Friday, December 14th: Coming up in tomorrow's giveaway: A Singer 160 limited-edition sewing machine! Look for the entry link tomorrow here or on the Spoonflower Facebook page. We’ve now reached day 7 of our 12 Days of Giveaways, which brings us to a good one for all you garment sew...

Just this morning, I was making out a list of gifts I wanted to give to friends and realized that I'll need to get cracking at this point if I hope to hand-make presents. If you find that you've been similarly sluggish about your hand-making thus far and need some ideas, you may be pleased t...

With the limited-release launch of Spoonflower gift wrap last week, we officially have gift-giving on the brain here at Spoonflower HQ! So what better to give away this week than a signed copy of Melody Miller's new book, Ruby Star Wrapping? Melody Miller is the designer of the popular "Ruby...

We're pretty thrilled to have rolled out our new wallpaper and wall decals this week and given that this giant step for Spoonflower happened only yesterday, it seems appropriate for this week's giveaway should be wall decals! If you'd like to be entered into the drawing for this week's prize ...

My daughters and I recently drew up a poster of things to do this summer and hung it on the fridge. I tried to only add things that I knew all of us would enjoy: "Pick peaches," for example, and "Invite friends on a picnic." I made an effort not to write anything down that was just for me t...

Browsing all the amazing hand-drawn fabric designs for this week's contest--not to mention the pen, ink, and watercolor renderings for the Fabric8 contest--has gotten us pretty excited lately about designs created by hand. To my eye, there's something so organic, approachable, and just plain h...

We're big fans of Liesl Gibson's Oliver + S clothing patterns around here. Cute kids' clothes with interesting construction details that are practical and not too frou-frou--what's not to love? Three new patterns have been added to their line-up this spring, the Croquet Dress, the Secret Age...

Victory that you have conquered French seams, zipper installation, and perfect buttonholes! Victory that you've gotten this far into the day and have already eaten all your recommended servings of fruits and vegetables! Victory that you can create seamless design repeats practically in your ...

As Kim hinted yesterday, we have some exciting news today plus a special giveaway! We're so pleased to announce the newest in Spoonflower's lineup of fabric choices: Kona® Cotton, a premium quilting-weight cotton by Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Our new quilting-weight cotton fabric balances a soft ...

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...

Welcome to Day 10 of our twelve days of holiday giveaways! Today we offer seven winners handmade goods featuring some amazing Spoonflower designers' fabrics. Enter the drawing to win lovingly made goods like My Zoetropes' brilliantly-colored plush toys, Lauren Hunt's excellent totes (Aunt ...

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...

We've reached the seventh installment of our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we offer three winners fat quarter bundles by three beloved Spoonflower designers. One winner plucks a bunch of fabrics from Bloem by Heather Dutton of Hang Tight Studio. In citrusy greens, calm blues a...

Day Five of our 12 Days of Giveaways brings us to one of our favorite crafting books by one of our favorite crafty people, Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod. We're giving away a copy of Sister Diane's book Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give, as well as a fat quart...

For Day Four of our 12 Days of Giveaways, we've decided to send one lucky person a Bamboo Capture digital drawing tablet, a tool that allows artists to draw and create directly on the computer easily as well as to manipulate and correct digital photos and scans of hand drawn artwork. Comme...

While the merry Spoonflower crew is busy printing the fabrics you need to make your gifts, we're kicking off twelve days of giveaways to give you the chance to win gifts of your own this holiday season! Check back every day through December 12th to win beautiful fabrics designed by the Spoonf...

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...

Those of you who have been with Spoonflower awhile will likely remember our Project Selvage contest from early this year, and Patty Sloniger as the winner. Stephen had the pleasure of meeting Patty and her husband in person at Quilt Market a couple of weeks ago and posted a few photos of her b...

Nothing like starting the week off with some exciting news! I have been keeping secrets from you all. Let's start with this one! ( We'll be uploading a video tutorial for the above flower tomorrow, so be sure to check back!) I just love this li...