This was such a fun challenge to design for and I couldn’t get my idea out of my head fast enough. So much so, I created almost all this design while whizzing around the UK by train a few weeks back. The bumpiness of the ride made it quite difficult
A few years ago I lived in rural Pennsylvania and had access the best Farmers Market you can imagine. I gave up shopping in grocery stores and bought all our food from this magical market. I bought a pull along shopping trolly I named Dolly!
I got to know the stall owners and they each had their own specialty. I bought my lettuce from the lettuce man, my celery from the celery woman and my strawberries from the strawberry lady. They each had passion and pride of their produce.
Here lay my inspiration for the Farmers Market challenge!
and of course I created a little collection to go with my design
It seems Spoonflower wants some more floral designs so this week is yet another floral based challenge ” Wild Flower Collage” Be prepared for 20+ pages of designs to wade through.
My design was inspired by papercut flowers and I went for a simple ( but firm favorite) palette of blue and white.
I also created a little collection, Prairie Blue to coordinate with my design
I sometimes wonder if Spoonflower thinks they do not have enough floral designs on their site, as so many of the challenge prompts point towards creating yet more florals. The last challenge “Craft Maximalism” resulted in a good 70% of the entries being floral. I’d love a challenge where no florals are allowed!
This is what I came up with
I’d love a vote if you can bear to trawl though another glut of florals!
I also rustled up a little collection.
The first Spoonflower challenge of 2026 and the prompt is quite confusing- “energetic prints that appear to come from an artist’s sketchbook” . I have a feeling this challenge is going to be inundated with florals
I took a look through my sketch books and was inspired by what I saw to create a free flowing doodle type abstract design
I also created the design in a few different colorways.
I absolutely adore designing just using blue and white, so a delft tile challenge was right up my street.
It seems that the prompts for the spoonflower challenges are being written by AI, the images that accompany the prompts are certainly AI and they have been called on that. This is the challenge description
Retro Nouveau
“This mashup mixes the organic motifs and ornate shapes of Art Deco with the bold colors and geometric patterns of a retro vibe.”
Art deco and Art Nouveau are not even that same styles, so the whole thing is very confusing.
Even more confusing is what to design.
I ended up going with a stain glass art nouveau peacock and I actually had a lot of fun with circles in this design, can you see them?
Thrift Store treasures, what to pick as these shops sell basically everything! I decided upon fun kid themed musical instruments. Things to bash, shake and generally make a noise! With a bright color palette this would be perfect in a young child’s bedroom or decor in a school music room.
The calendar Tea Towel challenge can be counted on every year and this week is it’s time! I update all my calendars every year. Here is the entire 2026 collection
This was an interesting challenge to design for. I imagined myself lying in a garden meadow looking up to the stars! With all the light pollution we have in the Chicago area it never really gets very dark!
