Spoonflower Fabric Review | January 2020 | TheYvetteRene

Ok, I have a review. I did order the fabric sample like the website suggests. It was good, so I ordered fabric. I ended up needing more to finish my project a month later. I ordered the same thing again and got a different color. It does not match. The dye lot is different. Unreliable and I have wasted about $100 using Spoonflower and now don't know how I can finish my furniture off because I can't trust their product.

Wow! This is been very informative as well as the comments from others. I just ordered a few samples from them last night but the prices are sky-high compared to other quilting Fabrics I'm thinking I need to do a little bit more hunting for Fabrics!

This review was very helpful because I hadn't even thought about using the sateen. I will order it now instead of the petal

Great video, very helpful!

Thank you go r the review

So surprised you did not mention you. Can buy a sample pack of every fabric, dyed with muliple colors for $7.

Thanks for the review. I've been making masks to order and love their fabric to get things really unique. You can find just about any design you would like. I agree it's pricy, but they have a lot of sales - you just have to wait to stock up. Just an FYI, you can get roughly 4-5 masks out of a fat quarter. Front side only - I use cheaper fabric for the second layer. My pet peeve with their fabric, especially "projects" is they don't let the sellers give you the one bit of info you absolutely need. Which is how much fabric you will need. If you are making a plushie - will you get all the design on a fat quarter or do you need a yard? Especially now that everyone is making masks - again they have some really cool designs - but you have to contact each designer separately to know how many masks will be included on a fat quarter - are they sized for adults or children - do you need your own fabric for the second side or is that included? And even if you contact the designer, you will probably only get a response about 1/4 of the time.

Thank you for your review. I am a fairly new designer on spoonflower and this review was awesome.

I am looking to make face masks for Christmas gifts for my family that are schnauzer lovers. I am looking to make a double sided cotton mask with interfacing with a filter pocket. They recommend cotton popplin. I was wondering if you think this could work? Thank you for your video :)

thanks for the info, can you suggest some sources for fabric and specifically linen?

Spoonflower fat quarters sizes change based on the width of the fabric. When you click on a fat quarter it will tell you how big the quarter will be.

I'm a budding Spoonflower designer but I'm also a quilter and fiber artist so I wanted to mention a couple of things everyone might want to know. You really can't compare spoonflower fabric to low priced big box fabric or even higher priced quilt store fabrics because it is print on demand (printed digitally in small quantities when the fabric is ordered) and most of the designs are created by independent artists. Also the artists only get a small commission on the fabric that is sold so the cheaper it is the less the designer will get. Please think of this as ordering a piece of artwork, especially if you are making something special for someone, it will more than likely be one-of-a-kind and very unique. Another thing you might want to know is although there aren't "pre-cuts" if a designer has collections you can buy different designs in a faux quilt (you choose which designs and what size for a yard) and you can cut them apart to create your own pre-cuts.

I have ordered from Spoonflower. They have some absolutely amazing designs but be warned that they also have very X-rated designs so don't look at general design if you don't want to see these images or with children.

As a side note, that's why I unsubscribed. Just watched this video out of curiosity.

Who in their right mind would spend $10 for a fat quarter! And they warn you against bleeding. I've bought material at Wal-Mart for $4 a yard & it held up with my grandbabies quilts through many washings! Just like I said about Best Press, I'm not paying $15 a bottle. Quilters are beginning to be snobs!

I need steampunk fabric and am having a hard time finding it. I did find some on Spoonflower that would work but due to the price, I was really glad that a fat quarter would do the trick. I don't remember the specific fabric but it was one of the cottons and it's a very nice fabric. But I would only use them in an "emergency."

Hi Yvette, great review. You should do more of these I like it. I have purchased a few specialty fabrics from spoon flower for specific projects. One was a Alice in Wonder land project and the other was about poodles in pink, black, and white. Yes it was expensive but I got what I needed and wanted.

Perhaps the cotton sateen is wider at the WOF and when it's cut to fat quarter it's larger? I think cotton poplin is a looser weave? I'm not sure of what I have heard in the past about these fabrics

Enjoyed your review. I thought about making custom tags at spoonflower (similar to Sweetwater tags). Thank you!

