spring fabrics

5 Linen Cotton Canvas Projects You Probably Haven’t Thought of

May 13, 2016

Ahh, spring. It’s the season for new beginnings, planting blooms, and sporting linen. Lots and lots of easy, breezy, lovely linen. Perhaps our most versatile fabric, it’s perfect for both table cloths and dresses alike. Today we’re sharing 5 easy projects using Linen Cotton Canvas to try this month.

Turn your Instagram Photos into a laptop case | Etsy Blog

Make a Canvas Gallery Wall | See Kate Sew

4 Furoshiki Techniques for toting gifts, meals, and more. | Spoonflower Blog

Make tea towels using your child’s artwork | Thread Riding Hood

DIY Stitched Shibori or, just order these designs on Linen Cotton Canvas to cheat (we won’t tell.)

What’s your favorite thing to make with linen? Share with us in the comments and show us your makes by tagging them with #Spoonflowered.

Vote for your Favorite Picnic Design!

July 5, 2013

Summer is a special time for getting together with family and friends. Whether you’re on summer break or just enjoying the weekend sunshine, it’s a special treat to venture outside with your blanket and picnic basket in hand. This week’s designs celebrate the special elements of picnicking: food, nature, and those unexpected guests – bugs!

Garden Fabric Winner: Retrospring. Congratulations to Renule!

April 8, 2010

Congratulations to Renata Gebauerova (Renule), a designer from the Czech Republic whose lovely Retrospring design won the most votes in our garden-themed Fabric Of the Week contest. [You may not be able to read her blog, Renchinchay, but if not it also has lots of lovely photos.]

The top ten from the Garden fabric contest appear below, but we have one other bit of very exciting news: Gart has cobbled together a new Fabric Of the Week Contest home page that includes not only the top ten designs from this contest, but previous winners and upcoming themes. Pretty cool!

Fabric Of the Week Home Page

Top ten Garden fabrics — thanks to all who entered!

1. 761 votes for retrospring
by renule
2. 696 votes for cestlaviv_poppies_sf
by c'est_la_viv
3. 681 votes for My
Little Helpers_Light by spellstone
4. 644 votes for Garden_companions by
antoniamanda
5. 613 votes for April Showers in My
Garden by cynthiafrenette
6. 592 votes for nasturtium by
alicefukushima
7. 516 votes for Dreamgarden by andrea11
8. 497 votes for jardin_extraordinaire by
nadja_p
9. 472 votes for Blue Birds and Cages by
dorokitty
10. 462 votes for Flower's Scent by
littlelionstudio

Fabric Of the Week Bouquet: Daffodils (Vote!)

March 25, 2010

Vote for your favorite daffodil fabrics!

It may not be clear to everyone, but at least here in North Carolina spring has begun to make itself apparent after a long winter. To usher in the new season, we're tickled to present a big bunch of daffodil fabrics in this week's Fabric Of the Week voting. Choose as many as you like. Voting closes on Wednesday, March 31. Winning fabric will be announced the following day, on April 1.

VOTE FOR DAFFODIL FABRICS

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