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Fabric Sample Printing

From $10.00. Ready in 1 - 2 day(s)

Shipping:$6.99

  • Quantity Discount

    Automatic for 10 sq metres or more. Add dimensions / quantity to see price.

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  • Wholesale Discount We want to give makers and small businesses the best price to help their business grow. Available to selected makers and traders. Apply for your wholesale account.

Choosing the right fabric is critical. Finding the right weight, texture and drape is key to the success of the final design. These fabric test print swatches are here to help you select from our wide range. You can tell a lot from a printed swatch, but you can gauge even more when the sample is printed with your own design. Having the physical custom printed samples in your hand can help you reach final decision your creation. Check your print works with the surface texture, that you like the weight of the fabric and that the color profile is accurate. Have your fabric sample with next day delivery to help speed up the decision making process.

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  • Order postcard to letter sized custom test print
  • Choice of 95+ tried and trusted materials
  • Upload your designs and get a fabric sample print
  • Generous quantity discounts so you can trial a variety
  • Print your own test for color repro and fabric feel

Digital Fabric Sample Printing

When uploading an image into our test print sample preview your image will be resized to fit the size you have selected. If you upload a very large file, it will be reduced to the size of the sample ordered. If you require a crop at actual size we recommend you size your file before uploading to ensure the dimensions are not changed. As these sample prints are small we do not recommend uploading files larger than 5mb but you can if you like. We can make your custom fabric samples in these sizes landscape or portrait:

  • 8x5.75"  - 14.85cm x 21cm
  • 8.25x11.75" - 21cm x 29.7cm
  • 11.75x16.5" - 29.7cm x 42cm
  • 23.5x16.5" - 59.4cm x 42cm
  • 33x23.5" - 59.4cm x 84.1cm

See your test prints on the material of your choice. Generous quantity discount means you can trial many textile print tests and reduce costs. Printed and sent fast. Fabric samples are sent "As it is" with your printed design, loosely cut around the edges. What you will receive will be the entire print, and a potential small border of the plain fabric around the edges.

Fabric Printing Discount & Offers

Order your Test Print and get a $10 gift voucher to use on your next order of fabric prints.*
*Minimum spend: $25. This offer is for new customers only who have not previously ordered with us before. Voucher can only be used once and expires after 30 days.

*voucher cannot be used for test prints or samples.

Care instruction

Handwash only, hang to dry. Low heat iron.

  • Hand Wash
  • Hang Dry
  • Do not Wring
  • Do Not Tumble Dry
  • Iron Safe
  • Steam Safe

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Reviews of Review Fabric Sample Printing

Rated 5/5 based on 32 customer reviews view all

Great first experience Great samples, fast turnaround. Printing was crisp and clean as well as true to size from design - ruler marks were printed exactly to scale - very happy with product
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Satisfaction! The product was so great and perfect for what I need! I just bought the sample test but definitely I’ll be buying the regular one. Thanks Contrado!
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Lighter than my original The fabric, silk satin is beautiful and luxurious. The print came out lighter than the original sample. Shyama responded right away and explained to me the process and why it did not come out with deeper values. I appreciated her explanation.
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Great place for digital print! The shipping was really fast and items arrived earlier than expected. More importantly, the quality of fabrics and prints are top notch and more than satisfactory.
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Beautiful and fast The quality was excellent The pricing was high but the turn around time to get my product was more than exceptional.
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Excellent! It was exactly what I expected and will be ordering more products in the near future! Quick delivery
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Best digital fabric printing We ordered 7 or so A4 samples of patterns we need for some of our custom character builds. Ordered on a Friday evening in New York, USA and received excellent samples--well printed--on Wednesday of the following week. Super service.
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LOVE YOUR COMPANY!!!! I am so impressed with your company! I teach 2 classes of Color Theory where we do textile designs. I ordered 2 sample prints PLUS swatch books. They cam to Los Angeles within 4 days of my order! The quality was superb AND you have so many choices of fabrics! We will DEFINITELY be ordering actual yardage soon! I am SO happy I found you!
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Pleased The swatch was fine quality and the swatch pack was better than expected. Fast shipping! I'm impressed.
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Helping me make my idea a reality. The quality is great, the ripstop wasn't the material I was entirely looking for, but it helped me determine the effectiveness of my pattern.
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Liked it a lot Happy, I'll try some more
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Good quality, fast shipping, recommend I liked the sample and went ahead with a full order. Would appreciate no signature required option for shipping.
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You have the amazing designs, but do you have a unique range and place to sell?




All you have to do is design what you love and we bring your creations to life. We take care of the hand crafting and manufacture, the sales and the shipping. You the designer, control the products and designs from wherever you are, from home, the office, even on the go. Meanwhile the orders start to roll in and you get commissions fast.

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Print Guideline

  • DPI-Print Guideline Icon

    What's the best resolution to print in?

    We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi; this means that no resizing of your file occurs, preventing any interpolation.

  • Jpeg-Tiff Print Guideline Icon

    Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?

    For multi-colored or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colors and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.

  • RGB-CMYK Print Guideline Icon

    Which color model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?

    If each individual color is specifically important to your design, choose CYMK as our setup will print each color with the closest possible match within our available range. If the relationship between the colors within the image is more important choose RGB; this will reduce all colors equally to fit within our range.

