On August 24th, our friends over at Etsy will host their 2012 Craft Party. We asked our community of designers to create cut & sew patterns for the occasion. The winning pattern -- "Fun Finches" by PotBellyBear -- will be featured on the How-Tuesday series on the Etsy blog.
With summer solstice arriving on June 21, we decided to make this contest all about fabric designs inspired by Shakespeare's play, Midsummer Night's Dream. All designs submitted must use a restricted palette (visible here). Previews will be shown at the fat quarter fabric size (21" x 18"). Deadline for entry is Tuesday, June 18, 2013.
The theme this time around is fairly simple: create a fabric design built around the visual motif of citrus fruits (one or more). Previews will be shown at the fat quarter fabric size (21" x 18"). Deadline for entry is Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
This week's design challenge is to create a picnic-themed fabric design. Previews will be shown at the fat quarter fabric size (21" x 18"). Deadline for entry is Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013.
This week we invite designers to create horse-themed fabrics. Contest previews will be shown at the fat quarter fabric size (21" x 18"). Deadline for entry is Tuesday, July 9th, 2013.
Instructions and rules for our weekly fabric design contests appear on our upcoming contests page .