Fabric Technical Information

Organic Calico

Lightweight unbleached organic calico fabric

Our organic calico is a great value unbleached fabric that is ideal for a wide range of uses including craft, clothing, homeware, kitchenware and some soft furnishings.

The fabric features a plain calico weave and the fibres are unbleached providing a natural organic print base. As the fabric is unbleached it can contain some imperfections which can add character and depth to a print.

All our cotton fabrics have been pre-treated to offer excellent wash fastness and durability.

Organic Calico is supplied to us as an OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and GOTS certified organic fabric. 

Cotton – Poplin

A lightweight fabric with a smooth finish popular with shirt and dress makers.

Made from 100% cotton, our poplin is a soft, breathable fabric making it ideal for clothing with direct skin contact. The tight weave and smooth finish also provide an excellent printing surface making possible to achieve high resolution fabric prints.

Poplin has a wide range of uses but is particularly popular for making summer shirts, blouses and dresses. The tight weave makes it opaque and gives it excellent strength.

All our cotton fabrics have been pre-treated to offer excellent wash fastness and durability. Poplin is custom printed using digital fabric printers with eco-friendly water based pigment inks.

Poplin is supplied to us as an OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified fabric.

Stretch Lycra

High quality stretch lycra with a matt finish

Our stretch lycra is an exceptionally high quality fabric ideal for a wide range of clothing items including sportswear, swimwear and beachwear.

The fabric allows freedom of movement and offers excellent shape retention for the perfect fit. Our stretch lycra fabric has been manufactured to resist pilling. In addition, it is chlorine resistant and offers the wearer excellent UV protection.

The base colour of our stretch lycra is white with a matt finish. This fabric has a smooth print face which is perfect for dye sublimation printing. Colour reproduction is strong and prints long lasting.

Stretch Lycra is supplied to us as an OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified fabric. 

Sheep Wool Filling

Wool is an eco-friendly and sustainable filling product. By using wool filling for your craft and professional project you are not only helping the environment you are getting a filling that is extremely light, but offers a firm and stable feel, has excellent filling power and is also anti-allergy.

Poly-Cotton Blend

Poly-Cotton Blend is woven in Europe to a high standard though it may contain imperfections which are characteristic of this fabric. The polyester count is higher than typically found in polycotton fabrics to offer superior print quality. It’s has an incredibly soft hand and is breathable making it suitable for a wide range of applications.

The base colour of Poly-Cotton Blend is white and designs are printed using dye sublimation. This process creates vivid colour and offers excellent wash fastness.

100% Polyester

Our 100% Polyester fabric is a light-to-medium weight fabric it has a wide range of uses including lining, craft, clothing and soft furnishings.

The fabric has a diagonal weave and soft hand. It has an incredibly smooth finish that catches the light to give it a subtle sheen.

The base colour is white, and designs are printed using dye sublimation. This process of printing fabric gives the fabric excellent colour reproduction and wash fastness.

This fabric is supplied to us as an OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified fabric. A representative sample of this fabric has been tested and passed the requirements of EN71-3 (2013+A3:2018)

For more information about Certifications please read this post

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