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<br />Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-30843690313947570852015-08-04T13:38:00.003-05:002015-08-04T13:38:49.637-05:00Baseball fabric <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just got a sample of the baseball inspired fabric I designed. Check it out! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can purchase it on Spoonflower <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/4415787">here. </a></span>Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-50588024865396236012015-07-14T19:57:00.002-05:002015-07-14T19:57:52.536-05:00Sandcastle Summer Pants! I made a cute little pair of pants for E using the Oliver and S layette pattern set and <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/4301186">my sandcastles fabric on Spoonflower.</a> I love them! <div>
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Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-49734348937775644112015-02-10T07:46:00.002-06:002015-02-10T07:46:53.986-06:00Skunk Pants!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A while ago, before Little E came into our world, I made him a pair of pants using my Stinkin' Cute skunk fabric. I just love them. It's hard to believe that he's almost too big for them now. Where did the time go!?? <span id="goog_256739132"></span></span><br />
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<span id="goog_256739131"></span>Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-56854514681347758962014-06-24T20:16:00.001-05:002014-06-24T20:16:15.231-05:00The Wild Wild World Of Hominy! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-30715327167112176212014-06-09T11:09:00.001-05:002014-06-10T17:16:46.895-05:00Animated GIF of Nautical Design<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I had so much fun playing with the latest theme from the Lilla Rogers Bootcamp that I am currently enrolled in. I finished this little design at the end of the day and was just thrilled with the way it came out. I was even able to plug in my little anchors pattern that I made a while back into the background to finish it off. Yippee!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I got carried away with trying to make a GIF of the image this morning. I always feel the giddy enthusiasm of a child when I work with animation. There's just such joy in bringing things to life in an animation that I just can't get enough of. Whether it's making an apple just move across the table in a stop-motion or doing something like this, it just makes me happy. I hope it makes you happy too! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">K is awesome. She is funny, horribly creative, a talented singer, and lots of fun to be around.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a lot of 10 year old girls, she loves to post pics of herself on Instagram. I decided to make her a fun gift, including fabric that featured a few of her "selfies" from Instagram. I downloaded them to my computer and did a little editing in Photoshop to prepare them for the photo exposure process. I used a blue Ink-O-Dye kit that I got at our local Dick Blick. It took a little trial and error, but it eventually came out great. When back home in Louisiana over the holidays, I was able to give it to her. She really loved her unique gift. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a few pictures of my process that you can see below. The first round of sun exposure was a total flop, resulting in some lovely blue fabric with no images at all on it. The second round was much better. The second time, I did two things differently. I ran the Ink-O-Dye transparencies through the printer twice, leading to a denser application of the black ink. I also weighted the transparencies down with a heavy piece of glass. (Although, I'm sure plexi would work too) I just found that the transparencies alone, tacked down at the edges like the instructions suggest, were allowing too much light underneath the film. I know from my silkscreening trials that this is a potential problem area. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used some of my own pattern designs....basically, just dots....to add some coordinating fabrics to the mix. Overall, it really came out exactly how I had imagined. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm only kidding, age doesn't scare me that much. I had a really fun birthday bash at home, complete with disco ball, dancing, lots of delicious food, and fun times with friends. It was more than a girl could even hope for. I was particularly excited about sporting my new red tights that night too. ha! My friend Tonya captured just a few fun seconds of the dance party</span><a href="http://instagram.com/p/h7ZtEprqEo/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> here. </a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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On Monday of last week, I was able to stop by the Old Capitol Quilters Guild meeting in Iowa City to see <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/">Vanessa Chrsitenson</a>'s talk. She was fabulous. She's so charming, funny, and talented, that it is always a good time to be in her company. I've had the chance to get to know Vanessa more over the last year, and really just admire her perseverance, dedication, and mad skills in the quilting and design world. </div>
