12 Days of Fabric 2014: Bonus

Surprise! It's actually more of "A Baker's Dozen Days of Fabric" series! Here is Parisian Stroll in Patriotique to top it off. 

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 12

Day 12 is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! For today's Frosted theme here are Retro Swiss Village

and Floral Frost. Happy ordering!

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 11

Fruit, the theme of the day, is art in and of itself. Here are Fruity Floral,

Blueberry Lemon Muffins,

and Waldeinsamkeit.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 10

For today's Feathered theme here are Gathering 

and Ruffled Creature.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 9

Mmm...today's theme is Dessert. I'm filling up the shop with Macarons,

Scoops,

and Cheery Cherry.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 8

Yellow has always been my favourite color. I remember once as a toddler I became tired of calling it my favourite, but felt like such a traitor contemplating switching it to red that I stuck with the glorious jaune. So today's theme, Joyous Yellow, just makes me smile. Here are Jaunty

and Piece of Matisse.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 7

Day 7 features Vintage People! Here are Mme. Millinery,

Love and War,

and Space Age for the shop.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 6

For today's Swash theme here are PB and J 

and Majorette.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 5

The theme of the day is Arching Geometric--and remember, all of my designs are available as fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap. Here is Sunshine,

Deco Literature,

and Haunt Couture.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 4

Today is all about Independence! Now you can find Single

and Kitties in the fabric shop.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 3

The theme of the day is Rainy Garden. Here is Nasturtium,

Umbelliferae,

and Mossy Mint Chip.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 2

 Today's theme is Juicy Cheer. Here is Splashy in Turquoise

and Zesty.

12 Days of Fabric 2014: Day 1

Let it begin! Every day for the next 12 days I will be pulling a couple fabrics from my design library and listing them for sale in my shop. They will also be available as gift wrap, decals, and wallpaper. When I received the swatch order for these 30 fabrics it felt like Christmas! I tore open the package, whipped open the spread of fabric like a superhero swooshing their cape, and then spent a significant amount of time inspecting and swooning over the designs on real, touchable, fabulous fabric.

So, to kick it off, today's theme is English Country Manor. Here's Autumnal Ditsy,

Herbal Topiary,

and Leggy.

Creatively Graceful on Facebook

Yup, that's right! Creatively Graceful is now on Facebook. You can check out the page right here.

Flourish

My Flourish fabric design is a part of Spoonflower's Calligraphy challenge of the week. The winner of this challenge gets profiled in Uppercase Magazine!

Winter Woodland

Waldeinsamkeit has been re-imagined and snow-sprinkled for Tigerprint's Christmas Wrap Competition. Now it's "walkin' in a winter woodland..."

Blue Floral Chair Drawing

I just finished this pencil crayon and marker drawing of a bright chair! The real-life chair, complete with hand-painted floral upholstery, was created by the owners of a defunct company called Found Design Miami--what a shame they are closed, since it is such a cheery piece!

Shabby Chic 3D Model

 I made a half-inch scale shabby chic bedroom! 

 It started with hours of Pinterest surfing and leafing through Rachel Ashwell books.

 Then I gathered scraps of fabric, paper, wood, and other such decorative tidbits. 

I work very spontaneously on projects like this. For example, I was hurrying past a recycling bucket after sawing some trim for a window sill, noticed a shred of ripped corrugated cardboard out of the corner of my eye, thought, "Ooo, fluting!" and scooped it up in one fluid motion to go turn it into columns.

The walls and base are foam core with printed images of floral and mint planks as wallpaper and hardwood.

There is a doily rug and a rack of dresses. I made the rack using skewers, paint, and hot glue, and the dresses are lengths of ribbon glued to gold wire. The mannequin is a chunk of trim with a screw topped with a clay body and a rhinestone.

The headboard is a piece of foam core I embellished with paper clay and gold paint, and the footboard is a piece of trim I cut and painted. The mattress is foam core covered in fabric, lace, and velvet. All the pillows are stuffed with cotton balls. The mirror is from Michael's, the art is reduced printouts on cardboard (including these thrifted roses), and the drapes are actually remnants of an IKEA curtain.

The back of the chaise is a wooden cutout of wings. The little bust by the window is made of clay.

The armoire (or desk? or piano?) is a piece of molding with chopstick legs and clay and paint embellishments to match the headboard. Plaster roses make a good wall decoration. Little did I know, as a frustrated toddler, that the fabric roses I ripped off my shirts would end up in a model bouquet several years later.

I also gave the model a high tin tile ceiling with a chandelier made of seed beads, floral wire, plastic beads, and upholstery tacks.

 It is a flickering battery-operated tea light so it makes the room look all cozy!