water colors

This week our contest is built around fabric designs created using water colors and digitized using a minimal amount of software manipulation. As you look through the entries (there are 70), some of the designs were clearly created using paint and others…. well, it's hard to tell. As you vote, it's probably worth keeping in mind the theme and letting your sense of fidelity to theme — as well as the beauty of the patterns — guide your choices of favorites. But the most important thing, as always, is to have fun and find inspiration.

Vote For Water Color Fabrics

The participants are:

– For details on entering and information on rules, prizes, etc. see our Upcoming Contests page —

Tessellations. Design fabric using
the mathematical principle of tessellation, or tiling, where the
design consists of a shape repeated over and over again covering the
fabric
without any gaps or overlaps. This can be done very crudely, of course,
with squares, but for more sophisticated examples see the work of M. C. Escher
and the tile
mosaics of the Alhambra palace in Spain. You can find tutorials on
creating this sort of design, as well as examples, on Tessellations.org. Deadline is
Tuesday, April 13, at noon EST.

Water
Colors. Submit only fabric designs created using watercolor paints,
then digitized via scan or photograph. Please use minimal digital
manipulation in preparing your file for Spoonflower: the goal of this
contest is to showcase work done by hand. Deadline is Tuesday, April 6,
at noon EST.

Gardens. Contest
for fabric designs using gardens and gardening as a design motif. Entries
close on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at noon EST.

[Note: Please do not enter designs that have appeared in previous contests.]

Fabric Of the Week Contest: Vote for fabric designs created using water colors

Upcoming fabric design contest themes: gardens, water colors, & tessellations