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You all know my love for spoonflower, right? I created my own floral wallpaper for the studio and printed it in Spoonflower…
I printed the same floral design on fabric for the back entrance of the studio…
I created my own wallpaper design for the studio half bathroom and had it printed by Spoonflower (but it hasn’t been installed yet)…
And I’ve also bought other people’s designs from Spoonflower, like the wallpaper I bought to install in the hallway bathroom…
I’ll be working on that bathroom as soon as I’m done in the studio, so stay tuned to see the wallpaper installed there.
This is not a sponsored post or anything like that. I love Spoonflower. I always love the quality of their products and I love that they allow creative people to create their own custom designs for wallpaper and fabric. And I think their prices are reasonable, especially since they regularly have sales.
I think most people think of Spoonflower for printed designs, but I think people overlook Spoonflower for one of its best uses. You can use Spoonflower to create your own solid color fabric! No more searching online for hours for the perfect shade of solid green fabric, ordering tons of samples, waiting for those samples to arrive, and repeating the process over and over again for that perfect shade when you can create your own! I’m planning to get the perfect green performance velvet shade for the desk chair in my studio. It’s that simple!
Use that color map to find the perfect color for your project.
For me, I’m trying to find a vibrant green on its own that coordinates with the curtain/mural print along with the green on the back entry walls.
I like these colors on their own, but they are too bright for the wall.
So I decided something like this would be a good starting point. Each color has a hex code printed on it and this is the code you need for the next step.
You can use any photo editing software to create your solid color fabric, but I used Canva for this presentation. Because there is a free version. On the Canva home page, I chose Poster because it has the largest selection.
And when it brought up the new poster project screen, I clicked this multi-colored square to change the background color.
It presented this section on the left and I clicked on this first box with the “+” sign.
And that brought up a box where you could type in a six-digit code from the color you chose on the spoonflower color map. This will automatically change the background color of the poster to the color you input. (I ended up using a different color than the one I chose and circled above.)
If you want to modify the color a bit, you can click on this little dot and move it around until you see the color you want. Note that the print color may differ slightly from what you see on your screen.
Once you have the color you want, click the “Share” button on the top right…
Then click the “Download” button. You can accept the default settings and continue downloading.
After you download your file to your computer, Go to the Spoonflower website and set up an account (if you don’t already have one). After you login, you go to your account and click the “Upload Design” button to go to this screen…
Select the file from your computer, make sure you’re not infringing anyone’s copyright, and then upload the design.
Once it’s uploaded, it will take you to this screen where you can see your solid color fabric swatch, then you can choose the fabric you want (I’m using Performance Velvet for the upholstery) and the size/amount you want. While you’re in Canva, you may want to make several small edits to your color, save each edit separately, and then upload each edited color to Spoonflower. That way, you can order a test swatch of each before ordering the final fabric for your project.
This way, you’re guaranteed to get the exact color you want, and you can choose from a variety of fabrics to match your project. It’s a lot easier than spending hours searching website after website for the perfect shade of solid fabric and ordering a ton of swatches hoping for one of them. Maybe work This way, you are guaranteed to get a very nice color ready work
Addicted 2 Decorating shares my DIY and decorating journey as I renovate and decorate the 1948 Fixer Upper that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has MS and is unable to do physical activity, so I do most of the housework myself. You can learn more about me here.
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