwyntyBugs by Lauren Linn 
59. butterflies_2 by LeeAnne Snozek 
60. Monarch by Lesley Smith 
61. Butterfly Waterfall by Lesli Pepper 
62. patterned_bugs_blue by Linn Bodur 
63. Ladybugs and Leaves by Lisa Dawson 
64. Scattered Wings by Liz Onstad 
65. butterfly_garden by Lyell Rodieck 
66. pinkbugs by Lynn Baron 
67. Dragonflies by margaret baxter 
68. Indian moon moth by Mary Anne Mohanraj 
69. Spotted by Mathilda Tan 
70. Here's looking at you by meg murray 
71. Busy Bee by melanie Hamilton 
72. Baby Bumblebee by Melanie Medina 
73. Coccinelles by Michele Ouellet 
74. Honeybee-honeycomb-green by Mina Wagner 
75. BUGS GO WILD by nadine Westcott 
76. Flea Circus by Nalo Hopkinson 
77. Hopalong Cassidy by Naomi Wilson 
78. Chenilles by natacha devaud 
79. Butterflies At My Window by Natalie Kelsey 
80. Luna Moth on Tile by Nora 
81. Buzzy by Penny Cork 
82. ladybug1 by Pepie 
83. bugs in the bush by Raul 
84. butterfly explore by raven erebus 
85. Praying Mantis by Reva Erskine 
86. Deco Beetles by Robin Sussillo 
87. blue grasshopper by Rose 
88. Bugtastic! by Samarra Khaja 
89. Boys love Bugs - Mustard by Sara Pokorny 
90. Bee Skyline by Sarah Melancon 
91. Loads of ladybugs by Shannon Benavidez 
92. bug polka check by Sharon Turner 
93. Teddy's Bug Collection by Shirlene Perini 
94. Snail & Bee by Smile Recipe 
95. Moths are Marvelous by Star Primm 
96. Slugs on Parade by Stephanie Baldwin 
97. HoneyBees by Tamara Hensley 
98. Retro_Bugz by Think House 
99. dragonflypond by uzumakijo 
100. Brimstone by Vibeke Loohuis 
101. In The Garden by vicki jenkins 
102. Drifting Luna Moths by Victoria Lasher 
103. Dare you to wear scarabs by virginia 
104. Half Web_Blue by Voodoo Rabbit 
105. Bee Fab! by Wendee Wingfield 
106. Locust Jump by Yvonne Herbst

Yvonne Herbst's Birds On A Wire Wins the Children's Print Contest - Congratulations!

Congratulations this week to Yvonne Herbst (owner of Bunte Fabrics)! Her Birds On A Wire got more votes this week than any of the 130 other entries in our Childrens' Print-themed Fabric Of the Week contest.

The top 10 vote getters this week were:

1. Birds on a wire by Yvonne Herbst    693
2. Oneeyz pattern by Susanne Krogh-Hansen    676
3. You Are My Sunshine by Emily    629
4. Happy by Mary Brewer    626
5. Spot The Bug by Alex Morgan    611
6. Spare Parts by Kelly Grooters    488
7. SweetPeeps by Lauren Linn    475
8. Power Paisley by Heather Dutton    458
9. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! by virginia    455
10. small elephants in red by Katharina Hirsch    436

Upcoming fabric design contest themes include Love (due by Monday), Steampunk, and a very special contest we'll talk about in more detail in next week's email. READ DETAILS ON UPCOMING CONTESTS

Upcoming Fabric Of the Week contests: Love & Steampunk + special co-sponsored contest to design organic fabric for baby carriers

Upcoming Fabric Of the Week Contests:

LOVE: Create a fabric design with the theme of love. Keep in mind that the fabric preview for voting will be a fat quarter (21" x 18"). Deadline is Monday, February 8, 2010, at noon EST. ENTER THE LOVE CONTEST.

STEAMPUNK: A contest for fabric designs with a steampunk theme. Steampunk as an aesthetic mingles elements of the Victorian with fantasy and science-fiction. You can read more about it in Wikipedia, of course. Keep in mind that the fabric preview for voting will be a fat quarter (21" x 18"). Deadline is Monday, February 15, 2010, at noon EST. ENTER THE STEAMPUNK CONTEST.

Spoonflower/Boba Baby Carrier Contest: We're working with a company called Nap, Inc., to offer you a chance to design the fabric panel for their new organic baby carrier. The winning design will be featured on the carrier itself and the winner will receive $500. The design theme is NATURE. Submissions will be open February 18-25, and voting will be March 1-7. FIND CONTEST DETAILS HERE

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To keep things interesting for the voters please refrain from entering the same design
in multiple contests, even if the theme of a previous entry is reusable.

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Be sure to review the rules for our regular Fabric Of the Week Contests
(Note that the Boba contest above has its own rules listed on the contest details page)