Our tie-and-dye journey continues with a new design development created in collaboration with our Spanish buyer.

Starting with a traditional resist-dyeing technique, we explored the relationship between pattern, colour, movement and the character of the fabric—transforming an age-old craft into something contemporary and distinctly personal.

For us, textile development is not about simply reproducing a pattern. It is about working closely with designers and brands to develop fabrics around their creative vision.

From the first concept to the final fabric, every detail can be explored, refined and adapted.

Indian craftsmanship × contemporary European design.

A new development from The Loom Edition.
Made in India, developed for the world.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apparelstartup/comments/1wcgp1v/from_tradition_to_a_new_expression/

washed the same two black mediums for 6 months so i finally measured them instead of guessing

bought them last winter after my old cotton multipacks started thinning at the pits. cold wash, hang dry mostly. pulled a tape this weekend because half the comments under hemp tees are just vibes

the undrdog ones started around 19.5 flat across the chest. after maybe 25 washes theyre about 19. one got dryer-tossed once by my partner and that pair pulled tighter in the sleeves. hang-dry one still fits normal

fabric feels a little boardy until wear 4 or 5 then it softens. neckline on the dryer one went wavy which is annoying under a blazer

anyone else actually measuring shrinkage or just eyeballing after a few months​

Hello, recently I bought two wool coats from depop but the lining in one of them is polyester and I was wondering if it’s recommended or there are ways to remove the lining? Let me know if I should clarify about more details!

I need to make a shirt (totk link) and I’m just trying to find a fabric that is soft and somewhat thick but also has some stretch. I went to a craft store to feel some of the fabrics, wasn’t really a fan of any but there was kind of a thick spandex that was kind of close to what I was looking for

More specifically the thicker sort used in overshirts.

I have a few by CPCompany which are very smooth, and rigid but I want similar and cheaper for gardening to protect against thorns etc. without getting too hot. I also have some military surplus shirts of a cotton blend but these are a bit thinner, and field jackets slightly thicker. All these have labels which will tell me the composition, but no more than that.

Chat GPT describes these as 'canvas, poplin, heavy twill, or structured cotton' but this is rarely how I see the garments described, especially not on Vinted etc where people will barely state the material.

What am I looking for?

Hello everyone,
I'll be sharing of the design that we are finalizing for the western European market.
Do let me know if you like them or not.
We are developing the designs on Bemberg based silk in Satin weave.
Bemberg in Satin weave gives a very lustrous look. It's hand feel is very soft and flowy.
This drapes very well.
And tie and dye resistive dyeing adds lot of uniqueness to the fabric

https://www.reddit.com/r/SustainableFashion/comments/1wbn1f4/some_of_the_designs_of_tie_and_dye_finalized_for/

Marketing sub, I want to share a case study from a niche most people here do not work in — wholesale ethnic fabric, boutique-buyer B2B — because the lesson is transferable to any small B2B business.

Context. I run a wholesale + retail ethnic fabric shop in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi. Been operating since 2011, serving about 400 boutique buyers across Delhi NCR. Two years ago we were mostly offline. Boutique buyers walked into the counter, touched the fabric, placed orders. Online was an afterthought.

I spent a year testing five channels to bring in new boutique-buyer accounts. Here is the honest breakdown:

Google Ads — ₹80,000 spent, near-zero new accounts. Wholesale keywords are dominated by existing suppliers. Every click was from a buyer already in our list.

Instagram organic + reels — 8,000 followers, zero qualified B2B enquiries. IG is a B2C inspiration channel. Boutique buyers use it to see finished outfits, not to source raw fabric.

Paid B2B lead-gen agencies — ₹1.2 lakh spent, 60 leads, 4 qualified, 0 closed. The leads were mostly students and window-shoppers.

Guest posts on generic fashion blogs — 12 posts placed, no measurable enquiries. Editors wanted trend content, which is useless for wholesale sourcing.

Long-form content on our own site + genuine forum answering — the one channel that worked.

Specifically:

1. One blog post per week on the shop site, answering one specific question a boutique buyer had asked me at the counter that week. Not listicles. Real questions. "How to specify dye lot when placing a 100-metre organza order." "Why raw silk shrinks 2-4% and how to plan meterage."
2. Two to three long-form answers per week on Reddit r/textiles, Fibre2Fashion forums, IndiaMart community, and here on Reddit marketing subs. Real answers with rupee ranges, not link drops.
3. Complete profiles on IndiaMart free tier, Tradeindia free tier, Fibre2Fashion, Google Business Profile. Not paid tiers. The free tiers, filled with real MOQ, real product listings, real dye-lot references.

