Nasturtiums Ditsy Prints

While I'm scaling-down some of my fabric prints to make them more useful to quilters, I thought I'd tackle my most popular Nasturtiums designs today.  Especially since they have appeared on Spoonflower's Favorites page again today.

Here are how both my Nasturtiums Vintage and Nasturtiums Fresh prints look in regular size and my scaled down ditsy petite versions viewed with a Quilter's Piece Preview (By Cottage Mills Inc. available at Hobby Lobby).

I've always meant to make a short-sleeved shirt dress with the vintage version ditsy nasturtiums.  It has a Liberty of London feel that reminds me of an old dress that has been in the family for ages.  One day....

Nasturtiums Ditsy Petite fabric by Ann Tuck

Nasturtiums Fresh Ditsy Petite Fabric by Ann Tuck

Nasturtiums fabric by Ann Tuck

Nasturtiums Fresh fabric by Ann Tuck

Nasturtium Ditsy Print - Vote

Okay.  Here I go again entering another Spoonflower contest.  This time they're asking for small prints "Ditsy Prints" and I just happen to have a nice one of nasturtiums that I made a while ago.

It has been by far my most popular design, ranking as one of Spoonflower's "All Time Fav's" and in the top 30 or so in their "Floral" and "Vintage" categories.

There were a lot of entries this week, but I made the final cut.  We'll see how I do.  I don't have a huge blog following like some of the others.

If you would like to vote, you can do so here: http://www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters/new?contest_id=102
 I could use the help.

Thanks!

I'm in the fabric business!

Nasturtium fabric in 4 sizes + polka dot accent fabrics.

I've wanted to design fabric for years, but the cost of having small portions of fabric printed was pretty expensive.   Since Spoonflower came along though, I've been having a great time making things with my own fabric.  Thank you Spoonflower!  I hope you have a long and prosperous life.

Spoonflower recently started a program to let fabric designers sell their fabric to others, so I put my Nasturtiums fabric for sale and then forgot about it for a while until I needed to upload a design for a baby blanket that I was making for a friend.  When I logged on, I was delighted to find that lots of people had been buying my fabric!

That was inspiration enough for me!  I designed more fabric to sell and have lots more in the works.

Spoonflower prints each fabric order on demand-- just specify the amount of fabric and type of cloth you would like to have and Spoonflower makes it and sends it to you.  I love that there is so little waste involved in the process--no unsold inventory.  I've been extremely happy with the extra-careful printing quality, the quality of cloth and how it stands up to washing and other abuse I subject it to.  You can choose basic cotton (quilting weight), stretch knit, cotton-linen blend (my favorite), upholstery fabric, sheer cotton lawn, and more.

You can find my fabrics at http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/anntuck.  Since my Nasturtiums design is so popular, I decided to offer some polka-dot accent fabrics that go with it (I love polka-dots),  I'm also offering the Nasturtiums in different sizes.  Nasturtiums (great size for everything from quilts to garments), Nasturtiums Petite (nice smaller print with a Liberty of London feel--for smaller applications like doll clothes, or shirts, or anywhere you would use a calico print.), Nasturtiums Bold (use where you would like a bolder print--perhaps a skirt), and Nasturtiums Jumbo (could be used for drapery or bedding).

I've also finished some other designs that I really like.  More on that later.