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Your Guide to Sewing The Perfect Curtains

May 9, 2017

If you’re just starting out with sewing, one of the best projects to tackle first is curtains. With just a few straight seams, you’ll make a huge impact and learn a few key basics. Plus, it’s something you get to enjoy every day in your home, out in the open for guaranteed “oooo” and “you made those???!” remarks. Grab your iron, sewing machine and scissors as former Spoonflower staffer Theresa takes you through each and every step to sewing the perfect curtains.

Birch, please! Curtain fabric design by Willowlanetextiles.

How to Make Your Own Custom Vintage NASA Posters

February 7, 2017

With the recent launch of the new Lightweight Cotton Twill and NASA’s release of these awesome vintage space tourism posters to the public domain, we saw it as a perfect opportunity to create some custom space-themed wall art canvases. The new Lightweight Cotton Twill prints vibrant colors and has enough stretch to mimic canvas (plus it’s only $26/yd!) and each poster was less than $20 including materials! Read on for the full how-to.

Year of the Rooster(y)

January 28, 2017

Happy Lunar New Year! According to Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the year of the rooster, more specifically the “Fire Rooster” which only comes around once every 60 years. Roosters are thought to be the “time keepers,” signaling when to start the day. They are the ambitious early risers, the hard working feathered friends of the zodiac. At Spoonflower, we feel 2017 is going to shape up to be the year of Roostery — our new sister brand that brings custom fabric to finished home goods. Today Kate from the Roostery team is stopping by the blog to share some of her favorite rooster themed Roostery products! Because what could be better than coming home to roost in a house full of rooster themed designs from Roostery? Okay now that was a tongue twister…

Red Hens by THREEBEARSPRINTS featured on a Roostery Maran slipper chair. Yes… we are aware of the anatomical differences between hens and roosters but these gals are still pretty swell.

20 Inspiring Ways to Use Removable Wallpaper

November 25, 2016

Removable wallpaper might just be our most versatile product at Spoonflower. You can use it for giant wall stickers, accents in your home, dressing your tech, lining drawers, and the list goes on and on! Below we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite wallpaper projects from bloggers and Spoonflower employees that we hope will inspire you to tackle your next home dec aspiration.

1. This stunner of a budget rental kitchen remodel had our jaws dropping.

Before:

Check out the full post on Apartment Therapy

After:

Wallpaper used is Springtime In The Butterflies ~ Garden ~ Brillig by Peacoquette

2. Giant DIY Wall Stickers

DIY wall stickers, whale and fish in child's nursery

The fabulous Audrey of This Little Street created free downloadable templates and easy instructions to make these awesome wall stickers!

Beat Holiday Hosting Anxiety with Inspo from these 9 Breathtaking Tablescapes

November 1, 2016

The holidays are hands down our favorite time of the year. Fall is in the air, and with it, the smell of bonfires, sugary treats, and spiced drinks. But the holidays also brings in-laws, relatives, and more than a little bit of pressure if you’re the chosen host for the feasts and festivities. So we’ve assembled 9 examples of breathtaking table décor to help you beat holiday hosting anxiety. With these as inspiration, you can’t lose!

Floridian tablescape with a tropical color palette

earlier this fall, Niki Stoller, owner and creative director of Seventh Bixel, styled this gorgeous 60th birthday celebration and Faith Danielle was the talented photographer.

These napkins were made with Spoonflower’s linen cotton canvas. Shop the exact design used here.

Photos by Faith Danielle Photo

Meet the Maker: Kathryn Zaremba

September 26, 2016

Our latest featured maker had an unconventional start growing up as a child actress and singer on sets and sound stages across the country. Later, Kathryn Zaremba received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and moved to New York City, where she was a design assistant to Jonathan Adler and illustrated textiles for Rachel Antonoff. Now settled in Washington, DC, she creates whimsical textile designs from a workshop she shares with other female makers called the Lemon Bowl. Plan a visit if you’re in the area, and read on to learn how Kathryn fuels her successful small business.

My day starts with: “COFFEE! Then usually checking emails and customer inquiries, depends on the day. I try to plan a couple of days (or several half days) that are dedicated to making. The majority of my work is creating pattern designs for wallpaper and textiles but I also make paper portraits. These are intricate cutouts I am commissioned by people to make, so it’s important to allot enough time for them!”

October Weekly Design Challenges

September 7, 2016

Red Hens by THREEBEARSPRINTS featured on a new Roostery Maran slipper chair

How to Get Festive With Scary Cute Halloween Placemats

September 6, 2016

Want to turn your table into a spooky setting for a Halloween feast? Heidi Kenney (our resident Queen of Halloween) is stopping by the blog today to share the how-to, using her cut-and-sew placemat template available in the Spoonflower Marketplace. Designed to be printed on 54″ wide fabrics (linen would also work), a fat quarter fits two placemats, and a yard gives you eight. Pick a FQ or yard up in Eco Canvas fabric, then follow her easy steps below to sew up these adorable placemats for a table-scape that’s fit for a family of goblins and ghouls!

Vintage Halloween Placemats by Heidi Kenney

design inspired by actual vintage paper placemats

An exciting new way to see, share, and sell your Spoonflower designs

August 8, 2016

Remember a few months ago when we introduced you to our new sister company, Roostery? They are a small team that’s working to help bring your unique home dec projects and ideas to life, no sewing skills required. You can take your Spoonflower designs or designs you love in our Marketplace, and order them to be sew up (in the USA) on various products like cocktail napkins, placemats, tea towels, and pillows. We’re excited to have Kate from the Roostery team stop by the blog today to share all the exciting updates the Roostery team has been working hard on over the past few months!

Roostery offers printing on 2 types of finished pillow

Catalan pillow with insert featuring “Goldfish” by jillbyers, and Serama pillow with flange detail featuring “Scattered Shells” by karinka and “Lily Trellis in Preppy Green and Navy” by willowlanetextiles

See your favorite designs on finished tea towels

Orpington tea towels featuring “Red Hens” by Threebearsprints and “Watercolor Diamond Chevron” by taraput

Meet the Maker: Maggie Revel Mielczarek of Leland gal

July 25, 2016

We’re thrilled to introduce our latest featured maker, Maggie Revel Mielczarek of Leland gal. Maggie splits time between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Leland, Michigan, where her seasonal shop draws customers with colorful, unique prints inspired by waterside living. Buoyed by her background in art education, she taught herself graphic design and turned her eye for color into textile printmaking with Spoonflower. It’s no surprise that both her grandmother (pictured below at 103 years old!) and mother are artists and have passed on their talents and encouragement to Maggie. Follow her Instagram to stay up-to-date with her latest creations.

My day starts with a bit of a mom hustle, feeding two boys, getting one to school and the other back down for a nap and then hit the ground running with either a shift at the store, exercise, or checking things off my list.

Leland gal with her two boys

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