How to Use Our New Online Uploaders to Create Digital Fabrics Online
Effortless custom fabric & product creation with our new uploaders
At Digital Fabrics, we’re always looking for ways to make custom fabric printing easier, faster, and more intuitive. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our new and improved fabric and product uploaders, designed to streamline the process of creating your own custom fabric printing projects.
It’s now super-easy to order custom fabric for your next sewing project or design bespoke homewares or gifts such as custom printed tea towels, custom printed cushion covers or personalised textile products.
The best thing? You can now order custom fabric online whenever you like using our new uploaders via our website… even in the middle of the night!
Here’s everything you need to know about using our new uploaders to bring your digital fabric designs to life!
What’s new? Introducing product uploaders
Until now our website only allowed you to upload and order custom-printed fabric. Now, we’ve expanded our offering with product uploaders for some of the most popular items in our range of ready-to-print homeware and fashion items, including:
No waiting to contact us to place your order. Just hop onto the website and place your order yourself!
How to use our uploaders for digital fabric printing
Watch the video to see how easy-to-use our new fabric uploader or read on to get step-by-step instructions. You’ll be able to order custom fabric online faster than you can drink your morning coffee.
Before you get started, make sure you have your digital design file ready to upload. Currently we only support JPG and PNG file formats.
Not sure how to do this? Read our handy help guide here.
How to order custom fabric online
1. Upload your file
On the left hand side of the uploader you’ll see the action menu. From here you can click the button to upload your file. P.S. The first step of creating custom fabric or textile products using our uploaders is the same.
2. Check your file size
Ideally you want your uploaded file to be between 150 to 300 DPI, this ensures the best quality outcome. Double-check your file dimensions in cm, not just pixels! At the end of the day, you’ll receive a physical fabric or product, which will be measured in real-world dimensions—not pixels!
3. Select your fabric
Once your file is uploaded, select your desired fabric type and choose what you want to print (Linear Meter or Strike-Off). Unsure what fabric you need for your project? Read this handy guide.
Pro Tip: we highly recommend ordering a ‘strike-off’ before ordering meters of fabric.
What is a strike off? If you’re unfamiliar with fabric printing, a strike off is a small sample piece of fabric (20 x 20 cm) that is printed using your exact design on the specific fabric base you have chosen. This is important because colours will always appear slightly differently from one fabric to the next. Printing off a strike off will ensure you can colour match your design before printing meters and ensure you’re 110% happy with your final product.
4. Choose your pattern repeat
Adjust your design using the real-time preview on the right hand side of the uploader and select the most appropriate pattern repeat.
- Full Drop: the image will be printed repeating across the width and the required length of the fabric.
- Half-Drop: each row is offset for a dynamic effect.
- Centre: the image will be printed in its entirety without repetition.
- Mirror: the design is flipped to create a mirrored effect (Note: this doesn’t preview correctly on all products but will print as expected).
5. Place your order
Once you’re happy with the preview you can order your custom fabric by adjusting the number of meters of fabric you’re ordering. If you’re ordering a Strike-Off, you can select how many Strike-Offs you’d like us to print. The more fabric you order, the lower the cost per meter.
Then, simply add to cart and proceed to the checkout.
Shipping costs are calculated at the checkout when you provide your delivery details.
Why use our new uploaders?
Here at Digital Fabrics we want to make it as easy as possible to order custom fabric and textile products online. Here’s why our customers love our uploaders:
✔ Fast & simple: the intuitive interface means you can upload and customise your design in minutes. Grab a coffee and get creative!
✔ More than just fabric: we’ve refreshed our range of uploaders to include dedicated uploaders for our most popular ready-to-print products. See the whole range here.
✔ Real-time previews: our uploader reflects the changes you make, in real-time helping you feel confident with your design and your custom fabric order.
✔ Flexible design options: choose from various repeat styles and customisation features.
✔ Australian-made quality: if you want to print custom fabric in Australia it can be tricky to find somewhere to do it. We source all our fabric bases from sustainable and ethically guaranteed suppliers local and overseas and print all our fabric in Australia in our Sydney studio. All our custom made products are certified Australian-made.
Print digital fabric online today
Ready to design your own fabrics and homewares? Our easy-to-use platform makes it simple to order custom fabric and create stunning custom-designed fabric products.
Get started by ordering fabric online.