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A Flotilla Of Sailing Fabrics

April 26, 2013

In this week's contest we asked designers to create fabric using no more than five colors chosen from a palette specified in the contest rules. The theme was sailing. So your challenge for this week is to choose your favorites from a field of almost 250 entries!

The participants this week are:

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sailing_ship_scallop by glimmericks
2. 100 Nauts by kathrynzaremba
3. A Sailaway by cison
4. A Southern Lady Sails by
asouthernladysdesigns
5. A squall by vo_aka_virginiao
6. Ahoy Ahoy! by amel24
7. Ahoy Matey by paragonstudios
8. ahoy there matey by mezzime
9. Ahoy, Mermaids! by ifneedb
10. Alone and Adrift on a Stormy Sea
by edsel2084

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Let’s Hear It for Sticks & Spots, Stripes & Dots!

June 21, 2012

The winner of our palette-restricted contest for geometric shape fabrics is none other than veteran Spoonflowerer SammyK, whose history of previous contest wins is almost too long to list (but you can review many of them on the contest archive page). Suffice it to say she's done it again in a field of amazing entries. Be sure to check out all of this week's well-coordinated top ten.

SEE THE TOP TEN

The final results were:

1. 356 votes for Sticks & Spots, Stripes & Dots by sammyk
2. 321 votes for Geometrica 9 – Triangles by chris
3. 296 votes for Dacia (Green and Violet) by siya
4. 286 votes for triangles by jeannemcgee
5. 285 votes for Kaleidoflowers by robyriker
6. 262 votes for Undulation by ormolu
7. 261 votes for Geo_Floral by aimeesthill
8. 249 votes for Retro-luxe Lighting by retrorudolph's
9. 244 votes for Moss Box by spellstone
10. 233 votes for Connected Stars by lilichi

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Palette-restricted botanical print contest winner is Day In the Jungle fabric by dennisthebadger

January 13, 2011

The winner of our latest contest is Dennis Bennett, or DennistheBadger, the same artist who won the baby carrier design contest we sponsored last year with Nap Inc. It turns out that since his last win, DennistheBadger, who lives in Germany, has become DennistheDoctor, having finished medical school. It must be nice to know that if the medical career falls through, he's got a future in fabric design. Congratulations, Dennis! These palette-restricted contests always seem to produce a terrific bunch of entries. Thanks to all who participated.

See the Top Ten Large-Scale Botanical Prints

The designers who submitted work this week did an amazing job! Final votes:

1. 745 votes for day in the jungle by dennisthebadger
2. 628 votes for lily pond – botanical by uzumakijo
3. 624 votes for Breezy Botany by sammyk
4. 616 votes for botanicalwonders by mrshervi
5. 535 votes for Jardin_Botanique by snowflower
6. 516 votes for funny flowers by bora
7. 490 votes for Dark Botanical by melisza
8. 470 votes for Sewed flowers by faratiana
9. 448 votes for marisa by valentinaramos
10. 440 votes for Paris Peonies by cynthiafrenette

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Many shapes, but few hues: Vote in our palette-restricted contest for large-scale botanical prints

January 6, 2011

We usually hear some griping about the colors we choose for these palette-restricted contests, but I've always found that looking through the entries is a treat. Restricting the palette is one way of pushing designers out of their comfort zones, which is usually rewarding. This week's contest was for large-scale botanical designs that had to use the colors in a palette we provided (visible here). We did our best to discourage the use of gradients in this one, but in the end we didn't pull all of the entries that employed them. As usual, the voters will make the final call. There are 149 entries, so get ready to do some serious scrolling.

Vote For Your Favorite Large-Scale Botanical Prints

The participating designs and designers are: