Well, now you can!!! I was so very excited when I read a post from Dress A Day about a new company called Spoonflower.
"Y'all have heard about Spoonflower, right? The web site of my (fabric) dreams, which lets you upload your own design for printing? (It's in beta right now, but you can sign up for an invite at that link.)"
This is really exciting to open this door of creative possibilities for us wanna-be fabric designers! Spoonflower is still in Beta Testing, but you can sign up on their waiting list to receive a personal invitation to participate. At the moment, fabric max is 5 yards, but I believe that is only during Beta. Check out their site for fabulous videos on How Does Spoonflower Work? and Shipping Your Fabric! They also have a quickly growing flickr pool of custom made fabrics by people just like you and me!
Here's an excerpt from Kim (Spoonflower Owner):
"I've just gotta say here how excited I am about my new Spoonflower job. I had a half-formed mental picture of what it might look like, but I don't think I was prepared for how incredibly cool it is to see people's fabric designs printed up and in a big stack in my own house. It's like going to a new fabric store with designs you've never seen before! Really, that almost NO ONE has seen before. So cool. One thing I wasn't expecting was how much being printed on fabric really warms up a design. It might look digital on the Flickr site, but in real life, on cotton, all the designs looked warm and organic."
"How much does it cost?"
"This is of course the MOST-asked question. Below is the pricing for fabric during the beta period, and it applies only to the Kona® cotton from Robert Kaufman. We may adjust these numbers at a later date and pricing will certainly vary between products as we endeavor to introduce additional fabric options."
Swatch (8" x 8") $5.00
Fat quarter (21" x 18") $11.00
1 yard (42" x 36") $18.00
2 yards (42" x 72") $36.00
3 yards (42" x 108") $54.00
4 yards (42" x 144") $72.00
5 yards (42" x 180") $90.00
Now all I have to do is WAIT for my invite! I'm not so good with that....especially when I'm so excited!
Update: Yay! I just got my invite! Keep you posted.
Love, Rachel