My experience with custom fabric printing, or ondemand fabric printing, and an honest review of Spoonflower, My Fabric Designs, and the other companies I've used. I made this video because I want people to learn more about fabric printing, and some of the possibilities, but also some of the pitfalls and downsides to be aware of. It's not a perfect science, and anyone who's interested should experiment to decide for themselves if fabric printing will work for their style of art and sewing.
This was a difficult video to make, from a technical standpoint. I needed and wanted to talk about my Etsy business, but I don't want to promote it specifically. So I didn't share any of the fabric or designs that I've ever sold in it. I can't describe how much I want to get away from Etsy, as a company. But also, I don't consider the art and sewing I've done for Etsy to be particularly creative. I only designed fabric and made items that I knew would sell, following niche trends and popularity, and I'm bored with it. It's just not been creatively fulfilling as a career. That is why I've opened a new Spoonflower shop, and the designs I sell will be passiondriven projects connected to videos I make, which currently lean to historical inspirations, but we will see where it takes me in the future
BTW, this video is not sponsored by any of the companies mentioned.

0:00 But Mom...
0:07 Storytime
3:33 How Fabric Printing Works
7:37 Fabric Printing Companies
10:22 Spoonflower vs. My Fabric Designs
17:36 Should You Buy Custom Printed Fabric?
19:48 Fabric Printing Q&A

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Spoonflower shop https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/...
Myfabricdesigns shop https://www.myfabricdesigns.com/Artis...
That blog post about making a repeating pattern: https://www.designsponge.com/2017/10/...
Making my Chintz Vine dress:    • Recreating my favorite 18th Century m...  

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