art nouveau

One thing we've learned over the past few months is that designers love a palette-restricted fabric design challenge. Something about having to work within a set of constraints makes the creative impulse that much stronger. The results are apparent in the 84 designs that appear in our Art Nouveau fabric contest this week, which required the use of the palette pictured to the right (with white and black as options). In the past we haven't made any effort to weed out designs that did not employ the suggested palette, but this week we did make at least some effort to remove any that strayed from the guidelines in a way that was very obvious. We haven't made any attempt to decide what's really "Art Nouveau" and what isn't. That will have to be up to you! Voting will close on Wednesday, March 24, at 5pm EST, and we'll announce the winner the following day.

Participating designers this week are:

1. Art Nouveau
   Alphabet-1 by lacefairy
2. ART Nouveau
   bird by megansly
3. A Little Birdie
   Told Me— by nat_hamade
4. anfinal by
   pepstar
5. arabesque by
   nadja_p
6. ART NOUVEAU
   FISH CONTEST by floorartetc
7. art nouveau
   flora (sand) by trebligrachel
8. Art Nouveau
   Tile 1 by vickijenkinsart
9. Art Nouvoctopus
   by memory
10. Art Noveau 2 by
    diversepixel
11. artniveaufc2small
    by samanthaheather
12. ArtNouveau by
    cyrille
13. ArtNouveauRepeat
    by tzaleski22
14. ArtNouveau_mermaids
    by vonski
15. artnoveau1 by
    mrshervi
16. artnoveauforspoonflower
    by dennisthebadger
17. artN_mafe by
    mafealvarez
18. art_nouveau by
    epiphanycollections
19. art_nouveau by
    nonnie
20. art_nouveau by
    aninkling
21. Art_Nouveau_Stem_III
    by idlejo
22. Art_Nouveau_Tulips
    by cynthiafrenette
23. art_nouveau_wheat_tight
    by victorialasher
24. Bees and Apple
    Blossoms by andrea_kopacek
25. Berries by
    trace
26. bleu haze by
    gremlina
27. Blue Orchids
    Art Nouveau by golders
28. butterflywhitebg
    by photojo
29. Cameo by bunni
30. Clinton_Hill_Nouveau-ed
    by designertre
31. DaisyShell by
    shala
32. Deco Floral –
    Contest – Black by kristopherk
33. DesignMagi_ArtNouveau_Peacock
    by designmagi
34. donsdesk by
    yoncalla
35. dragonfly
    circle by ingrid_the_crafty
36. Eleanor by
    aimeeelisabeth
37. Fleurs_Nouvelles
    by snowflower
38. fruitadaloomartnoveau
    by dolphinandcondor
39. Gaudi by tilde
40. getting ready
    by gigifobo
41. ginkgo_nouveau
    by capiscit
42. Heartfelt
    Flowers by pojeda
43. Hello_Day_FINAL-ed
    by cinfinmin
44. invisible bike
    by butterwort
45. iron-scrolls
    dark blue by heatherrothstyle
46. jugendstil2 by
    vina
47. Kelly by
    royalforest
48. LH_ArtNouveau
    by ldj_design
49. Mackinroses On
    Ivory With Blue by jazilla
50. Mackintosh's
    Apples by jenimp
51. mlodawall by
    maeula
52. N'View Primp
    by jamjax
53. New Love – Fun
    whimsical Americana take on Art Nouveau style by melissainthesky
54. Nouveau by
    imagekko
55. nouveau beauty
    blue by mytinystar
56. Nouveau Chic by
    kasei_lee
57. Nouveau Glyph
    Pattern by davidmatthewparker
58. Nouveau peacock
    feathers-ch by hannafate
59. Nouveau Riche
    by scoutstudios
60. Nouveau Rose by
    kdl
61. Nouveau
    Songbirds by strive
62. nouveau-ch by
    sorreldugan
63. NouveauSquirrels
    by eowens
64. Nouveau_Final_21x18__
    by dvoizin
65. Nouveau_stained_glass2
    by shirlene
66. Noveau Vine by
    ceanirminger
67. objet_nouveau_5
    by periwinklepaisley
68. palace_pets_fin2
    by papertiguer
69. Peacock blue by
    zeppomarks
70. persephoneflowers
    by rose'n'thorn
71. Plumage by
    mandyh
72. poppy_fabric2
    by cindy_lindgren
73. Ribbon Angel
    Art Nouveau by heartaday
74. Roots_and_Leaves3color
    by dragonflyfae
75. Rose Window by
    anahata
76. Schnuffie_in_the_garden_-_Pillow
    by bjspoon
77. Shape_noveau_
    by xoxpringles`
78. spoon_flower_art_nouveau_copy
    by stefcos
79. sunflower by
    lfntextiles
80. swan lilly-ch
    by basilberrybakes
81. Terrace Nouveau
    by meredithjean
82. th_GW364H376_1_
    by pjay
83. Tut In Paris by
    jellybeanquilter
84. Where the Wild
    Roses Grow (Blue Nouveau Medallion) by leighr
85. artnouveau1 by mzdori