I had the odd experience a few days ago of trying to eat my breakfast while casting my votes in this week's zombie plushie contest. I don't think of myself as very squeamish, but that particular multi-tasking combo put me off my toast. Consider yourself warned then that zombie dolls may not b...

Happy Fourth of July to all our American peeps! This week's giveaway is being brought to you from the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Tennesse where Stephen and I are visiting family this week. Despite record-breaking hot temperatures (and no air-conditioning!) we've been keeping cool in an ic...

My New Year's resolution for two years running has been to upgrade my garment-sewing skills. In poking around online for relevant tutorials, I discovered that Liesl Gibson, founder and chief designer of Oliver + S and designer of Simplicity's new Lisette line of adult clothing patterns, has pu...

It's Day Eight in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we're gifting a copy of the brand new Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders sewing project book. Filled with 101 projects you can make with just one yard of fabric, you'll find patterns for all of the fabrics in your stash: quilt...

To celebrate Day Three in our twelve days of holiday giveaways, we're giving three lucky fabric lovers surprise fat quarter bundles in holiday-inspired fabrics designed by some terrific Spoonflower designers. Printed on our limited edition cotton poplin fabric, these mixed bundles feature de...

Those of you who have followed the Spoonflower fabric-of-the-week contests for even a few months probably don't need an introduction to prolific designer Samarra Khaja, aka Sammyk. Samarra has a light-hearted design style coupled with a great sense of both humor and color, and she's won ou...