customize your fabric with spoonflower
Susan Lomuto | Jul 01, 2008 | Comments 5
Upload your original pattern or image to Spoonflower and they will print it on up to 5 yards of 100% cotton for you to use any way you like. While the potential for folks who sew is obvious, I also think this concept can be valuable to fiber and mixed media artists. Heck, I can even see polymer clay artists using it to make real fabric from a picture of a sheet of fabric-like polymer clay.
Each week Spoonflower’s Kim Fraser shows off the latest designs – watch Week Two’s video below.
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Spoonflower gives individuals the power to print their own designs on fabric that they can then use to make quilts, clothes, pillows, blankets, framed textile art and many, many other things that might surprise you.
Seems to be by invitation only right now but you can get on their list.
This video explains the Spoonflower process.
See dozens of designs in the Flickr Spoonflower Fabric Designs Pool.
I’m loving this one.
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i’ve been waiting to get on their list. it’s in beta testing… but i’m excited to try.
xox
I’ve been contemplating my spoonflower order ever since I first heard of them, and I finally placed one a few days ago. I manipulated an image of one of my polymer clay buttons and turned it into a repeating pattern that I hope will make interesting fabric. I’m hoping it will become a new handbag at some point!
See…I knew I was on the right track thinking that it would work with polymer clay patterns! Let us know how it turns out.
Oh wow, that’s my fabric design! I’m totally loving Spoonflower, I just wish I could decide on design issues, as fast as they can print my fabric! Haha!
Thank you, Susan – this is SO exciting! I’ve been daydreaming for years about being able to print custom fabric, and NOW I CAN!! Now, if I could only sew…