What a Wonderful World – A Fabric Tribute to Our Beautiful Planet

photos KELLEY SHEENAN location STUDIO SAGO model KATY BEDFORD

Trees of green. Red roses too. When it comes to our beautiful planet, there’s plenty to celebrate. It offers bountiful inspiration for budding artists, making the call of the wild hard to ignore.

Heeding that call, we teamed up with our good friends at Spoonflower for a Design Challenge, asking their community to create a tribute to what they loved most about Mother Earth. Here, we step into the worlds of our winners – frolick in a sweet summer garden bursting with berries or meander through a moonlit forest with woodland friends. Hosting over one million designs from a global community of independent artists, the opportunities for world-building on Spoonflower.com are endless. Shop these designs and check out the rest of the entries here!


FLOWERS AND BERRIES SUMMER GARDEN – OVERALL WINNER

Design: Ana Manzon of Hu:Pu 

Sewing Patterns: Peppermint Paddington Top, Peppermint Spring Shorts, Peppermint Bucket Hat

Fabric: Spoonflower Organic Cotton Sateen


WOODLAND FOREST NIGHT 

Design: Kristen Knechtel of WrittenByKristen

Sewing Pattern: Peppermint Pocket Skirt

Fabric: Spoonflower Lightweight Cotton Twill


WILD FLOWERS MEADOW 

Design: Laura Muñoz of Ninola-Design

Sewing Pattern: Peppermint Maxi Dress

Fabric: Spoonflower Cotton Poplin


WONDERFUL FLORA AND FAUNA 

Design: Sandra Hutter of Sandra_Hutter_Designs

Sewing Pattern: Peppermint Bowen Dress

Fabric: Spoonflower Cotton Lawn


LET’S SAVE OUR PRECIOUS PLANET 

Design: Christine Amelie of Studio_Amelie

Sewing Pattern: Peppermint Button-Up Dress

Fabric: Spoonflower Petal Signature Cotton


THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN ISSUE 59 AND WAS CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FRIENDS AT SPOONFLOWER. POP OVER TO SPOONFLOWER.COM FOR MORE CREATIVE FUN.

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