A maxi dress is a wardrobe staple that every woman needs. It’s feminine, easy to wear and DIY.
Ovoke shows us how you can DIY a maxi dress with Digital Fabrics. Our mission at Digital Fabrics is to help you to bring your creativity our amazing ideas to life! Shop this and more fabrics in our Fabric Shop
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Designing Fabric: How To Make A Repeat Pattern – Full Drop repeat in Photoshop
For this tutorial we have choose Full Drop pattern repeat. It is not an advanced technic, mostly for those who is not very proficient in Photoshop yet like to be creative and play. This fabric pattern repeat tutorial mainly suitable for photographic and abstract images.
Full Drop repeat in Photoshop
Full Drop Repeats can also be referred to as Square repeat.
Open your artwork file in Photoshop. It’s always a good idea to check the resolution quality before beginning, a minimum of 150 dpi is recommended. Crop/alter the image as desired till you are happy with an artwork that will be tiled to repeat seamlessly.
Original image – all four corners of image are relatively different and this is what will need to be fixed to create a seamless repeat.
Original image with no fixing of the seams, looks mismatched.
Take note of the pixel size of your image (Image – Image Size)
As well as HALF this amount. An easy way to do this is let the computer decide, halve the resolution amount (150 dpi in this case), and re-note the new pixel dimensions. Click cancel as you don’t want to actually change the resolution, just take note of it.
Now cut (OFFSET) the image in half both length and width ways. This will give the edges or seams that need to be fixed for seamless repeating. It is ideal to do this step with a flattened layer. (Filter – Other – Offset) Now put in the HALVED horizontal and vertical values determined in step 2 and make sure that Wrap Around is selected. Click OK.
It is clear to see where the image needs to be fixed to create a seamless repeat, where no harsh contrasting lines can be seen as in the above image. There are several tools to use in photoshop that you can use to do this including (but not limited to) stamp, blur, patch, clone…enjoy the play!
It is a good idea to offset the now fixed image, just to check the four points that you haven’t missed anything and nothing is looking odd.
This now forms your Repeat Tile and this is the tile/image that is required when sending artwork to a printer or uploading it for fabric printing online.
SAVE! Save file as (Artwork Name)_Repeat Tile
You must now check your repeat and to see it duplicated across the width and down the length of your fabric. An easy way to do so is to define your reworked artwork as a pattern. Menu>Edit>Define Pattern>Save as preferred name.
Open a new blank document with a set up reflecting something similar to a roll of fabric i.e. 145 x 100 cm depending on you repeat tile dimensions.
Menu>Edit>Fill>Select your saved pattern from the drop down box>OK
(shown below is only 50 x 50 cm)
Now you can use your repeat pattern or repeat tile for digital custom fabric printing.
Colours To Inspire: Purple & Orange
Purple & orange is not an obvious colour combo but the mix of the deep purple and warm orange makes for a beautiful colour contrast. Purple promotes peace of mind, harmony of emotions and contributes to stability while orange radiates warmth and happiness.
You can find the colours purple and orange in our Tribal Sunset fabric. If want you fabric colours to be perfect, no problems. We offer colour matching services. We can either colour match to provided Pantone colour or physical swatch.
Find more color inspiration on the Digital Fabrics Pinterest page
DIY Connie Dress Sew along w/ Style Sew Me | DIY with Digital Fabrics
Getting beautiful fabric is just the beginning because what will you make with it once you receive it? Eryn from Style Sew Me created a gorgeous DIY dress using Digital Fabrics Bold Rose Midnight Purple fabric. Our mission at Digital Fabrics is to help you to bring your creativity and your amazing ideas to life!
To sew the dress she used her Connie Dress pattern which you can purchase through her site. And shop the Bold Rose Midnight Purple fabric and more in the Digital Fabrics shop.
See how you can DIY this look here
Super Easy Baby Blanket DIY
Katy Dee from Letter 11 recently printed custom fleece fabric with us to make comfy baby blanket for her little nephew and shared her creative process with us. Get creative, make your own fleece blanket, its super easy!
You will need:
- Custom printed fleece fabric, the beauty of this fabric is that you can make a blanket without using filling or backing fabric. One layer of fabric is enough to get comfy and snuggly. You can order your custom fabric here!
- A sewing machine.
- Bias Binding, you will need enough to go around the entire blanket. For this a 1.5m x 1m fleece blanket used just over 5m.
- Dressmaking pins and scissors.
- Cut your custom fleece fabric to the size and shape you want, in tutorial the blanket is 1.5m by 1m which is big and snuggly! A square would also be cute.
