What is this printed fabric technique?

Not 100% sure but could be a Spoonflower print. They let people submit their own designs for printing on fabric.

 

TooCuteClub is definitely digital fabric print. We have cottonbee (ctnbee.com) here in Europe, where you can order small quantity of fabrics (woven or knits) with your own patterns and the quality is fantastic. Maybe you can find something similar in the US.
HelloBlueHare looks more like a screen print to me.

 

Thanks for the link!
Just in case spoonflower works perfectly for EU (they print in Germany) and US. They have offices in both places.

 

I used to work at a University many years ago... the art department had a printer which printed on fabric. There was a small charge and you could take your own fabric... I would use my own artwork and photographs to make my clubbing outfits. This was before I got into bjds so only used for human sized clothing but the detail was very good because I used finely woven material.

If you live close to a University, that could be an avenue of enquiry too, they might have a range of similar facilities.

 

Many people just search for fabrcis with designs on them that are small enough to fit on a cdoll chest and fussy cut the piece for the clothing so that the print is in the right plce on the garment. It's just a matter of searching for small enough patterns, or bigger prints with individual elements that are small enough to work.

If you want a print that follows the hem of the skirt, such as in your first link, then search for border print fabrics, or find fabrics with larger prints that run in wide stripes and fussy-cut the skirt pieces so the hem runds along one of those stripes. Sometiems, with narrower stripes, it's possible to cut out the stripe and apply it to the hem of a skirt or dress made in a matching or coordinating plain fabric. I tend to shop patchwork cottons because they often come in small prints that work for doll scale but the snmaller the doll, the harder it is to find small enough prints to work in that scale (or fine enough fabric, for that matter - there's a lot less choice if looking for tiny prints on thin/fine cotton lawn, for example).

Teddy

 

.... or you can just buy iron-on transfer paper for your printer (I know they exist for inkjet, not sure about laser printers?), make and print out your own design and iron it on your fabric. Maybe easier if you want to do single garments for your doll only.

 

It's also possible to print directly on fabric at home using a regular inkjet printer. I used this method to make a tiny, 1:3 scale bandana for my dolls.

Here is the tutorial I originally used:
How to Print on Fabric Using Freezer Paper: 15 Steps

It worked really well-- I used cotton batiste for my project and I actually skipped all the setting sprays and stuff in the last step and my print has held up fine. I think it would be more important to do a lot of intensive setting if you were printing fabrics for a human scale project that was going to be handled constantly; doll clothes just don't get the same type of friction and wear even if you play with your dolls regularly.

 

@thedarkeststar13
Thanks for the tip! But isn't there a risk of the ink bleeding into the doll? I'm kind of afraid to try.

 

If you're really worried put full set of underware under the garment and if there's any colour transfer, you'll see it on the underware before it gets near the resin.

Teddy

 

I have had no issue at all with any ink bleeding or rubbing off. I didn't do any of the extra setting steps in the tutorial I linked, but I did make sure to let the printed fabric dry overnight before handling it to sew it into my final piece, and that seems to have done the trick just fine. Of course if you're of a more cautious mind, you can always do the ink setting steps that I skipped over!

 

I'll try when I finish the projects I'm working on. Seems fun!