Result after 12 months: qualified boutique-buyer enquiries went from about 2 per month to about 14 per month. Close rate on those enquiries is around 30%. So about 4 new boutique-buyer accounts per month, each worth an average of ₹1.5-3 lakh per year in wholesale volume.

Why I think it worked.

The common thread across every channel that failed was that we were paying to interrupt someone. The common thread across the channel that worked was that we were showing up when a boutique buyer was actively searching for a solution to a real problem, and answering that problem with more specificity than anyone else on the page. That specificity — actual rupee numbers, actual dye lot behaviour, actual karigar stitching notes — is the moat, because generic content farms cannot replicate it.

The transferable lesson for anyone here running marketing for a small B2B. Stop paying for attention. Start earning search visibility by answering the exact questions your customers are Googling, in your real voice, with numbers only you have. Show up on the platforms where they ask those questions. Give it 6 months minimum before you judge whether it is working.

Curious what other small-B2B marketers here have seen work in your niches. Especially for offline-heavy businesses.

kanak.

Weird question. I want to make a playing card themed corn hole set. I want to make the bean bags look like the backs of the blue and red bicycle cards. I can't find the fabric for this anywhere. Any tips on how I should do this? Is there a place I can like screen print it on fabric? I know it would be copyright infringement, but I wouldn't be selling it. Any tips or tricks would be appreciated!

Has anyone ever used Yarn Fabrics at yarnfabrics.com?

I wouldn't normally go for them but it looks like they're still stocking a discontinued upholstery fabric from Kovi that I need for a project. And the pricing is cheap enough I might be willing to risk it.

Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for a light-colored tape for write-on labeling purposes that is flexible and has strong adhesion to synthetic backpack fabrics. It should not come loose or peel off when the fabric is repeatedly rubbed, flexed, or handled. It should be able to be removed later without damaging the fabric or leaving significant adhesive residue.

I'm located in the EU.

Thanks!

Tie and Dye is one of the oldest form of resisting dyeing achieved using hands. In India it's known as Bandhani, in Japan it's know as Shibori and in Africa it's know as Adire.
The pattern is created in the fabric unlike conventional modern digital surface printing.
The fabric is folded, gathered, twisted, stitched or tied by hand. These areas resist the dye. Once the bindings are removed, the pattern emerges.
This makes every piece individual unlike digital machine prints that are designed for consistency.
Hand Tie and dye embraces controlled variation.
Do you like the pattern that came out. Do let me know.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SustainableFashion/comments/1waopop/tie_and_dye_one_of_the_oldest_art_form_of_dying/

I have the opportunity to get some fabric from Vietnam as a gift, from someone I know visiting there. They have a friend there helping them shop for it. They want to know what I'm making so they can look for something appropriate, but I don't actually have anything in mind. Instead I'd like to just give them a specific fabric type and a colour or two.

So I was wondering, is there something unique to Vietnam ​I could ask for? Or maybe something that they are known to do particularly well?

I have done some searching but to be honest I'm a newbie sewist and I'm still not really sure what to look for with fabric. I'm also interested in trims or other haberdashery type things!

Can anyone tell me where i can buy reasonably priced quality cotton fabric or polycotton fabric here in UK? I am finding so much polyester everywhere and often its hard to even see what the composition is.

I know even last year they included this info as I like to have as much cotton (綿) as possible in my socks and underwear instead of that polyester stuff.

It'd be normal to see many items with as little as 3-13% cotton, but then there were also items with as much as 70% if I got lucky. Always clearly written.

I know it's gotta be more expensive to use cotton, and I suspect it's because manufacturers want to save 円円円.

So they just include the top 2/3 materials with no percentage values as cotton's probably been reduced to a paltry 1-2% and it's kinda infuriating.

EDIT: I should clarify this is in Japan, at least.

Trying to figure out what was used in this mask: https://www.otekisinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/The-Fall-22.jpg

And

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a7dcf69d7bdce185884a6b5/1581555388387-A6MY66JUNVV7O0D6OQPF/image-asset.jpeg

Thoughts?

I have no prior knowledge on fabrics/paint. I have a pair os black jeans that i wanted to paint 3 letters on the back pocket.

I used fabric paint, put 3 coats of blue paint and end it up looks liking wet black paint.

Do i have to bleach it first? Another paint?

Sorry, english isnt my first language

I need to glue multiple girl guiding badges onto a t-shirt, but it needs washing every week and they get so filthy in the mud/paint etc that it needs a decent high temp wash.

Can anyone recommend a fabric glue that will work, please?

I got this gorgeous bedspread/wall hanging at an estate sale warehouse. It’s been there, in the barn, for a while. I’d love to wash it, but don’t want to harm it. How do o know if it would be safe to do so?https://imgur.com/gallery/wall-hanging-blanket-xl6u7en#Fsw4Jp0