- Find a spot around half way down the longest length of blanket to start pinning the bias. To pin you fold it naturally in half with the flaps on the inside and wrap it around the blanket pinning all 3 layers together like a sandwich. Carry on pinning the binding all the way to the corner.
- Now it’s time to begin sewing…. Using running stitch and the colour thread of your choice, pop the blanket in under the machine foot and do a few back stitches first to secure the bias. Then continue sewing on the inside edge of the binding and down towards the corner following and removing the pins as you sew….
- To wrap the bias binding around that corner nice and neatly, fold the corners down to create a diagonal fold and pin this into place. At this point, also pin the binding along the length towards the next corner. Sew slightly into the diagonal fold, stop to rotate the blanket so you can sew another side of the blanket bias and continue to sew all around the fleece blanket.
- When you are nearly at the point where you began sewing, do a few backstitches and remove the blanket. Cut the binding neatly so there is just a 4-5 cm length left. Fold this in on itself and pin down into place creating a neat hidden pocket. Now you can pop the blanket back in and sew that last little bit up! Don’t forget to finish with a few backstitches for safety!
And there you go, a super cute baby fleece blanket!
50 Creative Ways to Wear a Scarf | Design Your Own Scarf Workshop
Have you ever bought an item that you were excited about at first only to see it disappear in the back of your wardrobe a few weeks later? Buying new things is exciting but a lot of times we don’t wear it as much because we lack inspiration on how to wear it or don’t know how to style it with our existing wardrobe.
September marks a change of seasons. Some of us are transitioning into Fall while others are getting ready for Spring season. No matter what season it is, a scarf is one of those accessories you can use all year long and here at Digital Fabrics we have a cool workshop coming on September 17 that allows you to design your own scarf! It will be your design, your print, your colors, the ultimate expression of your personal style wrapped into a scarf. Sign up HERE
To get you inspired in the meanwhile we wanted to share 50 creative ways that you can wear your Digital Fabrics scarf!
In this video Wendy’s Lookbook shows you 25 ways to tie a scarf.
And if you also want to tie your scarf as a top, skirt or body wrap check out Pink Chocolate Break’s video with 25 styling tips.
Which look is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!
Digital Fabrics Sponsors 8Create: The Wearable Art Challenge
Digital Fabrics is the proud sponsor of 8Create: The Wearable Art Challenge.
If you are fashion designer and love to test your skills, apply today. Eight lucky entrants will bring their original designs to life in a three-day fashion workshop at Westfield Warringah Mall. Each will create a custom piece of wearable art in response to a design brief developed by our competition mentor: `
Henry Roth – Host of Project Runway Australia.
The winner will receive:
• A two-hour exclusive mentorship session with Maticevski at Westfield Bondi Junction
• $2000 in Westfield Gift Cards
• $500 gift voucher from Digital Fabrics for custom fabric printing
Check the Westfield website for more details
Digital Fabrics Part of Dlux Sartorial
Mark your agendas because Digital Fabrics will be part of the Dlux Sartorial creative event on Wednesday, 21 September! Super talented creative teams working on bringing different elements sound, light and fashion together into wearable art pieces. Sydney people, come and join us!
Experience the future of #fashion with Dlux Sartorial on Wednesday, 21 September from 7pm at 74-76 Pyrmont bridge road, Annandale. See how artists and designers weave technology into clothing. Tickets $15. For more details visit the Dlux Sartorial website.
#printsinfashion | Back To School Stripes & Plaid
If you attended an all uniform school, the upcoming season will bring sweet memories. Schoolgirl jumpers are one of the hottest Fall Winter 2016 trends and what better way to express it than with striped and plaid fabrics?
The beauty of uniforms is that you don’t need to think about what you wear and you simply put it on. And with so many young students going back to school (or soon), creating your a uniform with a unique plaid or striped fabric can be a stylish way to combine book smarts with fashion.
Get inspired with these plaid and striped fabrics. All our products are 100% Printed and made in Australia.
Plaid Fun in Navy Blue fabric
Basic Stripe Fabric
What Back To School fabric is your favorite?
13 Halloween Print Ideas for Fabric
Halloween is one of those holidays you can go all out when it comes to creativity. From DIY Halloween costumes to spooky table runners, it’s the perfect event to go all out and add a personal touch to your outfit and your home. Our mission at Digital Fabrics is to help you to bring your creativity and your amazing ideas to life!
If you’re having a themed Halloween party creating custom made fabrics is the way to go to make it cohesive, fun and have the colors that you want. But what do you choose?
If you’re in need for some fun Halloween prints ideas for fabrics check out these 13 ‘scary’ designs below for inspiration. Create your design, Upload and pay, Receive your fabric!
All our products are 100% Printed and made in Australia
Which print is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below?