Design Resources
How to Get Discovered in a Marketplace of 750,000+ Designs
What We’re Loving Right Now: 8 Me Made Looks Featuring the Indiesew x Dan Lehman Collection
Behind The Scenes of a Colorful Design Workshop with Suzie London
What We’re Loving Right Now: Adobe’s Newest Repeat Tool, Textile Designer
Our Top Tips for Designing Large Scale Wallpaper on Spoonflower
From formal rooms and nurseries to refurbished furniture, it’s easy to incorporate wallpaper into every home, but have you ever considered why statement wallpaper makes such an impact? We’ll give you one hint: Think big! We’ve outlined our top tips to help you create large scale wallpaper designs for your Spoonflower shop, a growing trend in the Marketplace.
Make an impact in your home with these featured wallpaper designs!
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8 Seamless Repeat Tutorials for Designing Custom Fabric
Surface pattern design is not just for the professionals! If you’ve ever browsed our Marketplace for llamas, rainbows or even motorcycle fabric, there’s a good chance you’ve been curious to know how designers have created their seamless repeats. From traditional tools like a pen and paper to design programs like Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe® Illustrator®, we’re showing you eight seamless repeat tutorials to help you find your tried and true resource for creating seamless repeats. By the time you’re done reading, you’ll be ready to enter one of our upcoming design challenges!
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How to Create a Seamless Repeat on Your iPad with Pixelmator
If you’ve been following the blog, by now you’ve learned how to turn your drawings into a seamless repeat in eight easy steps, seen how to design a seamless repeat in Procreate with Anda, and how to take your drawings from paper to pixel with Photoshop. So what else could there be to learn? We’re so glad you asked! Today we’re welcoming Liz Brown, one member of the dynamic duo better known as Thin Line Textiles in the Marketplace, and Spoonflower team member, to share how to create a seamless repeat on your iPad with Pixelmator. This design tool is your one-stop-shop for creating, editing and enhancing your images.
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7 Tips for Designing a Cut-and-Sew Project
Have you ever wondered how designers in the Spoonflower community create the adorable cut-and-sew projects you’ve been eyeing in the Marketplace? From the purrrfect zipper pouch (see the how-to here) to a giftable hedgehog plushie, the only limit to creating your very own cut-and-sew project is your imagination. To help you get started, Spoonflower designer Ceri Staziker–cerigwen in the Marketplace–is sharing seven design tips for successfully creating a cut-and-sew project. By the time you’re done, you’ll never underestimate the power of a fat quarter!
Spoonflower designer cerigwen knows a thing or two about cut-and-sew projects!
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2 Ways to Save Money When Proofing Your Designs
By now, you probably already know that you can sample a single design on any fabric for $5 (or wallpaper for $5-$7.50), but did you know that you can also sample dozens of designs at once on a single piece of fabric for a great price? We’ll walk you through two ways to do that below so you can start saving money to make money in the Spoonflower Marketplace!
Featured designs: Groundcovers M+M Smoke & Navy Black | Groundcovers Navy | Miami Sunset
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