gardening

You Grow, Girl! Gardening DIYs to inspire your green thumb

April 13, 2015

We’re all currently driving bright yellow cars here at Spoonflower–thank you very much, pollen! With the onset of warmer weather, birds chirping and bees buzzing, gardening is definitely on our minds. We even planted a little community garden in front of our HQ over the weekend! We thought gardening might be on your minds, too, so we found 5 great gardening DIYs to help you spruce up the green spaces in your life.

Pretty Face Seedling Starters | Francois et Moi

DIY Upcycled Garden Planter | Claireabellemakes

Stitch up a DIY garden kneeling pad using Herb Garden fabric by Laura Mayes

DIY Half Glazed Pots | Almost Makes Perfect

DIY Hanging Planter | A Beautiful Mess

DIY: Garden Kneeling Pad

August 6, 2014

Ready to do a little spring planting or repot a few houseplants? Spoonflower help team member Theresa is here to show you how to sew up a simple garden kneeling pad out of our 45% recycled Eco Canvas. Read on for the how-to!

5 Things: Gardening DIYs

March 21, 2014

The growing season is upon us and as someone seriously lacking a green thumb, I’m always on the look out for fun and simple ways to get my garden on! Check out these easy DIYs to add a little life to your weekend.

CREATE hanging planters to add a little green to any space.

STITCH up your favorite sewing project using a veggie-insprired fabric!

UPCYCLE tired copper canisters in to beautiful planters!

CREATE a garden on the go!

HAVE your cake and cover it in flowers, too!

+Allie

10 Great Gardening Fabrics

April 18, 2013

Here in North Carolina we've got more sowing going on these days than sewing, as the spring weather right now is just perfect for gardening. But when the crafting bug does strike, we now have the perfect fabrics for the season in the form of the top ten from our Gardening Tools contest. Congratulations to first-time winner Alisse Courter of Brooklyn for her winning fabric!