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Announcing the Family Recipe Design Challenge Winners

October 12, 2017

Family Recipe design challenge winner: heleen_vd_thillart | Spoonflower Blog

Lemon Meringue Pie by heleen_vd_thillart

There are so many family traditions we look forward to during the holiday season, but the front-runners are often the family recipes that get passed down generation after generation, year after year. With so many delicious submissions for this week’s Family Recipe design challenge, it looks like we all may have a few more dishes to add to our dinner tables this year! Compliments to grand prize winner, heleen_vd_thillart who will be receiving a $200 Spoonflower credit for her family favorite, Lemon Meringue Pie. We also want to congratulate second place (jill_o_connor) and third place (hollybender) winners who will be receiving $100 and $50 in Spoonflower credit, respectively. If you’re still hungry (like we are), check out the top ten blue-ribbon recipes!

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1. 354 votes for Lemon Meringue Pie recipe tea towel by heleen_vd_thillart
2. 296 votes for Strawberry Jam Recipe Tea Towel by jill_o_connor
3. 235 votes for Hard Boiled Eggs by hollybender
4. 232 votes for MAJA_SwedPan by maja_a
5. 230 votes for Bean Salad Recipe by esthermols
6. 226 votes for Grandmas Oatmeal Choc. Chip Cookies by thestorysmith
7. 225 votes for fried rice by kfay
8. 222 votes for Grandma’s Trifle by cjldesigns
9. 220 votes for Baileys Hot Chocolate FQ Teatowel by thepeachtree
10. 212 votes for Handmade Pizza Recipe Tea Towel by heatherdutton [Read more…] about Announcing the Family Recipe Design Challenge Winners

Announcing the 2018 Tea Towel Calendar Design Challenge Winners

October 5, 2017

2018 Tea Towel Calendar Design Challenge Winner: cjldesigns | Spoonflower Blog

In the Woods 2018 Tea Towel Calendar by cjldesigns

The season of abundant tradition is upon us, and Spoonflower community traditions are no exception. For this week’s 2018 Tea Towel Calendar challenge, designers are welcoming the new year under every imaginable theme possible. Congratulations to grand prize winner, cjldesigns, who will be receiving a $200 Spoonflower credit for her whimsical design, In the Woods. We also want to send a cheery acknowledgment to second place (nadja_petremand) and third place (jill_o_connor) winners who will be receiving $100 and $50 in Spoonflower credit, respectively. Check out the top ten winning calendar designs!

No time to DIY? Order your 2018 Calendar Tea Towel through our sister brand, Roostery. No sewing required!

1. 400 votes for In the woods 2018 teatowel calendar by cjldesigns
2. 382 votes for A_la_montagne by nadja_petremand
3. 326 votes for 2018 Woodland Block Print Calendar by jill_o_connor
4. 318 votes for Birdsong 2018 Calendar Tea Towel by ceciliamok
5. 311 votes for Kitchen Friends 2018 by anda
6. 298 votes for Cups! 2018 tea towel calendar by sarahparr
7. 279 votes for Swedish_teatowel by la_fabriken
8. 273 votes for 2018 Calendar Doggie Coffee and Tea Time by selmacardoso
9. 272 votes for 2018 It’s Good to be Home Rooster Calendar by groovity
10. 264 votes for BLOOM & GROW 2018 CALENDAR TEA TOWEL by ruth_hickson [Read more…] about Announcing the 2018 Tea Towel Calendar Design Challenge Winners

2017 Tea Towel Calendar Winners

October 27, 2016

Plantes Aromatique by nadja_petremand is the winner of our 2017 Tea Towel Calendar Design Challenge!

Plantes Aromatique by nadja_petremand

It’s finally time to round out the year with our annual calendar tea towel tradition–a ritual at once bringing closure and welcoming the oncoming year and all that it holds. Congratulations to Nadja Petremand of Lille, France, who is this year’s winner! Nadja will receive $469 in Spoondollar credit. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive one Linen Cotton Canvas Orpington tea towel in their own winning design from Roostery ($17 value). The rest of the top 25 will have their design proofed automatically and made for sale in the Marketplace where they can earn commission of up to 15%.

1. 419 votes for plantes_aromatique_2017_ by nadja_petremand
2. 276 votes for I Must Have Flowers-2017 Tea Towel Calendar by groovity
3. 274 votes for Happy Campers by nadiahassan
4. 251 votes for Good Morning! 2017 calendar tea towel by ruth_hickson
5. 242 votes for tea time calendar 2017 by cjldesigns
6. 240 votes for A Little Birdie Told Me 2017 Calendar by chickadeedeedee
7. 233 votes for Shoe Goals calendar 2017 by cerigwen
8. 229 votes for 2017 Have a Beautiful Year by cynthiafrenette
9. 195 votes for 2017 Terrarium Calendar – Navy by jaymehennel
10. 192 votes for 2017 cat linocut calendar // calendar cut and sew calendar linocut cat cat design andrea lauren fabric andrea lauren tea towel by andrea_lauren [Read more…] about 2017 Tea Towel Calendar Winners

Announcing the Winners of our Grandma’s Kitchen Design Challenge

October 13, 2016

Cynthiafrenette was the Grand Prize Winner of the “Grandma’s Kitchen” Design Challenge!

