4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

re: 4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

jenirainbow — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:21:09 GMT

I have used Spoonflower to print some fabric to my design, in their cotton silk mix. (I've also bought some cotton interlock fabric from a designer, through their site). The fabric was excellent quality in both cases. they have a range of other fabrics and for a nominal sum you can get a booklet of small swatches, to help you decide which fabric might be most appropriate for your project. I found the site easy to use, with various suggestions available as to e.g. the type of repeat pattern you might wish to use. You can then preview your design before ordering. Once you have ordered some fabric (at least a swatch of your design) you can coose wheter you would like the fabric to be publicly available, and if so, receive commission on any that is sold.

re: 4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

Emmari — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:28:09 GMT

I have used both karmakraft and Spoonflower. It is great fun being able to see the result but both have pro and con.

Karmakraft has a very long turnaround but when fabric arrives it is up to any washing challenge and they do have great results!

Spoonflower is a lot quicker and their service is absolutely top notch, answering mails asap.

The end results on the other hand can be quite different from what you imagined AND the #1 con: I have had a lot of grief washing the fabric, - I'd recommend it for stuff that doesn't need a lot of cleaning.

Best regards from Eva Mari :)

re: 4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

Vivika_Blog — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:21:57 GMT

Hi folks,

Sorry for the typo on karmakraft.com. It has two ks.

Also, the results of the research are in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, referenced above.

Thanks for your interest and the comments!

re: 4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

slacount — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:18:53 GMT

Please note:

karmakraft.com instead of karmacraft.com

I've used Spoonflower with great satisfaction. I haven't done any designing, but have purchased from other designers. I prefer the cotton sateen blend of fabric for my quilting projects.

re: 4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

Louise Barker — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:12:31 GMT

I'm looking for a company to print silk scarves from my digital photographs. Has anyone had any experience in doing that?

re: 4 Steps to Printing Your Own Quilt Fabric Designs

slkrueg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:40:04 GMT

Where would one find the research results done by Cloth Paper Scissors® on the three companies?