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Durham fabric-printing company a cut above competition

Durham fabric-printing company a cut above competition, News & Observer, Aug. 26, 2012. When Stephen Fraser and Gart Davis launched their startup Spoonflower four years ago, they had a simple mission: Harness the latest digital printing technologies to give crafters the ability to print custom patterns of fabric on demand. Using digital printing techniques, Fraser and Davis learned from NC State University and Cary-based textile research nonprofit [TC], Spoonflower today prints out more than 1,000 yards of fabric a day using water-based pigments. Blanton Godfrey, textiles, featured.