You Know, Finding a Good Toile Can Be Murder...

Around here we're big fans of the style of design known as toile de Jouy, popularized in the 18th century, which looks great on both fabric and wallpaper. What we like best about toiles is that while they come across as classical from an aesthetic perspective, the content of the designs offers a ripe target for modern commentary. For this contest, we asked designers to come up with a murder-mystery-themed toile de Jouy. The winner is Italian designer Chicca Besso's "Who Poisoned the Roses?" (pictured above). Congratulations to her and to the rest of the wonderful top ten!

The final votes:

1. 907 votes for Who Poisoned the Roses? by chicca_besso 
2. 715 votes for mysterytoileMWrep150 by mjmontana 
3. 636 votes for Murder is Afoot by jwitting 
4. 549 votes for Killed! Two Birds with One Stone (Fingerprints) by sammyk 
5. 535 votes for x_mystery_toile by mcuetara 
6. 498 votes for The Case of the Sussex Beekeeper by marchhare 
7. 420 votes for Miss Marple by laura_the_drawer 
8. 411 votes for Unfortunato by mag-o 
9. 350 votes for Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie) by scrummy 
10. 315 votes for Toile de Christie by artgarage 

11. 309 votes for Red Herrings,etc. by boris_thumbkin 
12. 307 votes for murder_mystery_toile_1 by m__elizabethblair 
13. 301 votes for Murder Express by janekenstein 
14. 285 votes for Mad Dogs and Englishmen by violet's_pet_spider 
15. 257 votes for It's a mystery!!!!!!!!!!!!!-Traditional Toile by glimmericks 
16. 249 votes for Black Dahlia Murder Mystery Toile De Jouy by elizabethdoyle 
17. 231 votes for Miss Scarlet by graceful 
18. 225 votes for Deco Drama by kociara 
19. 220 votes for ToiledeJulie by juliestricks 
20. 219 votes for The Mysterious Affair at Spoonflower by deeniespoonflower 
21. 216 votes for A study in Scarlet Toile by illustrative_images 
22. 208 votes for 'Bad Kitty' Toile (blue) by pattyryboltdesigns 
23. 208 votes for toile_de_roxie by roxiespeople 
24. 206 votes for A fishy mystery by domoshar 
25. 202 votes for Lizzie Borden Overkill by golders 
26. 196 votes for It's A Mystery by bridget_barcode 
27. 186 votes for Dracula strikes again toile by dinorahdesign 
28. 169 votes for The Bridge. Toile de Jouy by diane555 
29. 165 votes for MURDER INVESTIGATION by bluevelvet 
30. 161 votes for The Girl Who Knew Too Much by emanuelletomato 
31. 153 votes for Clue in the Garden by arttreedesigns 
32. 151 votes for The Truth Will Out by ninniku 
33. 128 votes for wHO_dUN_iT_2 by jan-minto 
34. 127 votes for what happened to Lucille! by angiekreuter 
35. 122 votes for Who dunnit?? by katiame 
36. 117 votes for Sherlock Holmes Mystery Toile by racheljones 
37. 113 votes for murder on the chess-board by sef 
38. 109 votes for Who Killed Her by ladynoxy 
39. 108 votes for a_study_in_pink by maeli 
40. 107 votes for too-many-clues by grafikat 
41. 106 votes for Whodunnit Where With What by ravenous 
42. 101 votes for Who Killed Cock Robin? by ebygomm 
43. 95 votes for eye see you-ch1 by iamseamonster 
44. 94 votes for Murder Scene Quilt with Quiltyd Border by karaskye 
45. 91 votes for Murder Mystery Board Game Toile by mongiesama 
46. 90 votes for Your Clues. by whimzwhirled 
47. 88 votes for MURDER by elarnia 
48. 85 votes for Whodunnit? by gracemellow 
49. 85 votes for lizzie_borden_toile by adrienne_speer 
50. 83 votes for It Was the Grizzly Bear~in the Mountains~With a Wet Noodle! by amy_g 
51. 82 votes for Murder Mystery Fabric by gomergrl 
52. 74 votes for Murder nightmare by fantazya 
53. 73 votes for Cluedo red by lahib 
54. 67 votes for Digging A Hole by susanpolston 
55. 67 votes for Murder Mystery on Shelter Island by kiki_ 
56. 61 votes for Pink Panther Murder Mystery Toile by kfrogb 
57. 57 votes for Doctor Who & Oswin Oswald - The girl who died twice by lusyspoon 
58. 56 votes for Who_Dunnit_ by podaiboo 
59. 51 votes for Crazy World by chezmargot 
60. 50 votes for Nouf_Alhazmi_Swatch by noufalhazmi 
61. 49 votes for murder mystery scarf by rchomestead 
62. 48 votes for Tony_Hillerman_Toile by frendi 
63. 42 votes for murder-mystery-toile-coloured-sm by csl 
64. 41 votes for murdermystery by cbronsky 
65. 36 votes for Who Shot JR_Toile_de_jouy by pink_koala_design 
66. 35 votes for vedove_ok by franceslady 
67. 34 votes for Red_Herring_Murder_Mystery_Toile by isa_creations 
68. 34 votes for Toile_2 by crafty3790 
69. 33 votes for Clue_Toile2 by eiralav 
70. 31 votes for vite by tallulah92 
71. 27 votes for Murder Scenes-Red by hmooreart 
72. 19 votes for villa_census by phamatic 
73. 10 votes for muder_mystery_toile by emily_grace_white 
74. 5 votes for final_project_textile_design by charactermom 
75. 5 votes for wellheckatooties's letterquilt by wellheckatooties