Hi 我叫陳盈蓁，我喜歡畫pattern，而且一直都想印自己的布。我發現spoonflower有這種客製化的服務時超開心的! 他不只是幫你印布，還可以讓全世界的人購買你的設計! 最棒的是就算你只要一小塊(比如說20x20公分)也可以印! 這對喜歡手作或拼布的人實在是太方便~
I love that you can even choose the material from cotton, knit to silk. The variety of fabric allow you to make home decor stuff and even sports wear, which gives endless possibility for making my own product.
而且他們的布料有很多材質可以選---從棉麻布、針織布、雪紡到絲都有! 甚至還有透氣排汗的萊卡布跟可以做成毛毯的法蘭絨布，也有專為小寶寶用品設計的有機棉布! 可以做的東西實在太多了，而且不只是布，他們還可以印壁紙哦! 整個是把穿的用的全包了~~
It’s a thrill to me as a creator and a maker that I can easily make my own products. I use Spoonflower to print my own fabric and sew it into apron, mittens, and even throw pillows. But after a few craft projects, I soon hoped that I can even sew my own dress with my design!
以一個創作人來說，最開心的就是看到自己的設計變成商品了！好像從畫紙或螢幕中走出來有了生命一樣，所以我之前用spoonflower來印自己的布還做成圍裙、廚房隔熱手套甚至是抱枕等等，但這些小東西越來越沒法滿足我，想要更大的挑戰，像是做一件自己的衣服!
I bought some books about making simple dresses, but the biggest challenge is tracing the patterns, I guess it’s the hardest part to cross. I did use a big frozen paper to trace and copy the pattern onto my fabric, as all of you may have tried. But it just frustrating when the dress doesn’t fit after all the hard work, just because of paper slips sometimes. The time I spent on tracing was way more than what I spent on the making of the dress.
我之前就有買了一些裁縫的書，書裡都有附衣服的版型和紙樣，但最大的障礙都是要把版型描到布上，我要用烤盤紙先把紙樣描過一遍，再剪下來描到布上，想自己做衣服的人應該都有試過這個階段，好不容易做好了衣服，最期待的試穿那一刻來臨，卻發現不合身，僅是因為在描版型時紙滑了一點小誤差，實在很挫敗!!有時候花在描版型的時間都比縫製的時間還要多了><
Then Spoonflower announced a new service called Sproutpatterns, which allow you to make your own dress with pattern printed on fabric of your choice. Boom! What a brilliant idea! Why didn’t I thought of it? It made making my own clothing as simple as playing with a paper doll. Simply cutting the fabric pieces and put them together, and you’re done!
後來spoonflower推出了一個新的服務叫sprout patterns，主打的服務就是你可以做自己的衣服，他們幫你把圖案連版型都一起印在布上! 簡直太天才了!!為什麼我都想不到這種點子呢? 這樣讓做自己的衣服就跟玩紙娃娃一樣簡單了，做自己的衣服不過就是剪下來再縫起來!
Creating Sprout Patterns project is just a few clicks. The 3D model made it a lot easier to imagine your dream dress! The best thing is it’s almost the same price as you order plain fabric (without seeing pattern printed on it) on Spoonflower, plus a copy of free PDF pattern than you can make more dresses and different sizes. But the experience of Sprout is so good that I was too spoiled to trace that pattern again.
使用sprout pattern 也很簡單，他們把你選好的衣服款式都做成了3D，你可以像個服裝設計師一樣挑選spoonflower上的所有設計圖案，然後馬上看做出來會長怎樣。而且最棒的是價錢跟你單純買他們的布幾乎一樣，還附完整尺寸的版型pdf檔給你! (要知道在國外，衣服的版型也是要花錢買的，sprout pattern就跟好幾間獨立版型設計品牌合作) 讓你之後也可以再用自己其他的布做件新的~但是用了sprout pattern的我就有點回不去了，因為實在太方便了，誰還要回去描版型啊?
這次我選的是laureal dress(我上次做的是moneta dress) 會選這件是為了要當送給我媽媽的禮物，他從事金融業，我希望他可以穿著我設計+親手縫製的洋裝上班，所以我選了雪紡的材質，加上傘狀袖子的版本。剛開始進到sprout pattern網站時會覺得他們的版型好像沒有很多，但其實每個版型都有一些變化型可以選，藏在裡面，這些小小的變化型可能就會讓洋裝看起來完全不同! 再乘上你選的花樣--版型x花樣 可能性無限多種!!
A dress with cuffs or long sleeves makes it totally different, plus the fabrics you choose. The possibilities are endless! I think my choice of poly crepe fabric suits well for my navy camo surface design. The colors are vibrant and the touch is soft. I love how it’s lightweight, so suitable for summer time and I have the ability to layer so you can wear it every season.
我這次選的雪紡(poly de crepe)材質好適合我設計的這款海軍藍迷彩圖案，顏色很飽合而且布料的質感很好，我喜歡他這樣薄的材質，很適合夏天穿，也可以多層次穿搭，一年四季都很適合!(我真是個好女兒啊! 撥髮)
You can choose any design on Spoonflower to create your unique dress. Sprout even allows you to use different designs on different parts of the dress. For the Laurel dress I was making, the cuff is where I made changes. Some patterns give more flexibility and freedom to be your own fashion designer. Mix and match until you like it.
你可以從spoonflower成千上萬的設計中選布來製作你獨一無二的洋裝，sprout pattern讓你可以在衣服方不同部位選不同的花色(比如說上半身/ 袖子/ 裙子 都可以是不同的花色) 算是一圓大家想當時尚設計師的夢~玩到你滿意為止!
The Laurel dress took me about 3 days to make. The invisible zipper was the biggest challenge, and I modified the design by making my own bias tape. Both took more time than I expected to make, but I am satisfied with the outcome.
這件洋裝大概花了我三天的時間縫製，隱形拉鍊是最大的挑戰，另外我自己用版型外多出來的布製作布邊條(領口收邊) 也花了比較多時間，至少比我想像的要久，但我非常滿意最後的完成品~
Even though I’m in Asia, I used this service because it’s unique. Here we have some merchandisers who offer customized fabric printing service, but the minimum order has to be 20 yards of a single design. It’s not affordable nor does any of this service provide fabrics like cotton or other fabrics that are suitable for wearing. I just love creating surface design so thanks Sprout Patterns for making it easier for me to have my own dress!
雖然我住在台灣但是我還是從美國訂布(他們完全使用水基油墨並且在美國製造) ，因為沒辦法台灣沒有這種服務，我有找過一些數位印花的製造商，但他們最少都要訂二十碼才接，說實在這已經是小量為王的客製時代了啊! 而且就算是訂二十碼的單價跟在spoonflower上訂也沒有差很多，又沒法很方便的網路下單，更別說是幫你印好版型，(傳產的數位轉型又是另一個話題了) 而且大多數可以印的材質只限poly，沒有棉麻那種較適合做衣物的。我真的覺得sprout pattern讓人可以方便做自己的衣服是個偉大的發明!
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