  • Print-Roll Length Fabric Guide Icon

    Maximum dimensions

    For most of our fabrics there is no limit on the length of the fabric that you can order. We have a preview design window set up to 10 yds max to visualize the print, but that's not a print limit. If you'd like to order more, increase the quantity (x2 for 20 yds or x4 for 40 yds for e.g.) and then you can order as much as you'd like, with a built in automatic volume discount too. The maximum print width of each fabric can be found on the individual fabric pages or in our design interface.

  • Borders-Print Guideline Icon

    Do I need to incorporate white space within my design if I want a border or some cutting space?

    Yes, that might help you Always incorporate any extra space or borders into your purchased fabric size. We trim squarely around fabric samples and fabric prints, leaving approximately 0.22" white space. Cutting neatly on the line has an additional fee.

  • Transfer-Print Guideline Icon

    Do you print on fabric a customer supplies?

    Unfortunately not; we like to test meticulously so that we know what gets best results on our fabrics, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. We do however print sublimation transfer paper to order, and if you have access to a heat press you can press your own fabrics easily.

  • Shrinkage-Print Guideline Icon

    What is the situation with material shrinkage?

    Just like many fabric printing processes, there is the potential for shrinkage. Depending on the fabric, please expect and allow between 2-8% shrinkage which you need to plan for in your dimensions.

    This percentage can vary from print run to print run and between fabrics, so we would advise to order a little more material than you require for your project.
  • Print-Both Sides Print Guideline Icon

    Can I print on both sides of the fabric?

    We do not offer printing on both sides of the fabric, as a lot of our fabrics are semi-transparent. As the customer, you can consider the effect of printing on both sides one of our fabrics and contact us, and we will get back to you if it's feasible.

  • Labels-Print Guideline Icon

    Can I order labels in another fabric? Will you cut them like you do with the normal fabric labels?

    At the moment no, our labels are all printed on the same satin fabric. We may introduce more in the future, but for now this is the best choice. The labels are all cut the same way. You can order the fabric of your choice and make the labels yourself, but we do not cut different fabric into label format.

  • Eco friendly Printing

    How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?

    With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colors and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfillment.




Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

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We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, and are able to hem your fabric prints for a small additional charge. We create a small one- or two-fold hem that typically uses 0.22" to 0.75" (5-20mm) of material, depending on the thickness of the fabric. So, for example, if you want a finished piece of fabric that measures 100 x 100cm, you will need to order a size of 101.5cm x 101.5cm to allow for the hem (on top of that please also allow for shrinkage of min 2%). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. You can choose to have your prints hemmed with either Black or White thread. On our silk and other light woven fabrics, one hemmed edge will be straight (vertically down the roll) and the other will be slightly rippled. The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:

  • Light Fabrics (20-100gsm): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 6-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 0.5"/ 12-16mm
  • Medium Fabrics (101-200gsm): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 35-40mm
  • Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.5" / 35-40mm

All of these measurements are approximate and can vary. Including with shrinkage it can mean a fairly significant difference to ordered dimensions, so please plan your print accordingly. Depending on how open the weave is, our fabric can shrink anywhere from 2% to 8% with the average being 2.5%.

How Would you Like the Edge?

We have four finishing options for your fabric order: 
  • As it comes. We cut around your image, leaving a simply scissor cut, perhaps uneven white fabric border. 
  • Hem with thread. We can hem your fabric with a choice of black or white thread. Please allow 1-2 days additional production time. See below for information on how hemming affects the size of your print. We offer an overlock hem as well as a folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics are suited to both hem types. If you can see both options, it means both are suitable, and you will be able to chose whichever you prefer. 
  • Cut on the line. We will cut neatly on the edge of your design. This means that if you have a border around your design we will cut around that border, if your design takes the whole space of the fabric, then we will neatly cut around the edge of that image. Please be aware, when we cut along the line, we have to cut against the grain of the fabric. This is the standard procedure for fabric cutting. This means that with some fabrics, for example, Georgette and Mulmul, which have a slight wave in them, some fraying will occur. This is unavoidable, as the cut follows the grain of the textile. 

All of our fabrics are cut manually by hand, with the utmost care and attention. If your fabric has a slightly uneven look on the edges, or a touch of fraying, this does not indicate a flaw in the textile. It is not always possible to achieve a perfect straight cut with certain fabrics, so please do bare this in mind when it comes to your design. If you have any queries or would like to know about our cutting methods in more detail, please get in touch and we will be more than happy to discuss them with you.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

Delivery time & costs

At Contrado, we personally commit to our customer satisfaction with a wide product selection hand-made in our premises, a great quality, dedicated service as well as fast delivery.

Make use of our manufacturing and worldwide shipping experience

For the past 15 years, we have printed and hand-made countless personalized products for a wide range of customers all over the world and many of them have become loyal customers who love not only our products but also the care, knowledge and dedication from our staff.

Here is how it works. We first hand-make your item on average within 1-3 days depending on the product manufacturing timeline and quantities. After production time, we ship your order so you can receive it very quickly, subject to the delivery type you select in your basket. You can then enjoy or resell your handmade products with your very own designs.

You can also read more about our terms & conditions and refund policy.
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