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And, finally-----the oh-so-lovely <a href="http://www.wikstenmade.blogspot.com/">Jenny Gordy</a> is due soon, and I really wanted to come up with the perfect gift for her. Jenny's style is simplistic, modern, clean, and just beautiful. So, I tried to keep that in mind when I came up with this bib pattern. I just fell in love with them. I had so much fun doing the piecing and the tiny bits of embroidery. I think there will be more of these in the future...maybe even a pattern or something to share. They're just so fun to make, and it's nice to have a little simple elegance added to something so functional. At least, it seems like that's a good way to look at making something like this, which will just be puked on by an adorable little one! ha! :) </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sketched out a few ideas, drew them, and scanned them in. I thought adding a bit of texture and grunge added a kind of worn, er, possibly vintage feel to the whole thing. The contest had a palette restriction too. I have to admit that as a designer with a heap of choices in every department when designing, being limited in some way is actually helpful. </span></div>
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And now, school is back in full swing. This term I am teaching Drawing, Design Fundamentals, and a new class Digital Art. The Digital Art class is exciting. It's a course that I developed and is finally in action! I have to say that I have a great job. Sometimes, I am totally overwhelmed---teaching, designing, sewing, keeping up with life----but how lucky am I to have a job where I can develop a course from scratch that so completely taps into my interests? Pretty lucky. Now, I will say that the five class per term class-load could go as well as a few of the totally non-committed students, but otherwise…</div>
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Last week, the lovely and uber-talented <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/">Vanessa Christenson of V and Co.</a>, taught a class at Home Ec Workshop here in town. It was an appliqué class. We learned how to work with hexagons, simple appliqué techniques, and the Dresden. It was really fabulous. I immediately came home and made up a couple of quilt block samplers using my <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1618888">anchors fabric from Spoonflower. </a></div>
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Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-16527705716179120932013-07-24T19:15:00.002-05:002013-07-24T19:15:46.285-05:00Europe Drawings<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are two of my favorite drawings from our trip to Eastern Europe. The first one is from Rovinj, Croatia. The coast was just so incredibly beautiful. Clear blue water dotted with lots of people sunbathing and swimming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second is from the beautiful town of Ljubljana. It was by far my favorite city on the trip---filled with lots of energy, people, and creative elements everywhere. I just loved it! There's a university there that contributes to the vibe and lots and lots of cafes along the river that are just always buzzing with conversation and their much talked about fashionable residents. It was just great. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When in Europe on our lovely vacation these last few weeks, I received my first assignment from the <a href="http://lillarogers.com/">Lilla Rogers Global Talent Search Competition</a>. I have wanted to apply to her studio for representation for a couple of years now, but the timing just wasn't right. And, at just the right time, her studio announced this competition, which has as the grand prize two years of representation by her studio! Yowza!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can imagine, that vacation was a great time to feel inspired and excited about this challenge. <a href="http://www.paperchase.co.uk/"> Paperchase,</a> the amazing stationery company, is the sponsor for this round. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme was "Playgrounds" and the challenge was to create a journal cover using that theme.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Specifically, they mentioned old-fashioned playgrounds---none of those space-age new-fangled playgrounds here! Whew. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I instantly thought of some of my favorite playground elements----towers to climb, funny little animals on springs, and those fantastic little geodesic domes. I just loved the idea of that colorful quirky dome as an element in the piece. Below are a couple of sketches and mock-ups I made while away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was sans computer on this trip. So, my ideas could only develop so much. I couldn't wait to get home and go full throttle with this design! Many, many steps later-----after days of cutting paper, drawing little elements for the scene, and a dose of computer editing-----I came up with the design below. I just love it! I had some serious debate about including people in the image or not. But, finally I went with just the equipment---a playground ready and waiting for you to enjoy---jump ropes, bouncing balls, swings, towers complete with little telescopes, teeter-totters, and even a little play area for the water creatures too! So, each time someone uses the journal, they can decide---JOURNAL on the inside or spend a little time with their imagination PLAYING on the cover. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shortlist of the top 50 who move on is announced on the first---fingers crossed! </span><br />
Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-27043928489364868872013-06-05T06:52:00.002-05:002013-06-05T06:52:23.943-05:00Citrus Fruit <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spoonflower always has such nifty little themes. An upcoming contest is revolving around the theme <i>CITRUS. </i>Check out my design below. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know about where you are, but here in Iowa, it is FINALLY warming up and starting to feel a bit like summer. I'm ready for picnics, ice cold drinks in jars, and sketching outdoors. I feel like this design captures that! What are you looking forward to this summer? </span><br />
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Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-85679598583036406042013-05-24T13:42:00.000-05:002013-05-25T08:35:30.360-05:00Spring Market Quick Recap! 2013<br />
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Oh my---so many things to show from my trip to Portland for Quilt Market. It was such a blast. I got to hang with the lovely three--Linzee, Jenny, and Codi. And, we ate our way around Portland, sampling Voodoo Doughnuts, tasty local brews, and Salt & Straw's amazing selection of ice cream. It was pretty amazing----oh, and there was a quilt show too! ha. </div>
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Happiness is the International Rose Test Garden! Oh how I wish we had scratch n' sniff blog. This place was so beautiful and divine.<br />
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And, finally, <a href="http://www.windhamfabrics.net/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=632">Amy Sedaris now has a line of fabric with Windham</a>! I think that I'd like to be an adopted member of the Sedaris family-----Thanksgiving's with David and Amy---sure, why not!? ha. Amy and I could chat fabric and crafts while David tells us stories. I can just see it! </div>
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Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-36952093225268226512013-02-07T08:05:00.000-06:002013-02-07T08:07:43.284-06:00Spoonflower Blog Profile<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first entry into the world of surface design was through <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/gsonge">Spoonflower. </a> This amazing resource is an on-demand fabric printing service where anyone can get their designs, photos, or anything really, printed on a variety of fabrics. But, Spoonflower, for us designers is really so much more. There is a vibrant, engaged community of creative souls from around the world! It's pretty amazing. This unique community did and still does provide me with creative and moral support, critique, and advice. The weekly contests initiated by the crew at Spoonflower provide creative jump starts with design challenges on such themes as Mardi Gras, Nautical, Australian Animals, or Hand-drawn fabric. For a designer like me, those little challenges have been such fantastic inspirations, and really gave me the inspiration to create my first portfolio of fabric designs. I can't say enough positive words about it all. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, having Kim Fraser, one of the owners of Spoonflower, post a profile about me on their blog yesterday was a really pivotal moment for me. It was just amazing to see my name on that site--something I could never have imagined a few short years ago when I entered my first Spoonflower contest. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(and, enter the give away to win a big fat bundle of fabrics of mine from Marcus and Spoonflower!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Greta </span>Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-61877786989706736942013-02-04T14:04:00.001-06:002013-02-04T14:04:54.288-06:00Coaster Tutorial on Marcus blog! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! It's been a bit too long since last posting, but to tide you over, check out the post I did for Marcus' blog. You can learn how to make these delightful little coasters. It's a fun project and has a free embroidery pattern to boot! How can you beat that!? :) </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of one fat quarter I was able to make about 20 coasters! I made a few packs of 5 coasters each, and voila!---a great gift for anyone for any occasion. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess this can't really be called a tutorial, since it may be fairly lacking in step-by-step directions, but it was super fun to do, and I highly recommend making some of these little ditties. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought a couple of fat quarters of my Eclectic Kitchen fabric when Spoonflower was having a buy one get one sale a few weeks back. Check out the fabric on the site <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/1123187">here. </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just love how well the watercolor design printed on this one! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some odd reason I didn't seem to take any photos of the final products, but hopefully you get the idea. I think more of these are in my future. I really loved this project. I am thinking about doing some embroidery (my new love) and using some of my anchor fabric I just got in from Spoonflower. What do you think!!?? :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-91937622924469527042012-12-06T09:02:00.000-06:002012-12-06T09:02:11.370-06:00Mustard Gals At this year's Quilt Market in Houston, I walked past a group of three women, two of which were wearing mustard-colored items. Thinking, "Hmm...who are those hip ladies?"......I stopped, introduced myself, and soon learned it was none other than Iowa's own <a href="http://www.michelerosenboom.com/">Michele Rosenboom</a> (winner of the Printed Bolt's Repeat contest), and Ellen and Madeleine who run <a href="http://theprintedbolt.com/">The Printed Bolt</a>'s contest. They were just so delightful to meet. Michele's work is beautiful and was featured in a gorgeous quilt made by Iowa's other darlings---<a href="http://modernquiltrelish.blogspot.com/">Modern Quilt Relish. </a><br />
