A shower curtain is the perfect gift for a friend, or yourself, that will be enjoyed year-round! Read on to learn how Spoonflower crew member Eloisa created an engineered shower curtain using Silky Faille!

Update: Eloisa is using Spoonflower's Silky Faille, which is no longer available for purchase, but you lot tin can nevertheless follow this tutorial and create an awesome shower mantle with our new Recycled Canvas!

Looking to brand a shower pall, a landscape, or whatever project with an image wider than the fabrics we offer? If and so, this tutorial is right for you! With these instructions, we will teach you how to break upwards your paradigm so we can print multiple pieces of fabrics that, when pieced together, volition complete the big image. We chose to make a shower drape, but these instructions tin can exist easily adapted to wall murals, one-image duvet covers, etc.

An important note on image size: the get-go thing to consider is that Spoonflower has an upload image size limitation of 40MB. You lot might need to tinker and edit your epitome if it is larger than this.

A typical shower drapery measures 70×seventy inches {177.8×177.8cms}. For this tutorial, we will exist using Silky Faille, a fabric that does not stretch, is medium weight, prints beautifully, and has a printable width of 54 inches.

  • Adobe Photoshop, if you do not have Photoshop, a free thirty 24-hour interval trial version can be downloaded hither. This tutorial requires a basic agreement of Photoshop.
  • A large scale image {at least 30×30 inches at 300DPI, or an image created at 70×70 inches, 150DPI}
STEP1 (1)

STEP one: You will need to do a little math, for this tutorial, since we are making an paradigm that measures lxx×70 inches and using textile that has a width of 54 inches. We are going to centre one piece, and add a panel on each side to complete the 70 inches, these panels should measure 9 inches each. They will be cleaved like the image above.

STEP2 (1)

Footstep two: Create a NEW FILE {click on FILE, so NEW} in Photoshop measuring the total width and length of the terminal project you are creating. Then, use the GUIDES to mark where the panels volition go. For this tutorial, we created an image measuring lxx″x70″/150DPI, and marked the guides at 9" on each side, this gave us a 54" piece in the center. Nosotros will refer to this image as IMAGE-1 in this tutorial.

STEP3

STEP 3: Without closing the epitome yous just created, Open your large scale paradigm. We volition refer to this image as IMAGE-2 in this tutorial.

STEP4

Step 4: SELECT ALL on your large scale image, and COPY the epitome. Then, go to your Paradigm-one that is waiting for y'all with the guides, and PASTE the design.

STEP5

Step v: SELECT the area within the centre of the guides, and so COPY this surface area.

STEP6

STEP half-dozen: Create a NEW FILE with this area you just copied into your clipboard. The new file will automatically offer to be the size of this copied file. PASTE the expanse in your new file. In this case, the file is 54"x70"/150DPI.. Go along to Salve it {JPG/JPEG or PNG piece of work well for creating large scale files under 40MB}.

STEP7

STEP 7: Get back to IMAGE-1, and select the first side console, using your guides.

STEP8

STEP eight: Create a NEW FILE, the aforementioned feature will occur as Pace 6–you will be prompted to create a new image the unabridged size of what you copied. In this case, please change the width to ii-3 times the width of the panel, or create it the same width equally the fabric you are using. In this case, we will enter 54″ on the width. PASTE the copied console there. Repeat these steps and paste the second panel in the same image. SAVE it following the same guidelines as STEP six.

Footstep 9: Upload your images to your Spoonflower account, set the repeat to Centre, use the Salve THIS LAYOUT BUTTON, and order your textile!

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For the shower curtain, you volition need to lodge two yards of each image.  Once yous receive the fabric, you will trim the center image fabric on the edges, cut the side panels separate and trim, and so stitch the pieces together to create the image. We made button holes on the acme of our shower mantle, simply you can employ other methods like tab tops and metal grommets!

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