Spoonflower: Design It Yourself Fabric

It seems too good to be true, but we just discovered a new company that custom prints anything you design onto premium cotton or upholstery fabric. So you can start you own line of quilts, curtains, aprons, potholders, baby clothes, hats, purses and tablecloths just in time for the holidays:

With all the handmade gifts we want to make this year it's a wonder we didn't hear about Spoonflower sooner. They will custom print anything you design...anything! So if you want to make pillows or stockings or a tote bag to carry gifts in, you can customize it all with your own fabric!

Submit your design using Photoshop or another free online design program and they'll print it on quality cotton fabric for $18/yard. Their turn around can be as quick as 2 weeks. Spoonflower also has a flickr page for checking out what other crafty types have been designing and how they've been using their fabric.

Get all the details on Spoonflower.

Designs above are from: lauriewiss, a bardis, chairs fabric that you can buy on etsy and cate anevski

Comments (7)

Geez - after I spent all that time & energy searching for a Greek Key/Fretwork patterned fabric in Cherry Red...

posted by bepsf on November 26th 2008 at 4:44pm
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Ho.
Ly.
Crap.

Think they'll let me make a knockoff Saya Gata? I have been LUSTING after that to-the-trade fabric for ages!

posted by melanie on November 26th 2008 at 4:53pm
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Spoonflower is great, but really pay attention to the directions, esp. if you want a larger scale print.The quality of your scan will make a huge difference to the success of your fabric.

It had been "invitation only" while in Beta mode.

posted by Palmetto on November 26th 2008 at 5:06pm
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Photoshop is now a "free online design program."

posted by visualingual on November 26th 2008 at 11:06pm
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Squeeeeee!
I have been needing this for a year! I have an etsy shop that sells all sorts of home goods... napkins, runners, dishtowels, and market bags. Now I can actually have someone print my designs; zomg. FABULOUS!
(literati.etsy.com)
Think it will work for me?

posted by magdelane on November 27th 2008 at 1:50am
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This is great. I'm going to spend some time over the winter holidays deliberating over some fabric to make curtains for myself.

posted by sciencegeek on December 13th 2008 at 1:57pm
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Good News for everybody!! I found another company named KarmaKraft.They're cool!! Besides the normal cotton fabric they can print on Canvas and silk! The price also very reasonable!!!

Check it out here: KarmaKraft-Print your idea

posted by SuzyQ12 on April 29th 2009 at 9:17am
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