Spoonflower Handbook
The Pillow Every Pet Owner Needs to Have
One of our favorite custom-fabric projects of all time is the doppelgänger dog pillow. Originally dreamed up by Spoonflower co-founder Stephen, this brilliantly clever pillow was designed for Ruby, the first of the two rescue dogs that have come to live in Stephen and Kim’s home. Since then, the project has exploded — and we’ve seen everything from hedgehog to bunny rabbit versions stitched up by our customers. Get inspired and learn to make your own snuggly pet pillow!
Square pillow fabric is Freestyle (Black) by Domesticate in Linen Cotton Canvas
Register Today for the Spoonflower Handbook Master Class Summer Session!
After reading last month's Spoonflower Handbook Master Class recap by instructor Becka Rahn, were you itching to road trip to the Spoonflower HQ? If the answer is yes, you're in luck! We are excited to announce registration is now open for the summer session of the Spoonflower Handbook Master Class on August 26-28. This workshop will be an introduction to using Photoshop for fabric design, with a specific focus on using layers and seamless textures to add depth to your designs.
Ready to get designing? Click here to reserve your spot today!
The Spoonflower Handbook Master Class Review
On a quiet weekend in April, the Spoonflower Greenhouse was bustling with creativity as 12 students from all over the country came together for the Spoonflower Handbook Master Class taught by co-author, Becka Rahn. Today, Becka visits the Spoonflower blog to share her experience teaching the first of this one-of-a-kind class! Want to reserve your spot for August’s master class? Click here to learn more.
Spoonflower Handbook Master Class students proudly show off their custom designs created over the weekend.
Becka: Just a few weeks ago, a group of twelve aspiring fabric designers met at Spoonflower Headquarters to spend 18 intense hours immersed in vectors, Illustrator and inspiration. I got to be their teacher. The first-ever Spoonflower Handbook Master Class was everything I had hoped it would be and so much more!
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Register Today for the Spoonflower Handbook Masterclass!
Are you stuck in a designing rut and need a guiding hand to take your skills to the next level? Have you dreamed about making a trip to visit the Spoonflower HQ but just haven't found the opportunity? Let Spoonflower Handbook Co-Author Becka Rahn lead the way during the first ever Spoonflower Handbook Masterclass!
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Save the Date for the Spoonflower Handbook Masterclass
Ready to take your fabric design skills to the next level? Join Co-Author of the Spoonflower Handbook, Becka Rahn, for a weekend of designing with vectors! Click here for more details.
The Spoonflower Handbook Blog Tour Starts Saturday!
With all the excitement surrounding the release of our new (and first!) book, The Spoonflower Handbook: A DIY Guide to Designing Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap, we still have many surprises up our sleeves, we'll have you know.
In addition to the book signing & launch party we hosted last week at Spoonflower HQ, and the #SpoonflowerHandbookSelfie giveaway announcement along with it, we're sharing the excitement with a handful of talented and crafty bloggers around the Internet! They will be giving you a taste of the design and sewing projects found within the pages of the Handbook!
The Spoonflower Handbook contains 30+ projects for the fledgling surface designer, including everything from design how-to's to approachable tutorials for making some of the most unique, fun and stylish crafts you've ever seen.
Over the next five weeks, be sure to stop by the blogs below to find out how they approached their chosen Handbook project with zest and creativity!
Blog Tour Schedule:
Saturday, Sept.12th >>> Sammy K of Just Arting Around… featuring the Recipe Tea Towel project
Tuesday, Sept. 15th <<< Sherri Lynn Wood of Dainty Time featuring the Doppelgänger Dog Pillow
Thursday, Sept. 17th >>> Audrey Smit of This Little Street featuring the Coloring Desk Wrap
Tuesday, Sept. 22nd <<< Kate B of See Kate Sew featuring Photo Panel Wall Art
Friday, Oct. 16th >>> Emma Jeffery of Hello Beautiful featuring Geometric Soiree Kitchen Chairs project
Thanks to all the bloggers who stepped up to play with the new book to show us what they learned and created! Please do join us as we hop from blog to blog to uncover a new project from the book each time!
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The Spoonflower Handbook has Arrived!!
We've been eagerly awaiting this day for years, literally. The Spoonflower Handbook has arrived–cue the confetti and pop the champagne! We're thrilled to finally share our first book with our community. The Spoonflower Handbook puts surface design for fabric, wallpaper and gift wrap well within the reach of creative people everywhere.
This book is an essential step-by-step user’s manual and project collection for this booming new creative outlet. Written for both new and experienced users of this print-on-demand technology, it covers everything from equipment to software to working with photos, scans, repeats, and vector files, and includes projects for the home and wardrobe as well as special tutorials contributed by members of the Spoonflower community.
Can't wait to pick up a copy? Go ahead and order one today! Share a photo of yourself on Instagram with the book using the hashtag #Spoonflowerhandbookselfie for a chance to win two yards of custom-printed Spoonflower fabric of your choice. We'll be drawing one winner every Tuesday for the next six weeks, so grab a copy and show us your best selfie!
If you're local to North Carolina, join us for a book signing and party at Spoonflower HQ on Thursday, September 3, from 6-8pm, to celebrate the release of The Spoonflower Handbook!
How to Turn Kids’ Art into Fabric
When you run out of real estate on the fridge, it’s time to incorporate your children’s precious artwork into other projects! With Spoonflower, you can upload drawings and print fabric featuring your little one’s masterpieces. In this bonus tutorial submitted by Beth Davis for The Spoonflower Handbook, we’ll be using Adobe Photoshop to create a fabric design from elements in a child’s drawing.
I recently had the opportunity to color with my favorite 4-year-old friend Willa, and the self portrait that she created was too precious not to capture in a more lasting form than printer paper. With the power of very basic photo editing (I used Photoshop) and tools on Spoonflower’s website, I was able to take elements from Willa’s amazing portrait and arrange them into a fun repeating pattern, and I even used her signature to create a custom coordinate!
Join us for The Spoonflower Handbook Launch Party!
Please join us for a book signing and party here at Spoonflower HQ on Thursday, September 3, from 6 to 8pm, to celebrate the release of The Spoonflower Handbook!
We are so excited to release our very first book, and we’re celebrating the occasion with friends, food, fun and photos! Join us in the Greenhouse, our classroom and community space here at our Durham, NC headquarters, as author and Spoonflower co-founder Stephen Fraser discusses his favorite projects from the book. Then have your copy of the book signed, enjoy a tour of the Spoonflower facilities (you’ll see all of the printing magic happen!), stop by our selfie station (complete with giant plushies!), and meet new textile-obsessed friends from the area!
We'd love to see you here, so tell your friends and RSVP today!