Custom-printed fabric, wallpaper and home decor.
The site is back up this morning but there are still a few bugs to troubleshoot, including one involving purchases using Paypal. Credit card purchases seem to be fine. This afternoon I’ll:
a) do my best to post something more interesting than site development news,
b) begin to beautify the new blog a bit…
More invites out this afternoon and tomorrow.
This may be a bit maddening for all the folks who haven’t yet received an invite (which is almost everyone), but I just want to ask the very few who have created accounts on Spoonflower so far to be sure to let us know when you encounter problems. We discovered one error today that was creating difficulties for people trying to upload designs using Internet Explorer, but it has now been fixed. Send a description of any bugs you encounter to help at spoonflower.com. Thanks!
I am positively thrilled to announce that we now have a real web site that works and is live at www.Spoonflower.com. A couple of caveats, however:
— You cannot register for the site, you can only add your name to the waiting list
— The waiting list (as of this writing) is actually down over the weekend because of maintenance issues at MailChimp, the list host
— You cannot login to the site until we send you a password and invitation by email, which we’ll be doing in batches over the next few weeks
— Lots of stuff is still missing, links are broken, but we’ll be working on that over the next few days.
The best way to keep up with Spoonflower buzz is through Google. I gave up tracking all the new mentions a while back, but a few highlights appear below.
Thanks many times over to all of you who have helped — and continue to help — spread the word about our little company.
For now we will take any image you upload and either tile it to fill the area of your fabric order or crop it to fit within the area of your fabric order as necessary.
We will not "step" the design repeats and we will not alter the size or dimensions of the design you upload.
If you want to print a single large image you should set up the image at the actual size you plan to print. You could set up a single image to be a linear yard, for example (which in our case would actually be 36"x44"), then order a yard.
If you wanted a smaller image on a yard of fabrc but do NOT want us to tile it to fill the area, set up your image with white space around it to fit the area of fabric you plan to order.
Standard Delivery
Standard orders are printed with our standard print and processing time and shipped via:
Guaranteed Delivery
We guarantee that orders placed with our Guaranteed Delivery service will be delivered by the date shown on the checkout page. Guaranteed Delivery orders are shipped via:
Rush Delivery
Rush orders placed by noon EST will be shipped the next business day. Rush orders are shipped via:
NOTE: Orders for over 30 yards of fabric or 180 feet of wallpaper or gift wrap will require an extra 48 hours of processing time.
Updated on 07-13-2016
Wondering how to prepare your file before uploading it to Spoonflower? Here’s our quick and dirty guide.
Acceptable file formats: JPG, PNG or TIF (8-bit, uncompressed).
FILE SIZE: Your file must be smaller than 40MB.
RESOLUTION: Set up your image at 150 dpi (dots per inch). If you want to design an 8″x8″ swatch, for example, you need to upload an image that is 1200 pixels x 1200 pixels. The print size of your image in pixel dimensions will be 150x the number of inches.
We will tile your design to fill the space of the fabric you order. If you upload an image larger than the area of fabric you order, then we will crop it using the lower left corner as the point of origin.
FORMAT & COLOR NOTES: When printing a design onto fabric using Spoonflower you’ll have the best experience when you upload a file in JPG format that consists of colors that fall within the RGB color space. You can also upload PNG or TIF. When you check image size, try to make sure the fields show the physical output size you want with the a digital resolution set at 150 pixels per inch.
CONFUSED?
If you don’t have Photoshop and talking about JPGs and RGB color make you anxious, don’t worry. JPG is the most common image format for digital designs and most images will print nicely. It’s important to keep in mind that there may be colors in your image that can’t be reproduced on fabric by the pigments in our printer (very bright colors, absolute blacks, and very saturated colors, for example). If that is the case you will sometimes observe colors in a printed image appear somewhat different from what you expected.
If you’re curious, read more about preparing files in the Spoonflower Help Section.
Updated 7-29-2009
Spoonflower is working to expand the range of fabric it offers.
We currently offer:
Quilting-weight. Our base fabric is white 100%
cotton, 60-square, and just slightly over 4 ounces per yard. It is
lightweight combed cotton broadcloth with an extremely soft hand —
perfect for quilting and sewing. The printable width of the fabric is
42 inches (with 1-2 inches of unprinted selvage).
Upholstery-weight. We
also offer an upholstery-weight 100% cotton sateen (warp sateen) that
is just over 10oz per yard, with a lustrous surface well-suited to
digital printing. It's great fabric for bags, pants, home dec projects,
and the like. The fabric has a printable width of 55 inches (with 1-2
inches of unprinted selvage).
Linen-Cotton blend (Limited-time
only). This is a special fabric that we'll only offer while our supply
lasts during June. It's an antique yelloow (tea-stained) 55% linen,
45% cotton blend that is around 5 ounces per yard and would be great
for skirts and blouses, especially historical reconstructions. It has a
printable width of 40 inches (1-2 inches of unprinted selvage).
Organic Cotton Sateen. Spoonflower's organic sateen is a creamy cotton fabric perfect for
making baby items, blouses, dresses, and pillows. It is certified
organic by GOTS (Global
Organic Textile Standard). It has a printable width of 58 inches (147
cm), weighs 4.5 oz per yard, and has an extremely soft hand and glossy,
cream-colored finish.
It is our intention to offer additional fabric choices in the near future, including organic cotton. If you'd like to weigh in on what kinds of fabric you would most like to see, please drop Kim a line.