Imaginary Animals

It had to happen sooner or later, right? But with 193 entries in our Imaginary Animals Fabric Of the Week competition this week it still seems surprising that we have two designs in an exact tie for first place. Fine Feathered Friends by kayajoy and Fantanimals by melisza, two terrific fabrics by designers who have each won one previous contest, received exactly the same number of votes. Congratulations to the designers –Tamara Serrao of Montreal and Melissa Wang of Singapore — both of whom now have $100 in Spoondollars to spend on lovely fabric. Well done!

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The final votes were:

1. 734 votes for Fantanimals by melisza
2. 734 votes for Fine Feathered Friends by kayajoy
3. 614 votes for Mix n' Match by sammyk
4. 600 votes for rare species – gray by endemic
5. 570 votes for Tiny_Dragons_at_Night by medúzy
6. 560 votes for Fantasy friends (Please zoom in ^^) by irrimiri
7. 520 votes for monster mash by monda
8. 517 votes for Fishy_felines by cjldesigns
9. 516 votes for A Unicornand His Lady DesignMagi ImaginaryAnimals by designmagi
10. 506 votes for Unidentified Animals by jordan_elise

What did we mean when we asked you to submit fabrics using imaginary animals? Hmmm. Well, the idea was to elicit visions of creatures that exist only in the imagination of the designer, but we ended up keeping all the unicorns and dragons and mermaids that showed up. We did make some attempt to remove cats, dogs, chickens and sock monkeys, but accepted oddly shaped birds and, in one case, a blue butterfly whose designer asserted that it was the product of an imaginary blue caterpillar. In the end, as regular readers know, we put together our themes with an eye more toward fun than rules. As you vote in this week's contest, I know you'll bring your own notions of imaginary animals to the table. There are close to two hundred entries, so enjoy voting!