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Hawaiian Village by mia_veldez is the grand prize winner of the Mid-Century Modern Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort design challenge!

Before the iconic Rainbow Tower was built, the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort was full of thatched roof guest rooms and tiki culture was thriving! This week’s challenge gave a nod to the mod and the iconic beach culture at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. A big congratulations is in order for design challenge winner, mia_valdez! She captured the vintage tiki culture with her winning design, Hawaiian Village! Mia will be packing her bags and enjoying (2) 5-night stays at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort plus $1,000 towards her airfare! Her wining design will also be manufactured as shirts for employees, shirts for sale in the gift shop, and assorted other sundries and accessories plus a $200 Spoondollar credit to top it off! A congratulations is also in order for the 2nd place winner, vinpauld, and the 3rd place winner, heleen_vd_thillart, who will receive $100 and $50 in Spoondollars, respectively.The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoondollar credit. See all of the top 10 winners.

1. 322 votes for Hawaiian Village by mia_valdez
2. 310 votes for Mid Century Hawaiian by vinpauld
3. 310 votes for Hawaiian Village Mid-Century orange by heleen_vd_thillart
4. 308 votes for Island Tiki by heatherdutton
5. 306 votes for UKULELE ALOHA: Island breeze by bzbdesigner
6. 247 votes for no keia hau (Blue and Green) by pennycandy
7. 245 votes for Mid Century Modern Tiki Time by heather_anderson
8. 243 votes for Mid Mod Tiki by liz_sawyer_design
9. 231 votes for Mid-Century_Modern_Hawaiian_Village by jennifer_geldard
10. 229 votes for Mid Century Modern Hawaii by fernlesliestudio [Read more…] about Announcing the Mid-Century Modern Hilton Hawaiian Village Design Challenge Winners

Just wanted to post a quick reminder about the three upcoming Fabric Of the Week themes we've announced so far. Contest winners receive $100 credit in Spoondollars + a whole lot of love from their Spoonflower peeps!

Puppets. Submit a pattern
for a sewn puppet (or puppets) that
fits on a quarter-yard of fabric (21" wide by 18" tall). We'd also love
to see photos of finished puppets in the Spoonflower Flickr Group.
Please do not upload photos of finished puppets to your Spoonflower
account. The contest will consist of patterns only. Deadline for entry is Tuesday,
May 11, 2010. [Not many entries for this one so far…]

Fifties
(palette-restricted). Submit a fabric design inspired by the
fabric styles and aesthetic

of the 1950's. You MUST use only colors from
the palette pictured to the right (here).
You can use some or all of the colors in the palette, but you cannot
use colors outside the palette. Hex codes for the palette are 6C90C4
(blue), C83333 (red), 98D485 (green), 27201D (black), F2F0EC (white).
Deadline is Tuesday, May 18, 2010.