Digitalized Patterns - What are they?
12-12-2015, 11:28 PM
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: England Alton Towers
Posts: 6,674
Originally Posted by Onebyone
Most fabric companies will be going to digital fabric printing in the near future. The fashion industry is using it now. The designers don't have to choose fabric available to use , they now can describe what they want and it is printed and ready to use in a matter of hours.
12-13-2015, 03:47 AM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lubbock, TX
Posts: 376
Originally Posted by DOTTYMO
Will this mean that in the future shops and us will look through pages of prints online in order to purchase our digital fabric? No stroking that special fabric in the shop.
It's a tad bit of a pain to work with since it has to be washed before using, but it quilts up nicely
12-13-2015, 03:56 AM
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 5,051
Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
That is interesting. I had seen digitized in the description of a fabric made by Hoffman.
Printed digitally, crisp images. More expensive. A few other fabic vendors are adding digitized prints to their offerings.m They are gorgeous but expect to pay more. See below.
sandy
look for Digital Garden on this site.
http://elizabethsstudio.net/cgi-bin/...op/gallery.cgi
Last edited by Sandygirl; 12-13-2015 at 04:03 AM.
12-13-2015, 07:26 AM
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,877
Originally Posted by Mdegenhart
Normally I think of that as a pattern that can be downloaded as a PDF when purchased so
I can print it as opposed to mailed to me on paper.
I can print it as opposed to mailed to me on paper.
12-13-2015, 01:08 PM
#15
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,383
Originally Posted by Sandygirl
More expensive. They are gorgeous but expect to pay more.
The benefit of "on demand" printing of fabric is you can purchase more fabric at a later date, instead of scouring the internet and begging friends to dig through their stashes.
12-13-2015, 04:08 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: north Texas
Posts: 858
When you order a pattern, you may be offered an option. Digital patterns are sent to your computer and you can download to your computer. The ones I have gotten are usually in PDF form. This means you get your pattern sooner and no shipping fee.
12-13-2015, 04:34 PM
#17
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 5,051
Originally Posted by Peckish
I guess it depends on what you think of as expensive. I just purchased several yards of various prints, also from Hawthorne Threads, their in-house designs. I paid the same price per yard as what's in my local quilt shops here. Free shipping, too.
The benefit of "on demand" printing of fabric is you can purchase more fabric at a later date, instead of scouring the internet and begging friends to dig through their stashes.
The benefit of "on demand" printing of fabric is you can purchase more fabric at a later date, instead of scouring the internet and begging friends to dig through their stashes.
Digital prints ...around $17/yard. are Hawthornes in-house around this price?
Sandy
12-13-2015, 08:08 PM
#18
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,383
Originally Posted by Sandygirl
Digital prints ...around $17/yard. are Hawthornes in-house around this price?
12-13-2015, 09:19 PM
#19
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Posts: 8,095
A digitize pattern can be almost everything mentioned by other posters.
For instance, you can download a digitized quilt pattern that you use to make a quilt top and you can also download a digitized quilting motif or pattern to: a) print and use to quilt, b) or to use with a computer driven longarm machine to "sew out' the motif or quilting pattern on a quilt mounted on a quilting frame.
For instance, you can download a digitized quilt pattern that you use to make a quilt top and you can also download a digitized quilting motif or pattern to: a) print and use to quilt, b) or to use with a computer driven longarm machine to "sew out' the motif or quilting pattern on a quilt mounted on a quilting frame.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
AngieS
Main
13
10-05-2011 10:33 AM
greenini
Main
7
08-10-2011 02:57 PM
