Having Fun With Spoonflower!

Have you ever heard of Spoonflower?  It's a company that allows you to create and design your own fabrics, wallpapers, decals and gift wrap!  I recently began playing around with photos I've taken... one example is a photo I took last year of a bucket of sour cherries... did some editing... and created a few unique kaleidoscope designs for fabric!  I've taken photos of objects...like a wine bottle for example, and removed the background images, then edited the photo using PicMonkey.com to create a cool wine bottle image on a blue brick wall design for making fabric!

Here are some of my fabric designs on Kona Cotton...

 I realize it's hard to see the designs in the above pictures, but you can see them better if you go to my Spoonflower shop and see them there.
Not all the designs I'm showing here will be in my Spoonflower shop, because some of them will never be for sale.  But I just wanted to share with you the cool stuff you can do on fabric!

I have many other designs on Spoonflower that aren't for sale, simply for the fact that I haven't yet ordered a sampler of them.  Before Spoonflower will allow me (or anyone wanting to do this) to make my fabric designs for sale to the general public, I have to make the first purchase to see it in person...they require that I either order a swatch, a fat quarter, or BTY before it can be for sale to the public.

Below is an old auction poster I had printed onto a yard of Kona Cotton.

The poster was from when my boyfriend's parents sold their farm back in 1969.

I plan to make a memory quilt from this, along with some old photos.

This will be a fantastic way to preserve a piece of his family's history!

After getting written permission from the poster company to replicate one of their posters onto a quilt,

I had a Lake Mills Town & Country Days poster printed onto a yard of Kona Cotton as well.

With all the colors in the poster, it's going to be a fun quilt to make!

So...this is just a taste of what you and your imagination, with Spoonflower's help, can accomplish!
Now get out there and start creating some of your own fabric!  :)

My Personal Favorite & Trusted Fabric Sellers on eBay

Just wanted to share some of my favorite fabric sellers on eBay, for anyone looking to buy fabric and wants to work with a trusted seller.  I know there are many more trusted sellers on eBay, but these are just a few of my favorites with whom I am a repeat customer...

• boomerfancy_nancy - one of my top favorites

• cottonroses
  
  
• glitzygirlztwinkle -  I am also friends on Facebook with this one.  I buy a lot from her.
   
• fordgt1995
• vicky4780
  
  
• silverwoods
  
  
• liveabroad - another one of my top favorites
• boneful*llc*fabrics*boutique - another top favorite
  
  
  

If any of the links don't work, you can also do a seller search on eBay using their user ID's. 

    

Below is copied from favequilts.com

American Tribute Fat Quarter Bundle Giveaway

American Tribute
Gifted by Windham Fabrics
www.windhamfabrics.net
Reviewed by Jessica Nichols, Editor of FaveQuilts.com

The American Tribute fabric collection from Windham Fabrics features 30 fabrics that you'll love to use in your patriotic quilts. Whether you're making a quilt to honor a service member for Memorial Day or a decoration for the 4th ofJuly, you'll find the fabrics you need in this collection. From small prints featuring stars and stripes to large prints with national symbols like eagles, American flags, and U.S. badges, this collection has every fabric you could want for a patriotic project.

As you might expect, the American Tribute Collection comes only in shades of red, white, and blue, with each of these colors serving as background to a wide variety of prints, many of which fall into distinct families. The collection offers almost more star prints than you can count. A simple gold star pattern comes in both navy and bright red, while a playful pattern of white star outlines overlapping each other in small clusters comes in navy, red, and a crisp, bright blue as well. Another star print family features monochromatic red and white prints in which stars of varying shades overlap each other and a navy print with red, white, and blue stars in the same pattern. Yet another print family features a lattice design interspersed with tiny stars. Gold on navy and red on antique white are the perfect color combinations for this subtle print. It contrasts sharply with the larger, brighter white-and-red and navy-and-white prints that also feature a lattice of stars. In matching navy and antique white prints, white and red stars are accented with chevrons reminiscent of military badges. More classic prints include a pattern of lines of stars separated by colored stripes and a pattern of large stars in two colors printed in simple rows of alternating colored stars. A lone star print, which seems to have no family, features subtle tan star outlines in varying sizes against an antique white background.

Aside from the numerous star prints, the American Tribute collection also offers several prints featuring U.S. badges or eagles interspersed with words like "honor," "glory," and "strength." The collection also features a pattern of flying eagles and American flags against a bright red background. A classic motif of two crossed American flags also appears scattered across navy and white backgrounds in two of the fabrics. Two of the more modern prints, in red and white, consist of patriotic words like "valor," "freedom," and "peace" printed in different fonts and separated by stars. The most unique designs in the collection are one fabric striped with white, red, and navy and shaded to show texture and another printed with red and blue stars, American flags, maps of the United States, and duo-tone prints of national monuments.

A patriotic quilter can't go wrong with the fabrics in the American Tribute collection. The variety of prints and styles in this collection ensure you'll be using these fabrics in all of your patriotic projects. Moreover, a portion of the sales of American Tribute fabrics are donated to the Wounded Warrior Project in order to further honor U.S. service members.

Win this Prize!

This give away is for one fat quarter bundle of American Tribute (30 fat quarters) to one lucky winner. 

For complete instructions and to enter for a chance to win this prize, click on...

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May Giveaway at We Love Quilting

I'm a bit late in the month now to be posting this, but I just happened upon it myself only a few moments ago and would like to share it with anyone who reads my blog...

We Love Quilting is having a giveaway during the month of May for a chance to win a box of fabric as well as a few other surprise items!

Head on over to We Love Quilting's May Giveaway for your chance at winning before it's too late!

The Cinderella Shoppe - Fabric Shopping at its Finest!

One of my favorite places to shop for fabric these days is The Cinderella Shoppe, Winona, MN.  I love JoAnn Fabrics, but since moving recently, there's no JoAnn Fabrics near where I live.  I love to visit the Hobby Lobby in Oshkosh, WI, and also Ben Franklin in Ripon, WI.  However, I can seriously get lost in The Cinderella Shoppe!  They have a HUGE selection of fabrics and craft supplies.  (The Cinderella Shoppe is actually for sale, and I sure wish I could buy it!)
Anyways...here's a picture of me w/my bags of fabric from a recent trip to Minnesota to shop at The Cinderella Shoppe...

Just thought I'd share this picture with everyone and bring some attention to one of my favorite fabric stores!

810 East King Street

Winona, MN 55987