Conference Event

Do you have a favorite handwritten recipe card in your collection? Make your own keepsake tea towel by scanning your grandmother's handwritten recipe card and learning how to scale it up to fill a fat quarter of fabric. See how to upload and digitally print it on to linen-cotton fabric with Spoonflower to make a one-of-a-kind tea towel. Bring a 5x3 inch recipe card with you to class; see supply list for details. Your printed fabric fat quarter will be mailed to you after class. Registration opens to the general public February 3, 2020.

You don't need to be a Photoshop pro to be able to digitally design and print your own fabrics. This class is packed with projects you can design using simple and low-cost digital design tools, most that work just from your web browser. You will learn how to create a variety of projects, from repeating geometric patterns to a signature "batik" print, and gain the confidence you need to build on those basic instructions to make your own designs. Great designs don't always just start with opening up a blank digital file, so we will learn techniques to transform cut paper art, drawings and paintings into pixels too. Then, we'll take a tour of everything you need to know about printing with Spoonflower, including tips about color, resolution and scale.

Get a taste of what it is like to digitally design and print your own fabric with Spoonflower. We'll start with cut paper, transform it to pixels, and create a seamlessly repeating geometric pattern all in one session. No special software or computer skills are required; you can create amazing patterns using just your web browser and some simple design tools. You will see all of the steps to design a fabric from start to finish and you will take home a printed swatch of your design (mailed to you after class) and a swatch pack of sample fabrics. Registration opens to the public February 3, 2020.