Year In Review: Top 10 Indie Fabric Designers & Top 50 Fabric Designs of 2011
Top Ten Indie Fabric Designers of 2011
Continuing with the year-end reflections we began with yesterday's post, today we'd like to present the top ten indie fabric designers in the Spoonflower marketplace for 2011. They are:
1. holli_zollinger - Holli Zollinger is an artist and designer whose deceptively simple designs simply work for all kinds of projects. The Spoonflower office is full of her work!
2. studiofibonacci - Part-time designer and "life-long geek" Studio Fibonacci always seems to have her finger on the pulse of the subcultures that thrive on the Internet.
3. heatherross - Heather Ross is a bit of a celebrity, having written a popular sewing book as well as produced bestselling fabric designs and illustrations for a number of well-known companies. While she doesn't have any fabric available at the moment on Spoonflower, now and then she'll offer limited edition versions of her fabric designs, which are always hot-sellers!
4. heatherdutton - Heather Dutton Hang Tight Studio does amazing, colorful work from a lime green studion in Maine.
5. ceanirminger - Another perennial favorite in our Fabric of the Week contests, Cean Irminger spends her days designing mosaics and her evenings devising lovely, distinctive fabric designs.
6. domesticate - Andrea Whalen of Marysville, Ohio, is an interior design-lover and fan of "natural glam."
7. bora - Dutch illustrator Deborah van de Leijgraaf is one of our favorites, and she's won more Fabric of the Week contests than I can count at this point. Find her on her blog!
8. pattysloniger - You may remember Patty Sloniger as the winner of the Project Selvage contest we put together with Michael Miller Fabrics. Her new fabric collections for MMF will be available in quilt shops this year!
9. cynthiafrenette - Our favorite designer from British Columbia, Canada, who was also a finalist in the Project Selvage contest last spring.
10. thebline - Amy, of the B-Line, teaches chemistry by day and makes fabulous things by night.
Although all the thumbnails are broken on the post, it's fun to compare this year's list to a similar list we put together a year ago for the top indie designers of 2010.
Top Fifty Indie Fabric Designs
Before you ask, let us follow up the first list with an answer to the natural corollary question: "What were the most popular individual fabric designs on Spoonflower in 2011?" In order to dig a little deeper into all the amazing original designs on the site, on this list we're offering the top 50. (note that the images should all act as links. The top-selling fabrics on Spoonflower in 2011 were:
1. 
Madman in a Blue Box fabric by studiofibonacci
2. 
Spoonflower Color Map fabric by spoonflower [doesn't really count but we left it in anyway]
3. 
playhorsespink2 fabric by heatherross
4. 
(Small) Eleven Traveling Doctors and Blue Phone Boxes fabric by greencouchstudio
5. 
chevrons fabric by holli_zollinger
6. 
(Large) Eleven Traveling Doctors and Blue Phone Boxes fabric by greencouchstudio
7. 
Mock Pacman 2.0 fabric by pixeldust
8. 
playhorsespink fabric by heatherross [not currently for sale]
9. 
cricketfabric fabric by heatherross [not currently for sale]
10. 
Bacon, Bacon, Bacon, Feorlen, and Bacon fabric by vo_aka_virginiao
11. 
equations and equations fabric by primenumbergirl
12. 
T.A.R.D.I.S. fabric by theunicornandthewasp
13. 
Tea Towel Calendar fabric by pennycandy
14. 
mustache gallery fabric by avelis
15. 
Political Dalek fabric by studiofibonacci
16. 
Ro-co-co and a Bottle of Rum fabric by ceanirminger
17. 
Kawaii Kitchen - plushie toy set fabric by bora
18. 
Tetris Border Print fabric by chronicallyuncool (also appeared in last year's top 10)
19. 
Owls, in Blue - In The Land of Boys fabric by aimeemarie
20. 
Owl Be Darned! Apron Pattern fabric by ceanirminger (also appeared in last year's top 10)
21. 
Clockwork Collage fabric by ophelia
22. 
multi_owls_-_white_background fabric by petunias
23. 
birdhouse fabric by troismiettes
24. 
Vines fabric by lydia_meiying
25. 
Summer Rose Garden fabric by pattysloniger
26. 
Doctors, Monsters, and Friends fabric by studiofibonacci
27. 
Practical Full-Range Color Chart ©2011 by Jane Walker fabric by artbyjanewalker
28. 
birds & berries tea towel calendar 2012 fabric by lisaekström
29. 
Moon Rabbit (see yard view for full image) fabric by ceanirminger
30. 
Blue Nebula #1 fabric by corseceng
31. 
Wild Flowers Pink fabric by heatherross
32. 
seakelptrim fabric by alison_and_bear
33. 
mad science fabric by avelis
34. 
Night Owl fabric by leanne
35. 
Power Paisley fabric by heatherdutton
36. 
tree_hearts fabric by holli_zollinger
37. 
kelpdrapery fabric by alison_and_bear
38. 
Woodland fabric by lydia_meiying
39. 
FOX TAILS fabric by petunias
40. 
Shining, burning, bursting through - the stars! fabric by studiofibonacci
41. 
Navy Chevron fabric by mgterry
42. 
ROSEREPMASTERRPTm fabric by heatherross
43. 
plus_one_linen_yellow fabric by holli_zollinger
44. 
Rockets 'n Robots fabric by leanne
45. 
Owl Tree Tea Towel 2012 Calendar - Extra Coasters for Linen-Cotton Canvas width (hit zoom) fabric by ttoz
46. 
Busses Pink fabric by heatherross
47. 
nuns on grey fabric by heidikenney
48. 
Obscure Animals Alphabet fabric by maile
49. 
cherry fabric by troismiettes
50. 
Stained Glass Rose Windows fabric by sammyk
