Making a canvas print into actual fabric?
07-14-2020, 08:40 PM
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Making a canvas print into actual fabric?
I hope I can explain this right. A friend's daughter painted an abstract picture on canvas & he was wondering if there was anyway that you can take the picture on the canvas & turn it into actual fabric. I don't think I have ever seen this done but was wondering if anyone out there in the quilting forum knows if & how this could be done? He thought it would be cool if she could actually make something out of fabric with this design on it. I hope that makes sense. I'll try & attach a picture but I may have to put it in another post. The first time I didn't have any success. Any help or information would be appreciated.
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07-15-2020, 07:18 AM
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Spoonflower is one of the better options. There are other digital design places as well. Depending on how the fabric is going to be used/what the original design was, it may make more sense to design something similar but so that the repeats work better. Fabric design is a skill set of its own.
We can also transfer images and print them at home in various ways -- it depends on your printer what you do and how to treat your fabric. There are fabric transfers sheets you can buy through the mail or at stores -- even office supply stores. One of our members here recommends going to a t-shirt/silk screen shop and has her transfers done there. You can iron on fabric directly to a piece of freezer paper and feed it through most printers, and you can print over existing prints or use solids.
I don't have a color printer and so I would have to go somewhere else. I think I'd like the Spoonflower option best.
We can also transfer images and print them at home in various ways -- it depends on your printer what you do and how to treat your fabric. There are fabric transfers sheets you can buy through the mail or at stores -- even office supply stores. One of our members here recommends going to a t-shirt/silk screen shop and has her transfers done there. You can iron on fabric directly to a piece of freezer paper and feed it through most printers, and you can print over existing prints or use solids.
I don't have a color printer and so I would have to go somewhere else. I think I'd like the Spoonflower option best.
07-16-2020, 08:50 PM
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Painting to fabric
Thanks everyone. I'll check out spoon flower & see what they do. I'll let my friend know & then he can decide if he wants to go further with his idea.
I hope I can explain this right. A friend's daughter painted an abstract picture on canvas & he was wondering if there was anyway that you can take the picture on the canvas & turn it into actual fabric. I don't think I have ever seen this done but was wondering if anyone out there in the quilting forum knows if & how this could be done? He thought it would be cool if she could actually make something out of fabric with this design on it. I hope that makes sense. I'll try & attach a picture but I may have to put it in another post. The first time I didn't have any success. Any help or information would be appreciated.
Fritzy
Fritzy