I bumped into Ellen a few more times over the weekend, and a month or so ago they asked me to be one of the judges for this year's contest on The Printed Bolt. (yay!) I am so excited.<br />
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Well, yesterday, the list of judges became public. So, I can actually talk about it now.<br />
In the company of some really outstanding others, I am so so honored to take part in this project. I can't wait to see the entries and creative solutions. Check out the other judges below----whoa. right? :) <br />
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<br />Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-9152235542813946612012-11-30T12:13:00.000-06:002012-11-30T12:13:52.475-06:00STANDARD SIZED CARDHey Hey folks...<br />
I made a variation of the free card from the previous post. It's a standard sized one that folds. Check it out at the link below.<br />
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<br />Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-73447611783072090442012-11-29T10:39:00.002-06:002012-11-29T11:52:20.434-06:00FREE HOLIDAY CARD DOWNLOADHey Hey everyone! I decided to give a little freebie today!<br />
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Below is a link to a free card you can download and send to friends and family this holiday season.<br />
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It fits in a standard office envelope----3 5/8 x6 1/2 inches. Those are super cheap and I thought would be a good way to save some $$ this season! :) I like to be a thrifty gal by using those, and I love to take a little time to decorate those little plain envelopes with hand drawn doodles. It's a fun touch in the world of mass manufactured cards. :)<br />
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The cards are one-sided, so you can write a little note on the back and send them off! They look great printed on some kind of cotton rag paper. I used Rives BFK and tore it down to size, but card stock or matte photo paper would certainly work well too if not better. You can leave a little deckled edge around them by tearing them out or cut them out neatly with scissors or an exacto. You'll get three to a page with Letter size paper.<br />
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INSTRUCTIONS: go to my website <a href="http://gretasonge.com/home.html">http://gretasonge.com/home.html</a><br />
At the top of the page go to the Navigation Section titled HOLIDAY DOWNLOAD<br />
The PDF should automatically download to your computer.<br />
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Happy Holidays!<br />
-GretaGreta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-7380165749112626742012-11-25T12:23:00.000-06:002012-11-25T12:23:23.629-06:00One Yard Wonders -L'Artiste De La MerNext week, Spoonflower is hosting a contest in conjunction with the publishers of the <i>One Yard Wonders</i> books. This upcoming book is <i>Little Wonders</i>---projects for kid's items. The contest required us to use their pattern template for the shirt and to have a nautical design of some kind for a girl.<br />
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I sketched this out last week, and then eventually finished it today. I just love it. I've been drawing this little artiste for a while now. I'm glad she found a home. :)Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-61758473337171110072012-11-24T11:44:00.002-06:002012-11-24T11:44:41.307-06:00Quilt Mock-UpsAs a person relatively new to sewing---I just started last year----I still have lots to learn. So, when designing fabric patterns, I have lots and lots of ideas of how to put them to use, but my sewing skills are a bit behind my brain in that department. I'm working on it, but as you out there know, it takes time to get the hang of quilting. It especially takes time to execute the ideas in your head!<br />
So, today I worked on digital mockups of a possible upcoming line. I'll show details of the line when the release is a little closer, but I thought I'd share some of the quilt patterns I worked on today.<br />
Some are definitely more successful than others, but man is it fun to imagine! <br />
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<br />Greta Songehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357638233587798482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8093520293746971734.post-18992348416055155972012-11-15T19:01:00.000-06:002012-11-15T19:01:00.506-06:00Mollie Makes Spoonflower contestThis week I decided to enter a Spoonflower contest that sounded like a great one!....Mollie Makes, a UK craft mag, is hosting a contest called Flights of Fancy. There was a restricted palette of some pretty scary colors (ha!)...but I managed to work with it and came up with this! Check it out and go vote if you have a moment! :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1571439">http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1571439</a><br />
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