Printed fabric

[scully2444]

Hello

I'm just setting up an interiors business and looking for someone able to print small quantities of fabric suitable for cushions and lampshades.

I would be eternally grateful if you could point me in the right direction of suppliers.

Thanks.

[pisquee]

Hi,
This is actually one of our sideline businesses ... we print fabrics for cushions, lampshades (as as part of our designer products range have lampshades and cushions.) We outsource the sewing part of the cushion making , but do produce the lampshades 100% in house.
We have a website, which I still need to do more work on, which will give you a little info on us at www.lampshadeworkshop.com

[GoldRapt]

Interesting web site. Is that a laminator/dye sub roller heat press in the video?

[pisquee]

rotary heat press - amazing toy!
much better (consistent heat and pressure) results for printing fabrics than a flat bed press.

[crystaluk]

Wowzers pisque the lampshades looked fab!!

[pisquee]

Well, we're only a couple of hours drive from Rochdale if you fancy a fun Saturday!

[GoldRapt]

rotary heat press - amazing toy!
much better (consistent heat and pressure) results for printing fabrics than a flat bed press.

Cool, can it take t-shirts and thicker stuff or is it paper only?

[pisquee]

The video shows fabric being printed from sublimation transfer paper, and then you see the paper being peeled off. We spent quite a few years hunting down a fabric we were happy with that prints well for sublimation, but also looks good when there's light shining through it and the printed design, resulting in us coining the phrase of "cylindrical light box"
We use a different fabric for fashion items (clothing and accessories like scarves) and then different fabric again for cushions.
Yes, we can also put ready made t-shirts through it, although best results are got from printing fabric, and then cutting/sewing it into garments.