October was all about Science!

I have been fascinated with the design of anything at a microscopic level for awhile now. Different objects, plants, chemicals, you name it, all have unique and beautiful designs when you look at them through a microscope. Check out my Pinterest board to see what I mean. So I figured that would be a fun challenge for the gang in the Printed Fabric Bee to translate that into a surface design idea. My only conditions were no pastels and 12x12.  And wow, I  have been getting very cool fabric in the mail every few days and it has been awesome. 

So wouldn't you love a chance to own your own 6x6 pieces of these scientific beauties? Leave a comment here before November 17th for your chance to win. Good Luck! ~Jackie

Have a look at how all these pieces were created by visiting everyone's blogs:

Deborah Boschert

Carol R. Eaton

Susan Purney Mark

Gerrie Congdon

Lynda Heines

Julie Booth

Lynn Krawczyk

Leslie Jenison

Judy Gula

Jane Davila

Art Nouveau = Dragonfly's!

This is Carol here and I wanted to share my approach and techniques for creating Jackie's Art Nouveau fabric! For me the theme conjured up images of dragonfly's, poppies and cool loopy swirls! I also equated the era with jewel tone and gilded  colors. It was fun to research and think about as I put my thoughts onto fabric.

I ended up focusing on dragonfly's... ok - they are one of my favorite subjects! I began with ice dyed fabric and moved onto the the flour resist technique. I also included stamping, stenciling and over dyeing. For a detailed tutorial please stop by my blog at Carol R. Eaton Designs.

For a change to win your own Art Nouveau custom fabric collection please stop by Jackie's blog and leave a comment. Hurry on over - Jackie will announce a winner on May 17th!

April’s Custom Fabric Give-Away – Art Nouveau

April’s Queen: Jackie of Studio Lams

April was my lucky month to be the Queen Bee and Art Nouveau was my theme. I have always had a thing for vintage designs of all sorts and Art Nouveau has been a favorite inspiration for me. I have loved getting incredible hand-made fabric every few days from this marvelous group of artists.

Wouldn't you like to win your own pack of these fabrics? Well here’s your chance to win your own 6" x 6" squares of all these lovely beauties. Just leave a comment here or on my blog to enter and I will pick a winner May 17^th. 

We Have a Winner!

Thank you to everyone who left a comment to win the beautiful Woodlands fabric collection! Using www.random.org - number 92 was generated. Please hop over to Carol R. Eaton's blog to find out who #92 was! 

Don't despair if you weren't the winner. Each month we will have more custom fabric to give away! 

I encourage you to follow this blog! The artists will share techniques used to create the fabrics sharing tips you can incorporate into your own work. 

This month the bee is happily buzzing about creating fabrics for artist Jackie Lam who asked for Art Nouveau. The fabrics should be truly amazing... stay tuned! 

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