olympics

Would that fabric design were indeed an Olympic event! In our own competition to celebrate the spirit of the games, we've still managed to assemble an impressively international podium. If this week's contest had been an Olympic event, the gold would have gone to Germany (Tabula Rosi), silver to Australia (cjldesigns) and bronze to team USA (bzbdesigner). Check out the top ten Olympic-inspired fabric designs.

For the real sports fans among you, the final scores were:

1. 738 votes for london-games by tabula_rosi
2. 676 votes for Jump Leap Plunge by cjldesigns
3. 486 votes for SUDOKU OLYMPICS by bzbdesigner
4. 377 votes for Birdlympics! by jennartdesigns
5. 369 votes for Olympic_energy by chicca_besso
6. 355 votes for TeacupOlympics2 by kimnb
7. 340 votes for Venues of Victory by sammyk
8. 330 votes for London Olympics by theboutiquestudio
9. 312 votes for Olympic Chequerboard by ebygomm
10. 308 votes for Gymnastics Love by bojudesigns

In what we hope is a graceful dodge of all the draconian restrictions on the use of any trademarks, images, logos, puns or cake decorations associated with the actual Olympic Games, we've asked designers this week to celebrate the spirit of the games through fabric designs. Perhaps you can vote as you watch the opening ceremony tomorrow on TV. While we lack a virtual podium for fabric designers, we'll still announce the winners next week.

Good luck to all the participants this week!

1. Running around the world by mariao
2. "Reflective Paddling" by missyorr
3. 0009_caritas_130312 by sandramunoz1
4. 12 olympians by sef
5. 120724-olympic-flame-1 by d'lee-d'laa
6. 271984_1948829834253_1047803621_1699464_2910188_o by gretty_love
7. A way through sports by bonnie_phantasm
8. All Fun and Games for Guys and Gals by paragonstudios
9. Ancient Athletes by jenimp
10. Ancient Greek Olympics by robyriker

Fabric Design Olympics: Germany Takes Gold, Australia Silver, and Team USA Bronze

Who will win the gold, silver & bronze medals for fabric design?