Congratulations are in order for five-time challenge winner Cynthiafrenette, who made our mouth’s water with “Virginia’s Dessert!” Cynthia will receive a Maran slipper chair from Roostery upholstered with Eco Canvas in a design of her choice ($469 value). A big round of applause is also in order for the rest of the top 10, who will receive one custom Orpington tea towel in their own winning design from Roostery ($17 value). Designs voted into the top 11-25 will be automatically be proofed and made available for sale in the Spoonflower Marketplace ($5 value).

“Virginia’s Dessert” by cynthiafrenette

Shop all of October’s Design Challenge entries sewn up on Roostery tea towels here, and receive a professionally sewn, finished tea towel just just $3.00 more than buying just a fat quarter of fabric. Have you submitted your entry into our most popular design challenge of the year, calendar tea towels? Tuesday the 18th is the last day to enter, make sure you don’t miss out!

1. 244 votes for Virginia’s Dessert by cynthiafrenette
2. 223 votes for Summer Lemonade by vo_aka_virginiao
3. 209 votes for Homemade Applesauce recipe tea towel by heleen_vd_thillart
4. 208 votes for Uncle Walt’s Rum Cake by khubbs
5. 207 votes for Chrissy Cookies by amel24
6. 205 votes for Jam season by kostolom3000
7. 190 votes for Monica’s Boiled Fruit Cake by cjldesigns
8. 183 votes for Barbara Jean’s Red Velvet Cake by mulo_marrone
9. 178 votes for Grandma’s Sugar Cookies Tea Towel by jenimp
10. 176 votes for Nana’s blue + white kitchen by pattyryboltdesigns
11. 175 votes for Grandma’s Apple Pie – © Lucinda Wei by lucindawei [Read more…] about Announcing the Winners of our Grandma’s Kitchen Design Challenge

October Weekly Design Challenges

September 7, 2016

Red Hens by THREEBEARSPRINTS featured on a new Roostery Maran slipper chair

Bright and Beautiful 2015 Tea Towel Calendars

November 6, 2014

1. 535 votes for 2015 Forest calendar by cjldesigns
2. 514 votes for 2015 Tea and Coffee Calendar – Light by oliveandruby
3. 467 votes for A Vintage Year by katherinelenius
4. 452 votes for The Year to Blossom by house_of_henry
5. 443 votes for Set Sail for a New Year! by mariaspeyer
6. 438 votes for forest friends 2015 by dennisthebadger
7. 404 votes for Love & Dreams 2015 Tea Towel Calendar by jennartdesigns
8. 392 votes for 2015 in Bloom by christinewitte
9. 367 votes for teatowel_2015calendar_02-01 by muffin_grayson
10. 358 votes for 2015 Cat Calendar by Andrea Lauren by andrea_lauren

Announcing the winners of our 2013 tea towel calendar contest!

October 25, 2012

Just
as we wrap up our 2013 tea towel calendar contest, we're kicking off a
one-week sale on fat quarters that will allow you to buy two of these
fabulous tea towel kits for the price of one. It's a great chance to get
some early holiday shopping done! Congratulations this week go out to
designer JeAnna Casper, whose Seasons calendar design is this week's winner.

The final voting totals:

1. 714 votes for Seasons- 2013 Tea Towel Calendar by addilou
2. 591 votes for 2013 Pretty Tree Calendar by sonny&bee
3. 550 votes for Year in the Jungle by dennisthebadger
4. 547 votes for Owl See You Next Year by jennartdesigns
5. 446 votes for Home_BLUE by stacyiesthsu
6. 387 votes for 2013 Cat Tea Towel Calendar by edmillerdesign
7. 387 votes for treeful year – 2013 tea towel calendar – ekström by lisaekström
8. 371 votes for 2013 Neutral Linen Calendar by vo_aka_virginiao
9. 365 votes for Succulent 2013 Tea Towel Calendar by emilyann
10. 364 votes for Perennial Poppies by einekleinedesignstudio

Our Annual Tea Towel Calendar Contest + A Two for One Fat Quarter Sale Coming Up

October 18, 2012

Every year we look forward to our tea towel calendar contest, partly because the designs are always terrific, and partly because we really love tea towels. The crop of tea towel calendars for 2013 is no exception, and voting for your favorites is fun despite the difficulty of admiring all the designs sideways (a limitation of our prevew system is that the fabric is shown how it will be printed, with no way to rotate a preview for a cut & sew item like a tea towel).

