Okay, I might be late to the party, but I recently came across Spoonflower , an amazing print on demand textile marketplace and community. Founded in 2008, the North Carolina-based company makes it possible for individuals to design, print and sell their own fabric designs. Since then , the Spoonflower community has exploded to 70,000+ crafty individuals who use their own fabric to create all sorts of items including clothing, artwork and home accessories. The Spoonflower marketplace now offers the largest collection of independent fabric designers in the world!
The selection and quality of fabrics is impressive! Spoonflower uses large-format inkjet printers specially modified to run fabric. Unlike conventional textile manufacturing, digital printing entails very little waste of fabric, ink, water or electricity. In addition, they print using eco-friendly, water-based pigment inks on natural fiber textiles. No additional chemicals are used in the printing or preparation process. Clients can order a swatch of fabric or 100 yards of a single design. The fabric is shipped within a week.
Here are some beautiful textiles made and available on Spoonflower that caught my eye:
Be sure to check out Spoonflower's weekly contents too. Here is the latest winning fabric design:
Love the whimsical splashing drinks and colorful cocktail monkeys hanging from the martini glasses.
Cheers!
I found this site a couple of years ago and was very impressed with their ability to produce anyones designs, It is a great resource and I am sure your readers will be reallly glad that you did this post. It was a good reminder for me, Happy Monday,Kathysue
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of them either! Love the first two blue ones that you have shown. I'll check out their site - love the inkjet printing idea.
ReplyDeleteI must be late to the party too because I haven't come across them either, so thank you for sharing! :) I love the blue and green patterns. Very vibrant and fun!
ReplyDeleteI love this concept. I first heard about it in it's beta test stage, and thought it was pure genius! I've been at the Surtex Show for the last few days, and some of the designers I met also recommended a place called Karma Kraft which they mentioned offered more fabric options.
ReplyDeleteWow! Don't worry, you're not the only one fashionably late. This is news to me! Headed over to take a peek. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather... I will have to check out Karma Kraft too.
ReplyDeleteThank-you for featuring my design: "Ship to Shore - Bold Blue"
ReplyDelete(centre top) in your fabulous post about Spoonflower fabrics ;)
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/106681
I too have never heard of this company before! This is such an inspired idea...love it! Thanks for the intro Cristin!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't come across Spoonflower before but I love the concept! Amazing the way digital printing has revolutionized fabric-making. So excited to check them out!
ReplyDeleteHi Cristin! Thanks for profiling my latest winning design, 'Just a Splash'; glad you like it...those cocktail monkeys are not to be trusted! ;) -Samarra (aka sammyk at Spoonflower); Yay, Spoonflower!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Spoonflower! I created fabric to use for our wedding photobooth backdrop. Such a cool concept!
ReplyDeleteThis is INCREDIBLE! I'm so thrilled for the introduction; my mind is spinning with the possibilities. I love that they are from NC and eco-friendly too!
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