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12 Questions for Operations Specialist, Barbara P.

September 1, 2017

All aboard! Meet Barbara, Operations Specialist and Spoonflower employee of just over two fun-filled years. Not only is Barbara one of the most positive and hard-working people we know, she’s also a designer with a true passion for all things nautical and blue. Join us as we set sail on the deep sea and get to know one of Spoonflower’s design savvy teammates in our next Meet Spoonflower interview.

Barbara Pritchard | loonhouse fabric design

Designs by Barbara Pritchard | loonhouse fabric design

The first thing I want you to know about me is:

“Designing is the JOY of my life. I love creating new fabric designs!”

One-Yard Wonders From Under the Sea

November 30, 2012

We're big fans of the One-Yard Wonders books from Storey publishing,
which offer readers an array of projects that require just a single
yard of fabric. For this contest one of the authors, Rebecca Yaker,
offered a pattern for the Riviera Tee, a kid's shirt. Spoonflower
designers were invited to customize the pattern using their own designs
and an Under-the-Sea theme. The result is a gallery of shirt patterns
that would be a blast to sew. The winner will be featured in the next
book in the series. Vote for your favorites and we'll report back next
week!

1. *Colors under the sea* by
akwaflorell
2. A Jellyfish Ballet by seasparkles
3. 1 yard wonders childs t-shirt
pattern by delsie
4. 1,2,3….Walruses Are We….Under
the Sea by joojoostrees
5. A Colourful Green Sea with little
fish by nezumiworld
6. An octopus under the sea by
fantazya
7. Anchor's Away *Complex* by
dylanfd
8. Anna Nemonee by resdesigns
9. beach huts by the sea by
valley_designs
10. Blondfish forever by blondfish

Jellyfish Fabrics As Far As the Eye Can See

February 16, 2012

Despite the risk of wearing you out with ocean motifs, our contest theme this week is a tribute to the sea creature most of us love to look at but hate to bump into: the jellyfish. Can’t you see these prints going over well on a pair of boxer shorts?

Vote For Jellyfish Fabrics

The participants this week are:

1. 120209_06 by lovelyrinah
2. Agua Viva by kirpa
3. alphabet jellies in red by thatrossiart
4. amazing jellies by paragonstudios
5. Angelly Delight by appletree
6. anumanuva_curious_light_483 by anumanuva
7. Arnold in Love – Rasperries & Buttercream by giddystuff
8. Aztec Jellyfish by forest&sea
9. Azure Jellyfish Seas by tmthompson
10. backfloat by jellybeanquilter

Ditsy Sea Creatures: Vote for your favorites in a school of small prints

February 9, 2012

This week we resurrected a variation on a popular but difficult theme from one of our fall contests: ditsy prints. Ditsy refers to very small prints designed to scatter rather than to repeat in an obviously symmetrical way. Ditsy prints are popular for apparel sewing. Deciding which of the contest entries best capture the idea of ditsy through the use of sea critters is the mission before you today, should you choose to accept it.

Vote For Ditsy Sea Creature Fabrics

The participants this week are:

1. Hawaiian Sea horses by mariao
2. Sea Gifts Wrapped in Ribbons of Seagrass by inscribed_here
3. A Beach Ditsy by illustrative_images
4. A Buncha Lobstahs by dianne_annelli
5. a ditsy sea by paragonstudios
6. A Sea Menagerie in Blue by thatrossiart
7. Acres of Clams ditsy by georgeandgracie
8. Algae by grafite
9. ANEMONES by kriskross
10. Arctic Ditsy Sea Creatures – Soapstone by aldea

Milktooth’s Castaways Edge Out Cean Irminger’s Shy Ness Monster By A Single Vote

July 1, 2010

In our closest Fabric Of the Week contest ever, Lisa Mirella's "Electronic Castaways" design has defeated Cean Irminger's "Shy Ness" monster by exactly one vote. Whew. Given current events in the Gulf of Mexico, it might have been appropriate to photograph the nautical winner with an oil stain seeping across the fabric… but that would have been a downer, no?

See the Nautical Fabric Winners

All of the nautical designs were lots of fun. Thanks to the participating creatives. Final tally:

1. 664 votes for Electronic
Castaways by milktooth
2. 663 votes for Shy Ness by ceanirminger

3. 549 votes for petits-bateaux by
milto42
4. 503 votes for sea-treasures by maruqui

5. 453 votes for boatv3 by laurenhunt

6. 441 votes for Little Boats by
spellstone
7. 420 votes for medusa by mariacabo
8. 333 votes for sealifesf by jevaart

9. 330 votes for Ocean Ripple by poetryqn

10. 329 votes for The Octopus by corvus