
summer
You’ll Love These Vintage Flamingo Designs
Move over, garden gnomes–the retro lawn ornament we’re loving right now is the classic pink plastic flamingo. Turns out, they look just as great on fabric as they do in a 1950s manicured lawn! We’ve rounded up a few of our favorites below, be sure to check out more from our Marketplace here.
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The Perfect Summer Weekend |DIY Hammock + A Good Book!
We’re deep into the lazy days of summer now. Amidst the heat, summer outdoor activities, and family vacations, it’s good to take some time to relax, breathe deeply, and enjoy simpler pleasures. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite summer DIYs and fabric recommendations to promote serious summer vacation vibes!
DIY a hammock out of a beach towel for a breezy place to rest your head.
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This Summer’s Perfect Picnic Napkins
Let’s face the facts: you’re going to be going on lots of picnics this summer. And hosting barbecues, birthday parties, reunions, back-yard cookouts. That’s a lot of paper napkins you’ll be throwing away! Add some eco-friendly pizzazz to your next picnic with our newest DIY napkin project. Featuring a classic red gingham picnic tablecloth pattern on one side and a selection of picnic food favorites on the other, this watermelon-and-lemonade-covered print will transform any gathering into celebration of sweet treats and summer warmth.
The Perfect Peach Projects
In Spoonflower's home state of North Carolina, and in many parts of the United States, August is all about peaches. This succulent, fuzzy stone fruit just soaks the sunshine right up and tastes like a bite of sweet, sweet summertime. One of our favorite ways to gather inspiration for new home dec, sewing and design projects, is by looking around us at what Mother Nature has to offer. Right now, we can't help but feel inspired by the peach! From design tools to wall art and repeating patterns galore, sink your teeth into our round up of peach-spiration. That's right. It's all brought to you by the…
9 Sunglasses DIYs + Fabrics
A great pair of sunglasses is hard to beat! Enjoy these fabric designs and DIY projects that celebrate the most essential of accessories.
Stars, stripes & sunglasses orange/yellow by simboko
Quilted Sunglasses Pouch tutorial on The Haby Goddess
Hidden message sunglasses on The cheekiest monkey of them all
Sunglasses_pattern_scheme2_6x6tile by rgushi
Decorate Your Sunglasses tips from A Little Birdy Blog
Sk8shades, sunglasses made from recycled skateboard decks, on Handsome Things
Hipster shutter-shades print by thatrossiart
Here's to hoping your weekend is made in the shade!
Ice, Ice, Baby! 6 Popsicles For A Cool Weekend
The summer heat has already arrived at our Durham, NC headquarters (oh spring…where did you go!?). To cool off this weekend, we’re on the hunt for a yummy frozen treat. Here are some delicious recipes and super fresh fabrics to stave off the weekend heat.
BONUS! Check out Razberries’ clever “Queen Of Snark” design. Can you spot the icepop? Plus, more popsicle designs on Spoonflower!
Wiksten pattern and fabric giveaway and quilting notions winner
I've often joked to my more sporty friends that summer is my indoor season here in sunny and humid North Carolina. It's hard for me to get motivated to even open the front door when temperatures are in the upper 90's and 100's as they have been lately. The garden gets super weedy for a couple of months and maybe I gain a pound or two but I'd much rather sit inside in the air-conditioning and sew.
And what better to sew up when it's hot than an airy blouse to keep you cool and comfy? This week's giveaway is for your choice of one of Wiksten's two pretty downloadable blouse patterns, either their beginner level Tank pattern or their intermediate level Tova pattern (both of which include dress-length variations). These patterns are sent as downloadable zip files so you don't even have to go out to your mailbox to pick it up. We'll also throw in 3 yards of the Spoonflower fabric of your choice to make it up in. The Spoonflower cotton voile or cotton silk would be perfect for a floaty, lightweight blouse, don't you think?
If you'd like a shot at winning this week's giveaway, just leave your comment below or on the corresponding Facebook post and do include your Spoonflower screen name or other means of tracking you down easily in case you're our winner. Entries close next Tuesday, 7/17 and we'll announce a winner on Wednesday, 7/18. Good luck, everyone! This giveaway is now closed and we'll be announcing a winner on the blog shortly.
Last week's winner of the quilting notions set was Robin Hadden in Vermont — congratulations, Robin! I think you'd better hide that rotating cutting mat as soon as it arrives, though. It was coveted by quite a few commenters!
Fabrics for Picnics
Yesterday, Spoonflower staff took the afternoon off to enjoy our first annual staff spring picnic. There was a whole pig for pickin’, loads of good food brought by staff (who seem to be a foodie as well as a crafty bunch), and a bouncy house for the kids (and for certain staff members who seem to be a bouncy as well as a foodie, crafty bunch). The staff picnic came up recently on one of our social media spaces and one of you visionary folks made a comment to the effect that, “I’ll bet they’ll have tons of gorgeous quilts to sit on at the Spoonflower staff picnic!” Crickets chirped around the office that day. Sadly, despite sewers wildly outnumbering non-sewers around here, we don’t have a ton of gorgeous quilts lying around for picnicking purposes. Yet.
Plenty of fodder for picnic quilts on our new Pinterest board of Picnic fabrics, though–green clover, blue skies with white clouds, strawberries, ants, grumpy pigs, and butterflies and bugs galore. I don’t know about the rest of the Spoonflower staff but next year, I’m totally eating my picnic on a Spoonflower quilt, not a rented chair!
Congratulations to Rebekah Ginda, Summer Flower Fabric Contest Winner
Rebekah Ginda, an American textile designer living in Germany, wins this week's palette-limited fabric design contest with the theme of summer flowers. She now has $100 in Spoondollar credit to spend as she pleases on her own fabric or on any of the other fabulous entries.
The designs submitted for this contest were terrific, as usual. Thanks to all who submitted their work!
1. 621 votes for Picnic
of Flowers by raebekah
2. 546 votes for Floral 1 by rikkib
3. 538 votes for summer_time_vr by
valentinaramos
4. 523 votes for Summer Song by
snowflower
5. 502 votes for Here comes the Sun by
yvonne_herbst
6. 490 votes for Trawlin' for Pollen by
ceanirminger
7. 430 votes for Before Nightfall by
sammyk
8. 415 votes for Summer_flowers_fat_quarter
by nicoletta
9. 397 votes for purple-blue flowers by
dennisthebadger
10. 396 votes for Simple Summer by
melissamelissa
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