girl holding her teddy bear © Nancy Lee Moran
Fabric repeat is about 8.5 wide x 12 inches. Wallpaper repeat is about 6 wide x 8.5 inches. I have a vivid memory of my mother making a gingerbread house for my kindergarten class In 2006, a friend made a gingerbread cottage for me, which inspired four oil paintings of size 14 x 10 inches. I have included two of the paintings in this 2018 design - paintings in colors of chestnut brown, deep red, and soft green. See Collection number 575071 for matching fabrics. "Wintertime and Christmas Treasures" Find the collection by entering its ID number 575071 in the Spoonflower search bar. In the drop-down menu, select "in Collections." How gingerbread begins! Cream butter, brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and baking soda together with flour and water to make a stiff dough. Notes about gingerbread from Wikipedia: According to the French legend, gingerbread was brought to Europe in 992 by the Armenian monk, later saint, Gregory of Nicopolis. Nuremberg was recognized as the "Gingerbread Capital of the World" when in the 1600s the guild started to employ master bakers (of it). The tradition of making decorated gingerbread houses started in Germany in the early 1800s. According to certain researchers, the first gingerbread houses were the result of the well-known Grimm's fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" in which the two children abandoned in the forest found an edible house made of bread with sugar decorations. After this book was published, German bakers began baking ornamented fairy-tale houses of lebkuchen (gingerbread). These became popular during Christmas, a tradition that came to America with Pennsylvanian German immigrants. Source is Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingerbread_house I hope you will show me the projects you create with my fabrics. It would be joy to see them. Instagram @nancyleesspoonflowershop Website: nancyleemoran.com Pinterest: nancyleemoran Facebook Spoonflower Page: nancyleemoran3 Facebook Art Page: nancyleemoran2 My art is available to license for personal and professional use. Copyright Notice: This image does not belong to the public domain. It may be licensed by asking permission, nancylee@nancyleemoran.com. All artwork in the Moran portfolio is copyrighted and owned by the artist, Nancy Lee Moran. All rights reserved.