It's all about text

Lynda here. This month's challenge was creating a 12 x 12 piece with text for Queen Lisa Chin. I love text so this was a really fun project for me. And I'm even done before the deadline! Here is my piece.

This was super easy and fast. It's all about using stencils (I used Runes stencil from Artistcellar), Jacquard Color Magnet, and fiber reactive dyes.

For a short tutorial, check out my blog at Bloombakecreate.com.

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. 

The Collection was Mailed to the Winner!

It was a pleasure to wrap up this lovely Woodlands Collection and ship it off the the winner in Canada! I love the the fact that The Printed Fabric Bee has an international audience. 

I hope you had a chance to hop over to the artists blogs as they shared
their tips and techniques when creating this collection! 

Stay tuned for Jackie Lams collection based on Art Nouveau! 

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! 

Be sure to "like" us on Facebook!

Last Day to Comment on the Woodlands Custom Fabric Pack!

Today is the final day for you to leave a comment! 

Winning is easy - just post a comment below or hop over to 

Carol R. Eaton's blog for a chance to win your own custom fabric pack! 

Carol will announce the winner on her blog tomorrow, April 12th.

So what are you waiting for? Start commenting! 

trees and birds as inspiration :)

Don't forget to comment on this post or over on Carol's blog to get in on the drawing for this theme's fabric pack. The winner will be announced on April 12th!

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Hi all! Lynn here.

I just thought I'd stop by to let you know that I have a post up on my blog talking about the inspiration behind the fabric I printed for Carol's Woodland theme. Please swing by if you'd like to find out a bit more! :)

Custom Fabric Give-Away ~ The Colors and Textures of Woodlands!

March Queen: Carol of Carol R. Eaton Designs

I am so thrilled to be this month's "Queen" for The Printed Fabric Bee. The  talent within this group of artists is mind blowing and to have a custom fabric collection of their interpretations for my theme keeps a Cheshire Cat sized grin on my face!  

As an artist I draw daily inspiration from the woodlands surrounding my Connecticut studio. I asked the other artists to create a design based on the colors and textures they see in their local woodlands. The artists live scattered across the country so the interpretations are diverse and unique! 

To share the joy The Printed Fabric Bee provides an opportunity for one lucky person to win a custom fabric pack of 6" X 6" squares just like the current Queen's! All you need to do to enter is leave a comment below or hop over to my blog and enter there. 

The collection is waiting to find a good home! 

The winner will be randomly chosen on April 12th and the name will be published here as well as on my blog at Carol R. Eaton Designs... so mark your calendars and be sure to check back to see if it's YOU!

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As you may know, the idea behind The Printed Fabric Bee is to have the members of the hive, all professional textile artists, create a piece of fabric for the Queen Bee, the leader for the month, based on her choices.  In addition to the piece members create for the Queen, members create a smaller piece which is then given away to one lucky commenter on our Facebook page.  We have decided that sharing surface design techniques and giving things away once a month, is NOT ENOUGH!  We have so much we want to share with you and sooooooo we are VERY HAPPY to announce our BLOG (insert trumpeting sounds here).  Our blog will allow us to share more surface design tips and techniques, AND HAVE MORE GIVEAWAYS during the month! We will also be hosting our monthly fabric giveaway from our blog and so we invite you to enter your email address over there on the right hand side so that you will receive each new post in your inbox. We don't want you to miss out on anything! We would also love to have you follow us on Facebook and Pinterest. Just click on the links to the right.

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