Spoonflower makes it possible for individuals to design, print and sell their own fabric designs. It was founded in May 2008 by two Internet geeks who had crafty wives but who knew nothing about textiles. The company came about because Stephen’s wife, Kim, persuaded him that being able to print her own fabric for curtains was a really cool idea. She wasn’t alone. The Spoonflower community now numbers around 70,000 individuals who use their own fabric to make curtains, quilts, clothes, bags, furniture, dolls, pillows, framed artwork, costumes, banners and much, much more. The Spoonflower marketplace offers the largest collection of independent fabric designers in the world. The site has appeared in the New York Times, Associated Press, Vogue, Martha Stewart Weddings, Make, CRAFT, ApartmentTherapy, Photojojo, and many other terrific publications and blogs.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Spoonflower!
Not only do they sell fabric designed by independent fabric designers, they can also digitally print your fabric design. Some of us have been lucky enough to get a taste of this in Digital Fibers classes at ASU, but Spoonflower makes it available to all of us - regardless of whether or not we can take the class or buy a huge printer of our own.
Here is an excerpt from their "about us" section:
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