And this time I have better than a 15-minute warning. XD
Spoonflower just added a new cotton spandex jersey, and when they add new fabrics they often have a free swatch day shortly afterward. This time I got a faster heads up by being aware of that and paying more attention to the newsletters. Here's what was in the last one.
"Get your free swatch of our newest soft and stretchy fabric, Cotton Spandex Jersey next Thursday, January 21st, 2016 from 10AM EST until Friday, January 22nd at 10AM! Start planning your projects now!"
Now, Spoonflower's swatches are a nice 8x8 inches (20cm), which isn't much, but is enough to possibly make a 1/6 t-shirt or a sleeveless dress or something. And while most of the patterns people offer are too big, I've started trying to make some 1/6 (and 1/3, in the case of the larger ginghams) appropriate ones. The preview function on the webpage doesn't handle this well, but I've tried to add my own images of proof swatches to counter that. And, as always, I'll be trying to hit free swatch day myself and using it to proof an argyle pattern that I hope works and will make some nice doll socks!
So, here comes the challenge part... I can't offer prizes (tho I do plan on sharing my pattern layouts for this!), but I am extremely curious about this and will be trying a few things on my own (I have a stack of Spoonflower swatches piled up), but I'd really like to see what anyone here can do for their dolls with an 8x8 inch piece of fabric. It's not much to work with, I know, which is what will make it a fun challenge.
And you don't have to use Spoonflower's fabric, it just has to be an 8x8 inch piece. That's the only criteria! Who knows, the lot of us might come up with some nifty ways to use up those tiny bits of fabric. 