Comments on: Spoonflower Fabrics: My First Experiences

By: Susan Airhart

Susan Airhart — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:56:08 +0000

In reply to Carlene Tornai. The velvet is lovely. Nice thick and very soft. I will purchase more for a different project. I purchased this time for an upholstery project and love it.

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:03:30 +0000

In reply to Ann. How disappointing!

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:30:45 +0000

I recently ordered from Spoonflower—the petal cotton. Many of the fabrics look like the printer was running out of ink. The designs have areas of a single color, but because of the printing issues, they look like stripes. I’m new to POD fabric and am a bit disappointed by the print quality.

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:01:33 +0000

In reply to Mary. Oh, no! Off-grain prints are hard to work with. Really appreciate your comment/feedback!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 15:22:52 +0000

Even though this is an old thread I feel compelled to add my comments about my #spoonflower purchase(s). I have to admit I have been very enchanted by the design selection. I have placed several orders and because of timing just got around to the plans for them. I had several orders, both fat quarters and by the yard. My helper had already secured the edges and laundered many of them. I didn’t notice any faded appearance BUT I was so shocked at the placement of the printed design. While I haven’t inspected them all, every single one of them had an issue. For instance, a fat quarter ordered as a sample that was so off-grain and rotated on the base fabric to make the horizontal design unusable. This was petal cotton and I was also surprised at the amount of fraying at the edges. Several of them, with a horizontal pattern direction, rather than have a straight line at the selvedge actually bowed up so there was no way for the design to line up properly as the design followed this curve. A number of others were cut with a huge selvedge on one side and hardly none on the other (which means you don’t have full use of the printed portion). When I inspected the first piece I thought it was merely a single event, but it appears, based on the fabrics I received, this is more the norm. I would love to have this catalog of patterns at my disposal, but the cost of the fabric plus the cost of what portion will be lost due to bad print placement is not worth it to me.

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:05:46 +0000

In reply to Angelika Hopkins.

Welcome, Angelika!
Yes, their sateen is too thin, which is disappointing. I have a basic cotton with black print I ordered from them for a dirndl apron – it is actually really heavy and thick due to the full black color printing. I haven’t used it yet and may switch it to a dirndl bodice instead due to not having any good drape. Their design prints ARE lovely, but I agree that the printing cost is rather high for fabric that just doesn’t come out well for apparel projects.

By: Angelika Hopkins

Angelika Hopkins — Wed, 18 May 2022 02:53:21 +0000

I wish I had found this site earlier. I just received my swatches from Spoonflower. The patterns and colors are beautiful but the fabric is to flimsy. I want to make Dirndl’s with them and ordered the Cotton sateen for that purpose. Well, I am glad that I only ordered the swatches. They fabric is quite thin and see through and feels thinner than a quilting cotton. Very disappointing. As I said, I really like the prints I ordered but I don’t think for the price it is worth it.

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:20:20 +0000

It’s likely that the color was off due to your computer monitor. I design fabrics that are sold on Spoonflower and the color accuracy of your monitor is critical.