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[milieux9]

Has anyone tried reproducing any of 10's ties using digitally printed fabric? There are silks available that are already paper-backed and treated for ink jet printing. My boyfriend thought he could do a decent enough job in photoshop starting with a picture of a tie(s) and cloning the pattern to fill the sheet. Then it would just be a matter of

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[ninjarisu]

Before sending the pattern off to Magnoli to have it properly woven, I tried out my Swirly tie pattern at a site that prints neckties, can't remember the name. It was a decent looking tie, but 100% polyester was their only option, it draped terribly, etc. I'd like to see somebody give the Dharma Trading Company printable silk a try.

[tiney]

I've seriously been thinking about getting custom printed fabric specifically for the Thomas Nash tie in the Idiot's Lantern since so far the tie has been impossible to find.

http://www.fabricondemand.com - Has polyester silk
http://www.spoonflower.com - Has Silk Crepe de Chine

[milieux9]

They do their printing on a large format printer. since a tie is thin enough, it would be cheaper to buy paper backed silk on a roll. Dharma & InkonThings sells a 10' roll of Habotai silk for $15-$18. For the price, it seems worth experimenting on. Habotai can be fairly light weight, but once lined with a bit of facing on the inside edges, it should work nicely for a necktie.

I watch craigslist regularly for large format printers to print wider widths of fabric; a costumers dream to be able to print yards of their own fabric pattern!

[ninjarisu]

Fabricondemand's poly satin is nice, but you'd have the same problem as the ties on the site I used. Also, in order for the tie to hang right, it has to be printed on the bias, so diagonally. If you have a larger format home printer and can get 13" wide rolls of silk it's definitely possible.