I have used Spoonflower several times for custom designs I created. I created custom fabric for some pillowcases for nieces and nephews. I had their name printed in various fonts and colors. I also did custom fabric for bridesmaids gifts for my niece.

Hi Yvette, To print fabric by screen, the minimum quantity is normally 3000yds per design, you can get as low as 1000yds at a surcharge, but its not possible to buy a fat quarter. Spoonflower print by computer and hearing your comments about their washing instruction, they are not finishing the fabric as screen printed fabric either, which requires large machinery or sending to a fabric mill to finish.

If we computer print here, the fabric will still go through the same finishing process as screen printed fabric (that's why your stocking felt like normal quilting fabric, it was computer printed, but properly finished). Cotton poplin is normally used in clothing, children's dresses, shirts, skirts, we don't use it in quilting. Cotton poplin is a tighter weave than quilting cotton, it has less drape, it feels more polished. In store bought ladies garments they often weave in 5% spandex to give it a better hand feel, to fit your body better as it has very little give (stretch). Cotton Sateen is normally a garment fabric and will have a wider WOF as the garment industry prefer wider fabric, making it more economical for cutting, only the DIY fabric industry use 42" WOF to help keep prices lower and a more standard bolt size for shops. Most fabrics can be woven at a few specific widths (depending on the weaving machines), but sateen is normally one that is only wider width. The buyer will order a finished width at time of purchase. To go a bit deeper, for quilters cotton, the base fabric (greige before printing or dyeing) starts off at 48" WOF and then during the process to prepare for printing and dyeing (pre shrinking) and then the after printed finishing - washing etc....the final width is 42/43". Five inches is lost during the process, so when we order our fabric as 43" WOF finished, the factory actually buys 48" width greige. That is why today's quilting cottons shrink very little, because they have been pre shrunk in the manufacturing process. Spoonflower will buying fabric called PFP which means "prepared for printing" it has been through the preperation process and is ready for printing which includes bleaching to white, as greige is a natural colour before the the pre processes starts. As they are buying PFP fabrics they will have had some pre shrinking process, but not a final washing and finishing process. Dye (ink) for printing Is different for natural fibers and synthetic fibers, for example cotton will take the colour differently to polyester, and in screen printing they use different dyes for each different type of fabric. In fact cotton and blends are printed at one factory and polyester fabrics are printed at a different factory because the print method and finishing is so different. Cotton Sateen, there are a lot of different weights in that fabric range, as you can buy light weight dresses through to heavy skirts with some spandex added. It will take the color a little differently because the weave of the fabric is different from the other 2 you have. The 2 cottons are woven with a plain weave (poplin a tighter weave, and the quilters cotton is a looser weave, but the same weave type), which is one under one over. Sateen is made with a satin weave, one under two over (for example, there are more variations to this weave), that creates the luster that sateen has, and I think the print was slight brighter than the other 2, that's because more yarn is exposed to grab the colour, but as with satin, it can catch easily on your nail, that's because more of the yarn is exposed to create that luster. Textiles are a very complex category, many yarn sizes, weave methods etc.......you can have many variations of the one type of fabric, its been my business for 30 years so I could write on and on but I hope that small explanation helps. You did a good job with the video, but If you ever want to check on anything feel free to email me. Just a tip, we have mentioned before when talking about shrinkage, if you mix ranges from different suppliers you will have different shrinkage rates. But as you said for special projects its an option, but mixing in a print from Spoonflower with other quilt fabrics to make a quilt top, I'm not sure I would recommend that, maybe wash it a few times if you were going to put them with Moda fabrics for example.

Thanks for the review. The fabric is beautiful! I had not heard about spoonflower before this video.

This was such an awesome review on Spoonflower fabrics! Hope you make some draw string bags or something so we can hear how you like each fabric. xo

This was so interesting!! Thank you

I've heard a lot about Spoonflower, but this has been the best review. Thank you. I would assume the reason that the organic sateen is bigger is the selvedge to selvedge is wider than a normal bold of cotton. For example, when we buy a fat quarter in NZ it is bigger than a fat quarter in USA as measurements are in metres not yards. Of course that isn't the width just the cut. Very pretty fabric, I like your choice.

