Dino Fabric for the Dino Overalls
I decided to take it upon myself to create my own Dino fabric! I wanted more color options and needed to tweak the lines a bit so everything would line up correctly. So I spent several days designing this Dino fabric completely from scratch. I’m so excited to finally announce its arrival!
The new colors turned out AMAZING, and I honestly couldn’t be happier with how it all came together.
You can now order the fabric through Spoonflower, or if sewing isn’t your thing, you can order the finished overalls directly from me!
Of course, this also means I’m now forced to make a bunch of new overalls and take a whole new set of photos for my album. Such a tragedy.
(After catching up with orders, of course.)
Bonus! Spoonflower is having a sale right now!
I spent an entire day focused on creating a seamless image. First, I designed each of the dinosaurs and trees and carefully arranged them in their correct positions. Then I built the background using a patterned design, all within Photoshop.
Each time I thought I had it right, I uploaded it to Spoonflower to run their test and check for seamless tiling. At one point, I even had to crop the image by a single pixel to get everything to line up correctly.
Once I had it seamless, I worked on the colors. I knew for sure I wanted peach, magenta, and a darker teal. I played around with different hues and shades until I thought I had it right. I wanted the basic colors (red, orange, green, etc.) to be pretty close to the original colors from the previous fabric I had. Once I was satisfied with the colors, I ordered samples from Spoonflower. Boy are the colors off! They definitely do not print the same as you see on screen, so I tweaked the colors—mainly making them brighter.
The yellow, even though I had used a basic yellow color for the upload, printed with a green hue. So I added some warmth to it. The second samples I ordered were much better! The yellow doesn't look as green. And I had really liked the original teal that I made, so I kept it (aqua) as well as the other teal colors. Same with the Lilac. I was trying to match it with the light purple but it came out too light. But I liked it, so I kept it.
In the end, the process took more trial and error than I expected, but it was worth it. From carefully building the seamless repeat in Photoshop to fine-tuning every color after seeing real printed samples, each step brought the design closer to what I had envisioned. Even with the small surprises in how Spoonflower prints colors, I was able to adjust and refine until the final version felt right.
Each time I ordered samples, it took over a week for them to arrive, so the waiting part was the hardest. The back-and-forth between ordering, waiting, and adjusting really tested my patience, but it also made the final result even more satisfying once everything came together.
The new colors turned out AMAZING, and I honestly couldn’t be happier with how it all came together.
You can now order the fabric through Spoonflower, or if sewing isn’t your thing, you can order the finished overalls directly from me!
Of course, this also means I’m now forced to make a bunch of new overalls and take a whole new set of photos for my album. Such a tragedy.
(After catching up with orders, of course.)Bonus! Spoonflower is having a sale right now!
See the collection here: https://www.spoonflower.com/collections/1491931-dino-fabric-by-cpkdiana-by-cpkdiana
See all my fabric here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/cpkdiana
Behind the Seams (Scenes)
If you've ever designed fabric—or know how the process works—you know that when uploading to Spoonflower, the image must be completely seamless. This means that if the design is repeated on all four sides, it continues flawlessly and lines up perfectly without any visible breaks or mismatched edges. In other words, there should be no visible "seams."I spent an entire day focused on creating a seamless image. First, I designed each of the dinosaurs and trees and carefully arranged them in their correct positions. Then I built the background using a patterned design, all within Photoshop.
Each time I thought I had it right, I uploaded it to Spoonflower to run their test and check for seamless tiling. At one point, I even had to crop the image by a single pixel to get everything to line up correctly.
Once I had it seamless, I worked on the colors. I knew for sure I wanted peach, magenta, and a darker teal. I played around with different hues and shades until I thought I had it right. I wanted the basic colors (red, orange, green, etc.) to be pretty close to the original colors from the previous fabric I had. Once I was satisfied with the colors, I ordered samples from Spoonflower. Boy are the colors off! They definitely do not print the same as you see on screen, so I tweaked the colors—mainly making them brighter.
The yellow, even though I had used a basic yellow color for the upload, printed with a green hue. So I added some warmth to it. The second samples I ordered were much better! The yellow doesn't look as green. And I had really liked the original teal that I made, so I kept it (aqua) as well as the other teal colors. Same with the Lilac. I was trying to match it with the light purple but it came out too light. But I liked it, so I kept it.
In the end, the process took more trial and error than I expected, but it was worth it. From carefully building the seamless repeat in Photoshop to fine-tuning every color after seeing real printed samples, each step brought the design closer to what I had envisioned. Even with the small surprises in how Spoonflower prints colors, I was able to adjust and refine until the final version felt right.
Each time I ordered samples, it took over a week for them to arrive, so the waiting part was the hardest. The back-and-forth between ordering, waiting, and adjusting really tested my patience, but it also made the final result even more satisfying once everything came together.
Stay tuned for my next fabric reveal!