Designing my own Nerd fabric? Yes, please! My new obsession: Spoonflower.com!

Okay, yes, there are a TON of licensed fabrics out there for my nerd fashion needs, but sometimes I have an idea and I need to create my own! Spoonflower.com is the best site for custom-made fabrics on the market, in my opinion. And it’s oh-so-easy to use which makes it even more appealing!

The first thing you do is make a log-in account. Then click Create Fabric. Upload your design. Pick what fabric you want and how many yards you want and Voila! You have your own custom made fabric coming your way.

​You can choose to sell your fabric design as well, but I don’t use this feature. First off, even though it is my own artwork and drawings, some of the things I draw are from my favorite movies, TV shows and books. I wouldn’t want to get into any licensing issues and they have a strict policy against using unlicensed images. Since I’m making clothing for my own personal use and have no intentions of selling any of the fabric or the clothing, I feel like I’m safe. 

The first fabric I ever designed with Spoonflower.com was using an art piece I had drawn a few years ago called, “Buffy in the Scythe.” I’ve never found a licensed fabric for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I really wanted to make my own. I certainly have an insane amount of Buffy t-shirts (thanks to TeeFury) but I wanted to wear something more feminine and the only way to do that is to make it myself!

Also, being an author, I wanted to make some clothing out of my own cover art, just for fun. My first book, Riser, has a blackish purple swirl on the cover so I added those to black and purple stripes. I also took all my covers and made them into a stripe. (I’m kind of on a stripe kick lately!)

​But my favorite so far is my Harry Potter inspired shirt, made of stretch-jersey. I chose to make maroon and tan stripes with a golden snitch for my Gryffindor Quidditch pride! But I could change the colors of the stripes for any of the houses if I wanted to!

I recently made Battlestar Galactica fabric (can’t find that in JoAnnes!) to make a dress I’m going to call “The Fleet.” It’s shipping now, so I’ll be sure to post the results of that one in the next week or two!
 
Bottom line is: Spoonflower.com is awesome!