Spoonflower Contest results

Doh. Well, I actually did better on my Cameo fabric design than I did on the Advent Calendar one.
Only 76 votes, ranked 34 out of 40.
Oh well. I'll just keep on keeping on and try to enter more contests until I win!! :)
Probably not til I get all my Quilts for Christmas completed though.

Well, I did it.

I entered the Advent Calendar contest at Spoonflower with the following entry:



If I get in the top ten I'll be sure to post a tutorial here on how to put it together.

ISpy Swap

Crafterhours has hooked me again...this time with an iSpy Spoonflower swap. This is SO awesome because I'll be getting all these great fabric swatches from Spoonflower which is a site I visit daily dreaming of the time when I can quit my day job to pursue my (very recent) dream as a famous fabric designer. I really need to learn how to draw. This swap is going to be fantastic. I'm really looking forward to all the cute/crazy/fun prints that everyone in the swap is selecting.

Here are a few that have caught my eye:

I {heart} Spoonflower & Advent Calendars

I really love Spoonflower and wish I could enter every contest they have (& order tons of fabric). I entered their Cameo contest a while back and had a fairly respectable 150 votes. Which actually put me in the middle of the pack. Not too shabby for my very first design:

I also plan to enter their Advent Calendar contest and am waiting for my fabric to arrive so I can sew it up & make sure it's worthwhile to enter.  I LOVED the Christmas advent calendars we had when I was growing up. They weren't very fancy...just paper with little doors that you could open and read a little verse or story. My Mom crocheted some for us when we were older that you could put candy into. There's something so fun about getting a little something, whatever it may be, each day that helps make the holiday season that much more special.