I keep wanting to try their fabrics but 1) I'm too cheap and 2) I'm overwhelmed by the choices. There are thousands upon thousands of fabrics. Once I scroll through a half dozen pages I'm done. I don't know if that is an OCD/Adult ADD thing or what. I also don't like going to Goodwill or stores like Marshall's because they are filled with potentially thousands of one of a kind items and my brain can't take it. About the size difference in those fabrics - not all are the same wof - some are as large as home dec so a "fat quarter" isn't the same dimension as we quilters are used to. I really want to try the linen cotton canvas though.

Yvette Loved the review. I recently used Spoonflower to make fabric of my Granddaughters art work to suprise her. Im pretty sure there was not a charge to design the print but the fabric was pricey. I just ordered a fat quarter of the petal signature cotton. It was a fun experience and plan to do it again. I havent showed her yet but it came out cute. Not sure what we will make with it maybe a small bag. I also purchased a Sample pack which has all the materials in a 4x 4 square so you can feel the diffrent materials. I think it was about $4. It came int a nice box. Well worth the $ and helpful if you are wanting to purchase from this site.

Thanks for the review. I bought some robot fabric for my granddaughter to color. Very pricey, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.

There is a great resource that you might have at your local library called "The Spoonflower Handbook" by Stephen Fraser. Really helpful if you want to get your inner "Tula Pink" on and design and print your fabric. I think one of the ideas in the book was taking family recipes and creating a fabric for making hotpads, placemats, aprons, etc.

Always check for sales and promotions because those are freaking expensive! Which is why I don't purchase from them as much....

Thanks for the review! Your fat quarters would make a pretty tote bag!

I have always heard about fabric fading/bleeding so I stayed away (plus ouch the price!) but this was a great review to make me feel better about the fade. I couldn't see much of any difference between the pre-wash vs wash. I do love that you not only picked a floral but a big ol' floral print! 🤣

Thanks for the review. I watched a knitting vlod that the woman made a knit swatch and then had it printed on fabric . She probably used Spoonflower. She makes knitting project bags that are very popular.

Your designs or theirs are printed on different fabric substraights. The fabric substraights are different widths as well, so the fat quarters are different sizes. I use spoon flower for home decor, garment making, bags, totes, baby room decor. I never buy them for quilting. I love designing my own designs especially for garments and home decor. Totally love their knit fabric made up into prints for unique T shirts, leggings, baby clothes. Cotton sateen is most often used for making pants, slacks, pencil pants etc.

Thank you Yvette! I bought one of their least expensive cottons for quilting a while back and I found it very thin and almost see-through. I’m curious if the petal signature seems thin to you? Perhaps I had purchased something different but just curious. Thank you again. Very informative and helpful.

I would be interested in knowing if you measured them before and after washing, to see how much shrinkage occurred, if any.

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Ty! For the review!!!! Floral and big flowers.....it is pretty. I'm thinking the same as u the bottom two might make great bags/baskets.

Thanks for this review, Yvette. P. S. That print is so pretty. It reminds me of the wall paper Lindsay, from Inside the hem, used to have.

I found Spoonflower very pricey but as you say I would only use them if I could not find what I need out there otherwise. Thank you for the review this is a keeper.

Thanks! I always wondered about the concept behind Spoonflower. Enjoy your videos!

I love Spoonflower and have ordered from them quite a bit. I go to them for when I make gifts for my children because they like redo looking fabric and I always find what I want on there. I got some really nice retro Turn of the century Cat fabric and made them pillows this year! I also made 2 tooth fairy pillows, they had a minky fabric panel for that!

How was ironing all 3 up after wash?

Thanks for the review Yvette. It was very interesting. Received a catalog from Spoonflower at least couple years ago but never did anything with it. Will have to visit their website.

Wow that fabric is beautiful!! Thanks for the review!! Great to see what they have even tho pricey!!

Thx for the review I bought a panel luv you to the moon for my great granddaughter to be just cause I couldn’t find it anywhere else and yes the fabric is pricier once in a while I guess it’s ok they have a lot to choose from but Yvette I didn’t wash it oops