The Spoonflower Handbook
A DIY Guide to Designing Fabric, Wallpaper & Gift Wrap with 30+ Projects
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Designing fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap used to be the stuff of dreams. Only a few select creatives got to do it, and it required formal training and significant financial investment. But times have changed, and today anyone with a computer, Internet connection, and idea can upload a file and order their own fabric or paper, printed affordably one yard or more at a time. At the forefront of this revolutionary DIY movement is Spoonflower, a North Carolina startup that produces designs for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide—twenty-four hours a day/seven days a week to keep up with demand.
With step-by-step tutorials and projects that span a wide spectrum of skills, The Spoonflower Handbook is written for both new and experienced users of this print-on-demand technology. Covering everything from equipment to software to working with photos, scans, repeats, vector files, and more, it is an essential guide to a booming new creative outlet.
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781613129852
- File size: 33017 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781613129852
- File size: 33163 KB
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Languages
- English
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October 1, 2015
Spoonflower is best known among quilters and sewists for its innovative print-on-demand fabric, which allows anyone to upload their design and have it printed on a variety of fabrics (or wallpaper, or gift wrap). In this two-part guide, Spoonflower cofounder Fraser is joined by sewist Judi Ketteler (Sew Retro) and professional surface designer Becka Rahn for an overview of fabric design basics, best practices for using Spoonflower, and craft projects employing custom-printed designs. The first section covers the basics of digital surface design, including Spoonflower's fabric specifications, equipment needed for design, and a brief overview of color and repeat. The second section delves into sources of inspiration ranging from everyday objects to photographs to drawing by hand and using the computer. Custom-printed fabric projects are included throughout the second section, and swatch samples and helpful tips from designers who use Spoonflower are abundant. VERDICT Sewists and crafters curious about printing their own fabric will find this book most useful; though the focus is on Spoonflower, the tutorials on surface design provide a solid overview of the basics.
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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