Along with the good news about the contest is that next week, as we announce the winners of the contest, we're also going to launch a fat quarter sale that will allow you to get two tea towels for the price of one. The sale will actually apply to all fat quarters, but around here we're planning to use it to stock up on holiday gifts. The sale will run from Thursday, October 25th, 2013 (at 8am EST) to Wednesday, October 31st (at 10 pm EST). Until then, have fun voting!

Our intrepid designers are:

1. Woodland Calendar by
forest&sea
2. 13 snakes for 2013 by hakuai
3. 18x21_2013CalendarTeaTowel by
curlywillowcollections
4. 2013 by lerhyan
5. 2013 "Stop and smell the
flowers" calendar by victorialasher
6. 2013 – what I wish for you (US)
by greennote
7. 2013 A Walk in the Woods by
violet's_pet_spider
8. 2013 actual vintage by fantazya
9. 2013 American Almanac by
bzbdesigner
10. 2013 Bolts of Fabric Tea Towel
for Spoonflower, by Kristie Hubler by fabricatedframes

Tea towel calendar parade – check out the top ten designs in our 2012 calendar contest

November 17, 2011

The tea towel calendar contest this year did not disappoint… not only are the top ten designs stunning, but so are the entries that didn't win! Amy Peppler Adams (PennyCandy) — whose 2012 Tea Towel Calender won the contest – is a Seattle-based artist with lots of fun, typographical fabric designs. This is her first contest win, so congratulations, Amy! We recommend linen-cotton canvas for tea towels, by the way.

See the Top Ten Tea Towel Calendars

The full results:

1. 790 votes for 2012 Tea Towel Calendar by pennycandy
2. 779 votes for 2012 Fishies Friends by melisza
3. 722 votes for birds & berries tea towel calendar 2012 by lisaekstrom
4. 689 votes for Hello 2012 by valentinaramos
5. 685 votes for Tea towel, calendar and boardgame! by bora
6. 616 votes for Tea towel Calendar 2012 by irrimiri
7. 593 votes for Tea Towel Calendar 2012: Night Time by jackieatweelife
8. 561 votes for A Year in the City 2012 by francine
9. 542 votes for 2012 Cuppa Tea Towel by cynthiafrenette
10. 497 votes for Owl Tree Tea Towel 2012 Calendar – Extra Coasters for Linen-Cotton Canvas width (hit zoom) by ttoz

2-for-1 Fat Quarter Sale

November 17, 2011

Once again this year we’re planning a two-for-one sale on fat quarters, which includes the many lovely tea towel designs available on Spoonflower. Tea towels are easy to sew, fit on a fat quarter of fabric, and make wonderful handmade gifts. For five days next week, you’ll be able to buy two tea towels for the price of one. Here are the details:

What: Buy two fat quarters of fabric on Spoonflower for the price of one. [Most tea towel designs fit on a fat quarter.] A fat-quarter of Linen Cotton Canvas (which works well for tea-towels) is normally $14, so it will cost $7 during the period of the promotion.

When: Monday, November 28 (8am EST) through Friday, December 2 (6pm EST.)

How: Add two fat quarters (or any other number of fat quarters) to your shopping cart and you will get half-off the regular price. The discount will be calculated automatically and the promotional price will appear in your shopping cart.

FAQ:

1) Are your tea towels finished products?
No, they are not. Spoonflower just sells fabric, so the tea-towel calendars and other kits (stockings, kits, etc.) arrive to you as fabric and in order to use them as gifts you’ll need to hem, cut & sew as needed. Unless you’re giving them as kits to someone else who sews, which is also a fun idea.

2) If I’m a designer, will my commission on sales be half of what it normally is?
Nope. You’ll still earn up to 15% in Spoondollars of the un-discounted price.

3) Do I have to buy two fat quarters of the same design to get the promotional price?
No, the promotion will apply to all fat quarters, so you can use it for as many different designs as you like.

4) If I buy one fat quarter, will I automatically receive a second, identical fat quarter?
No, if you want two pieces of fabric, you will have to add two to your shopping cart (or adjust the quantity in the cart to be two rather than one).

5) Do I receive a discount if I buy two fat quarters on two different fabrics?
Yes, each fat quarter you purchase will be half of its regular price.

6) Does this promotion apply to all fabric, or just tea towel kits?
The buy-one-fat-quarter, get-one-free promotion applies to all fabric for the duration of the special. But it applies ONLY to the fat-quarter size, not to yards or swatches.

7) Can’t I just add a yard of fabric to my cart and get four tea towels?
The special offer applies only to fat quarters. In many cases, it is possible to get four tea-towels by buying a yard of fabric… but some designers set up their tea towels to be centered. If the design is centered then you have to order it as a single piece, which should be apparent from the preview. For tea towels this is usually a quarter yard (if you set the preview for a yard and see only one tea-towel, then don’t order it on a size larger than a fat quarter). This special is a discount for fat quarters only.