September 14

Find Geeky Fabrics at Spoonflower

Doctor Who headband by Costume Wrangler

Have you heard of Spoonflower? It’s a company/site that allows you to create print-on-demand fabric, wallpaper and giftwrap. Which makes it a geekcrafter’s dream, both for designers and general crafty folk. You can upload your own designs to print on fabric and such, or browse the thousands of patterns created by others. There are a bounty of categories, including Geek, and pretty much every fandom you can think of is represented, including Doctor Who (see also Whovian), Star Trek, Firefly, Sherlock, and Hobbit. I’m personally eyeing this swirly Doctor Who fabric by Risarocksit to make a skirt in the near future. (I actually took a skirt making class, just so I could use this fabric!)

I recently met a geekcrafter who uses Spoonflower to print her designs and then creates items to sell in her Etsy shop – Elinor Parker, aka The Costume Wrangler. I purchased a cool Doctor Who headband (pictured above) from her at a local craft fair, which features her custom design of TARDISes spinning in the cosmos.

Have you created anything with Spoonflower fabric? Or purchased anything made from custom-designed fabric? Link us up in the Comments section below!

 


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Posted September 14, 2014 by Angie in category "Craft", "Geek", "Girly

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Angie started on her geek path early, watching episodes of the original Star Trek series with her dad. She is the author of three best-selling scrapbook journaling books, as well as The Star Trek Craft Book. You can find Angie at her blog, G33kGirl.Creative, at KC Geeks, on Twitter (@angiepedersen), and at her geek-inspired Etsy shop, G33kGirlCreative.

7 COMMENTS :

  1. By B on

    I love browsing SpoonFlower for designs! Even though I don’t sew! LOL

  2. By Angie (Post author) on

    What’s cool is that they also print gift wrap and wallpaper, which could be used for decoupage projects! I’m also hoping to have some leftover fabric from my swirly TARDIS skirt to add some fabric to some shoes. No sew, FTW! :)

  3. By Elinor Parker on

    Thanks so much for the shout out! I’m glad you like your headband. That fabric design was one of my first and it’s always been my favorite. Spoonflower is a great American company that uses eco-friendly printing processes too. They’re definitely worth checking out. Thanks again!

  5. By Angie (Post author) on

    Kelsey, if you have a JoAnn’s near you, they usually have a decent selection of Star Trek, Star Wars, Marvel, and DC fabrics. But for something like Firefly or Doctor Who, you’ll definitely want to check out Spoonflower! :)

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