Let's hear it for NC textile designers! Greensboro artist wins Surreal Fruit fabric contest

Nadia Hassan, a designer who lives right down the road from Spoonflower in Greensboro, North Carolina, wins this week's Fabric Of the Week contest with her lovely "des oiseaux". The theme of the contest -- surreal fruit -- was quite difficult, but the top ten finishers are terrific.

SEE THE TOP TEN SURREAL FRUIT FABRICS

The final voting results were:

1. 705 votes for des oiseaux by surlybirdstudio
2. 595 votes for prank calls by babysisterrae
3. 551 votes for Ceci nest pas une plum by francine
4. 536 votes for Funny Fruit by bora
5. 488 votes for orbit of the fruits by annosch
6. 465 votes for Floating_Citrus_Stars by luana_life
7. 419 votes for Surrealist: Fruity Abode by simboko
8. 349 votes for Frenchy Fruits by pattysloniger
9. 345 votes for Fruits in the Sky by isabelchun
10. 335 votes for Page 8206 by pixo

11. 328 votes for Pineapple Island by acbeilke
12. 297 votes for Fairyland by christinema
13. 295 votes for fruit_flies by snork
14. 294 votes for Tropical Oranges by elizagraysgoods
15. 286 votes for Target Practice by dollproject
16. 269 votes for Unnatural Fruit by jumping_monkeys
17. 266 votes for vitamin c by matthandlersux
18. 219 votes for Exquisite Fruit Corpses by eloisenarrigan
19. 217 votes for Fruit Tarts by decobot
20. 216 votes for Barbed Wire Pear by siya
21. 212 votes for carambola_ocean by majo_bv
22. 203 votes for Albino Eyeball Pomegranate by dolphinandcondor
23. 195 votes for surfing_banana by kaeledra
24. 188 votes for No Dada, those are not home-grown kitties on vines by vo
25. 186 votes for Fish With Bicycles by sammyk
26. 183 votes for Knighted Men of Science and Letters, With Fruit for Faces by ceanirminger
27. 173 votes for Ce n'est pas fruit by jadegordon
28. 165 votes for Apple and Pear by kdl
29. 156 votes for Shoo, Fly (small scale, see zoom) by ttoz
30. 155 votes for slice_of_magritte by peppermintpatty
31. 142 votes for LighterThanAir GourdFruit by thoughtstorms
32. 142 votes for stolen_life by victorialasher
33. 135 votes for Crazy Chili by lord-orlando
34. 134 votes for Apple of my Eye by paragon_studios_one
35. 127 votes for SeaFruit2 by charldia
36. 126 votes for Surrealist Fruit by leighr
37. 122 votes for bahia_color by lfntextiles
38. 119 votes for Fruit, Chocolate, Cream... by rubyrice
39. 119 votes for Rock Hard Pears! by societydeb
40. 117 votes for Surreal Fruit Stripe by madam0wl
41. 115 votes for Platanitos-ch 1 by gabindy
42. 113 votes for pomme3 by monique_caffet
43. 113 votes for Ceci n'est pas une pomme by jenimp
44. 105 votes for Surreal Stripes of Fruit: Apples, Bananas, Cherries by sarahthomas
45. 103 votes for Straw-birdies and Pineapp-owl by owlandchickadee
46. 99 votes for Fruit Flies on Fruit by nancysgardenak
47. 97 votes for WaterfallsMelon by shala
48. 96 votes for JamJax 10 Pump by jamjax
49. 95 votes for Pear Shaped House by herartsheloves
50. 92 votes for la frutta by tortagialla
51. 90 votes for Winter fruit bowl in Oz by pavlova_is
52. 89 votes for CitrusOrange by nicole_wilcox
53. 88 votes for fruit_flies_4 by hollishammonds
54. 84 votes for a controversial fruit by scrummy
55. 80 votes for Banana to Nowhere by evenspor
56. 79 votes for Skulluxe fruit party - vintage blue by skulluxe
57. 77 votes for Fruit Mug Shots by sarahwalden
58. 70 votes for Surrealist Fruit by pixeldust
59. 69 votes for pink grapefruit pinwheels by larissantoro
60. 65 votes for A Very Fruity Conga Line by lulakiti
61. 64 votes for frida and friends by onelittlefrog
62. 63 votes for evil apple chases grapes by jaja
63. 60 votes for Green is Mean by cmanningdesigns
64. 58 votes for A Crimson Dream by sophiabarrasdesigns
65. 55 votes for OranShpeeled by oranshpeel
66. 52 votes for fruits by elfyne
67. 49 votes for Surreal Daughter Fruit Chain by upcyclepatch
68. 46 votes for A Pear of Cherries by jellybeanquilter
69. 46 votes for strange_fruit__ by recollections
70. 45 votes for Strawberry Blonde Callico Print by blueberryblonde
71. 41 votes for Chili_Pepper-ch by phigmint
72. 41 votes for gm_food_fabric by farrellart
73. 40 votes for Fruit&Berries by morellco
74. 38 votes for appleblue1 by ashleyvon
75. 32 votes for Painted Apples by kkitwana
76. 32 votes for banana_man-ed by sewslow
77. 29 votes for Flying fruits by dragonflys
78. 25 votes for EyeOfTheBeholder-01 by applebetty
79. 25 votes for Chickie's space fruit by weavingmajor
80. 20 votes for Uprooted and Taken Away by lalakittyla
81. 18 votes for Surreal Fruit by akua
82. 11 votes for MC_Eschers_grapes by thepeaches
83. 11 votes for Abby_Strat__Apples by cyndilou
84. 2 votes for Pumpkin_Family_w_black_stripe by kikisews