In both substrates, I noticed color bleed and color discrepancies, and the one-yard cuts were not the labeled 54” width. The 4-way knit felt more like a poly/Lycra blend than I expected, so I changed my sewing plans for it. Upon arrival, the JOANN MyFabric substrates did not appear to have any stiffness issues. However, substrate names are not normalized, so it’s difficult to compare without further research or sampling:įrom my own experience of custom fabric printing, colorstay, color bleed, and fabric texture (stiffness) have occasionally been an issue, so I was curious to see how MyFabric compared. Here are price lists for one yard of 54” wide printing (different widths noted) to get some context of pricing. From the MyFabric landing page, there is a popup that contains information about only 15 of the 27 substrates.
According to the press release, physical stores will carry the fabric options for any customers who would like to touch and see the substrates before ordering.Ĭlicking “About Fabrics” on the product detail page did not provide any fabric information (on a desktop browser). I couldn’t find more information about the substrates I was ordering, which made for a difficult user experience. I ordered one yard of silk cotton voile in the customized shelly design, and one yard of 4-way knit in the customized Breakfast Party design. I modified the colors and scale of the repeatable pattern in shelly, and I modified the scale of the pattern only in Breakfast Party.Įxample screenshot of JOANN MyFabric customization of fabric including color, repeat pattern, scale.Įxample Screenshot of JOANN MyFabric customization of fabric including repeat pattern and scale.Īfter I saved each customization, I returned to the product detail page to select a substrate. CustomizationĪfter I selected two designs I liked ( shelly and Breakfast Party), I clicked on the “Customize this Fabric” option on the product detail page to go to a full-width customization page. You can browse the WeaveUp fabric here and they offer a valuable Starter Kit to examine the substrates and color printing behavior. Although, I will note that one of my fabric selvages included a designer name that left me puzzled. It appears that JOANN’s is selling designs provided by the designers from the WeaveUp community, without mention of the designer’s name on JOANN’s website. The technology driving the customization and the printing is provided by Durham, North Carolina-based WeaveUp.ĮDIT (Added January 10th): Thanks to feedback on this post, I’ve quickly gained more insight into how WeaveUp works. The press release indicates that MyFabric will expand to allow customers to upload their own designs in early 2019, although there’s no indication that MyFabric will include a marketplace like Spoonflower where designers can make their designs for sale to the public and earn a cut for each yard sold. MyFabric currently sits as a hybrid between Spoonflower and Hawthorne Supply Co: users are limited to specific designs, but pattern scale, pattern repeat type, color, and substrate can be customized. Users can modify repeat type and scale in all of the designs, and color choices in some of the designs (this is not clearly indicated). modern farmhouse, black & white) shown on the landing page.Ĭustomizable fabric listing page for JOANN MyFabric.įrom browsing, I quickly determined that JOANN’s MyFabric is limiting printing to in-house designs and I reviewed JOANN’s press release on MyFabric to confirm. Outside of the search filtering, the only starting point I saw was a few targeted collections (e.g. While I was able to filter the designs (by collection, style, etc.), my initial reaction was “Where do I begin?!”. When I first visited the MyFabric listing page, I found 4,500+ designs to be a little overwhelming. I ordered two different substrates from JOANN’s MyFabric, and here I’ll share some details about that process and my experience. And finally, I’ve recently become a designer at Honest Fabric, a new print on demand service focusing on large print areas (intended for quilting). I’m most familiar with Spoonflower, which offers print on demand of your own designs or those created by other designers, and Hawthorne Supply Co, which offers print on demand of their in-house designs. I love the sweet spot for mixing technology and craft so I jumped at the opportunity to test out JOANN’s MyFabric, a new service joining the world of print on demand fabric.