Fabric Printing at Home Blog Tour February 1-14! Join the Tour!

February 1st marks the start of the Fabric Printing at Home Blog Tour. Hope you'll "hop" on over to Julie B. Booth's blog to check it out! (February 1-14)

Fourteen days and fourteen opportunities to win copies of Julie's new book, Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects. The tour includes a number of Bee members: Lisa Chin, Lynn Krawczyk, Jane Davila, Carol R. Eaton, Judy Gula, Susan Purney Mark, Deborah Boschert, Lynda Heines and Jackie Lams.

Julie will be posting every day on surface design tips, favorite tools and materials and special Valentine's Day-themed projects using techniques from the book. In addition, Julie will be offering "door" prize giveaways every day.

Hope you Join the Tour February 1-14!

Congratulations!

First of all a big CONGRATULATIONS to Upstate Lisa on her win this month for The Printed Fabric Bee Giveaway!  We very excited to be able to share these Old World Map fabrics with her! Woot Woot!

There are a number of Hive members who also need a big congratulations today!  

In the latest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine The Printed Fabric Bee Hive Member, Jane Davila, has a wonderful article about Seed Stitching.  There are a lot of great ideas in the article and some quotes and eye candy from fellow hive members Gerrie Congdon and Deborah Boschert too!

Hive member, Leslie Jenison and her cohort in quilt crimes, Jamie Fingal, have an article highlighting their wonderful curated exhibits "What's for Dinner?"

And last but certainly not least is The Last Word column by former Hive member, Lesley Riley.

Congratulations everyone on being published once again!  

Thanks to each and everyone of you for sharing your talents!

Old World Maps Giveaway

I have been fascinated with maps for years and when I discovered map art I was hooked!  With my month as Queen Bee, I decided to see what the hives take would be on the topic of Old World Maps.  It has been a big challenge for everyone and I love what they have created!  A few of the members are still working on theirs and they will be added as they become available.

If you would like a chance at winning a 6x6" square of all 11 pieces then leave a comment below or on my blog.  Comments will close on January 15th and a winner announced on the 16th!

And then go stop by the other members blogs to see how they created their pieces.

Lynda Heines

Deborah Boschert

Carol R. Eaton

Jackie Lams

Gerrie Congdon

Lynn Krawczyk

Julie Booth

Leslie Jenison

Judy Gula

Jane Davila

Susan Purney Mark

Sunflowers for Susan

I love December, not only is it Christmas, but its also my birthday on Dec. 7th (and I'll be 60 this year!!!) but best of all, its my month for the Printed Bee! Golly, it's just so exciting!
My theme was sunflowers, with their rich colours and cheerful disposition, they seemed like a great choice to challenge all the Bee artists! 
So, here's the picture of all the fabrics made for me.....

I'll add the missing ones as they arrive. 
As usual I'll be sending out a selection of 6" squares from all the artists to one lucky winner. All you need to do, is to add a comment below or at my blog and tell us how you would use the squares in a new project for 2015! I'd love to hear from you, and I'll draw a name on Dec. 15th......
BTW, did you see the great article about the Printed Bee and our inspirations in the latest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine?

Don't forget to stop by and see how everyone created their fabrics this month:

Deborah Boschert

Carol R. Eaton

Jackie Lams

Gerrie Congdon

Lynda Heines

Julie Booth

Lynn Krawczyk

Leslie Jenison

Judy Gula

Jane Davila

Quilting Arts Magazine

The Printed Fabric Bee is in Quilting Arts Magazine!

Lynn Krawczyk, wrote a fabulous article about something every artist has struggled with: Finding Your Artistic Voice.  Do you feel that you have found your artist voice?  What helped you to find it?  Or do you feel like you are still working on it?  We would love to hear all about it in the comments section!

We have an October science theme winner!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered our giveaway this month!  We are honored to have you all come along with us on this surface design journey!  

And our Winner this month is:

Chiska

Thanks to all who follow along and commented. Check back soon to see the next awesome theme and for another chance to win!

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

Urban Winner!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered our giveaway this month!  We are honored to have you all come along with us on this surface design journey!  

And our Winner this month is:

JenetaOctober 6, 2014 at 5:53 AM

They are amazing! Each one is a mini work of art.

Congratulations!!!  I've sent you an email Jeneta.  Please email me your address and Leslie will mail your fabrics to you once she is back in town.  

Urban Surfaces Giveaway

September's queen, Leslie Jenison, chose the theme Urban Surfaces.

Leslie loves the layered textures of old walls, peeling paint, graffiti, etc., on building walls. There is something about that sort of layering that holds such a fascination for her and this month's hand made fabrics do not  disappoint!

If you love urban surfaces and would like to win the 6"x6" collection of hand painted fabrics please leave a comment below before October 15th!  Then hop on over to everyone's blog to see how each piece was made:

Deborah Boschert

Carol R. Eaton

Susan Purney Mark

Gerrie Congdon

Lynda Heines

Julie Booth

Jackie Lams

Lynn Krawczyk

Lisa Chin

Inspirational Words Set Winner

Congratulations to Bethany Garner of Canada who is the lucky winner of this Inspirational Words set of fabric from The Printed Fabric Bee. Bethany said she has following our group since we started almost a year ago. I can hardly believe it's been a year! Time sure does fly.

Here are all but three of the pieces Bethany will be receiving soon. She'll also receive a little surprise from me. 

Thank you all for entering. Don't forget that you have a chance to win next month's set so stay tuned.