Spoonflower bud fabric pattern

I am loving Spoonflower and all the great designers currently using their platform. It’s not cheap to design and print your own fabric, but the satisfaction of having created something from scratch really drives you to make the best possible product in the end. I also love the empowerment their platform is giving to designers such as Liz Scott, who  runs Wonderfluff on Etsy – her own fabric designs printed using Spoonflower. I can’t wait until they go out of beta and enable you to sell your fabric designs direct to the public.  It’s great innovation and a grand opportunity for all of us.

I’ve seen so many great designs and professional fabric patterns from independent designers, it’s really fantastic that so many people have been empowered. There’s also a great community as well – designers who are all passionate about textile design. Very cool stuff! The internet has given all of us the possibility of communicating worldwide and now there are companies popping up to help with business and manufacturing – Spoonflower, Etsy, Lulu, Blurb…to name a few. I wonder what other innovations will pop up via the internet for independent designers and artists? It’s definitely a fast changing world out there and supremely exciting!

After creating my birdie pattern and realizing it would make great fabric for PJs, I signed up with Spoonflower and ordered a swatch to see how the colors will turn out.  It’s so exciting to be able to have such power of creation upon my hands…woohoo!  Also, there was a special theme presented for competition on Spoonflower, a fabric design with spoon and flower design(s) incorporated somehow.  I decided to take part and created a spoonflower bud pattern.  A simple repeating design with bright colors that I think would make a nice tablecloth or napkins! What do you think?

Posted on September 24, 2009 at 12:00 pm | patterns

3 Responses to “Spoonflower bud fabric pattern”

1. linda says:

   September 24, 2009 at 6:04 pm

   Ooo -the voting just started and I am all the way at number 66 if you would like to vote for me! Over here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TmuBxHv2lq4y7_2bXPWrnghw_3d_3d;

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2. Gretchen says:

   September 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm

   I love the colors, they would look great in my kitchen! You’ve got my vote! Have a great day!

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   • linda says:

     September 25, 2009 at 12:23 am

     Hi Gretchen – Thanks so much for the support! Maybe there will be some items made with this fabric…I still need to work on sizing (things different on computer than in real life!) so more swatch ordering for me!