9.09.2008

spoonflower power

my friend, tom, sent over a link to a wonderful concept company that's still in its beta form ~ spoonflower. thanks to a group of inspired folks in chapel hill, north carolina, spoonflower is an answer to a huge void in the crafter-designer-artist market: giving us all the ability to design and make our very own fabric. yes! for a reasonable price you can have your very own designs printed onto fabric. how wonderful is that?!? all you have to do is create a design, make it into a tif file, and send it off to spoonflower to print onto 44" 100% kona® cotton fabric {a 2nd choice of fabric will be available soon}.
from their website: "spoonflower exists to give crafters a powerful tool for expressing their creative visions using fabric. it gives individuals the power to print their own designs on fabric that they can then use to make quilts, clothes, pillows, blankets, framed textile art and many, many other things that might surprise you."
they have a nice little blog and a great flickr group.
i snagged some of my favorite projects from their flickr group to share with & inspire you here:





8 comments:

Dutchbaby said...

My mind just blew a fuse thinking about the possibilities!

Anonymous said...

Your blog is so sweet and pretty! I just discovered it today and am so glad I did, I got lost for quite a while!

studio wellspring said...

i know the feeling, dutchbaby. ;o)

welcome paris apartment ~ so happy to have you here. thank you for your kind comment.... you brightened my day!

karey m. said...

had to kirtsy! xoxo...

Anonymous said...

Often thought of going back to school for textile design, but this could satisfy my urge for a while. Love your blog, very beautiful :)

studio wellspring said...

grazie mille karey ~ you are my hero.

hi bmommy & welcome to my swellspring! thanks so much for your sweet comment.

paris parfait said...

Wow that is fabulous! I'll have to send this link to Jordana. xoxox

studio wellspring said...

yes, tara, please do. i'm sure jordana would have a heyday with this!