Cuddle towel is a super soft fabric with cotton loop backing. It can be used for a wide range of clothing and homeware products.
The fabric features smooth polyester print face with cotton loop backing. The combination makes for an incredibly soft and breathable fabric.
The fabric is printed using dye sublimation. This is ideal for creating bright, vivid prints that are long lasting and was fast. Detail reproduction on the cuddle towel is exceptional.
Representative samples have been independently tested against commercial standards by a UKAS accredited lab. Learn more Please note care instructions are provided for guidance only and recommend testing to ensure the fabric is suitable for your intended use.
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If making clothes intended for babies, you should make sure you make them safely.
There are a number of standards that determine how to safely make clothes intended for babies:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN 13402:2002 | Size designation of clothes |
| EN 14682:2014 | Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing - Specifications |
| EN 14878:2007 | Textiles - Burning behaviour of children's nightwear - Specification |
| EN 17394-1:2021 | Textiles and textile products - Part 1: Safety of children's clothing - Security of attachment of attached components to infants' clothing - Specification |
| EN 17394-2:2020 | Textiles and textile products - Part 2: Safety of children's clothing - Security of attachment of buttons - Test method |
| EN 17394-3:2021 | Textiles and textile products - Part 3: Safety of children's clothing - Security of attachment of metal mechanically applied press fasteners - Test method |
| EN 17394-4:2021 | Textiles and textile products - Part 4: Safety of children's clothing - Security of attachment of components except buttons and metal mechanically applied press fasteners - Test method |
If placing your products for sale, you should make sure your product at least meets these specifications.
The topic of clothes for children and babies is complex, and it is not possible to cover all potential hazards - you should carry out your own assessment when making your product to make sure it is safe for your intended use.
Relevant Standards
Your clothes should be labelled correctly for the intended size - failure to do do can result in poor fitting clothing, being either overly restrictive or inappropriately loose.
Depending on the item of clothing, you should measure and label the pieces correctly so that they will fit correctly.
There is a good factsheet available here.
Relevant standards:
Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing can present a significant safety hazard. Clothes with cords or drawstrings present an entrapment risk in play equipment or moving vehicles, resulting in severe injury or death.
You must make sure that your use of cords and drawstrings on childrens clothing is appropriate, and does not present an entrapment risk, for example, loops of cord which may strangulate a child, or long dangling elements that may get caught in play equipment or moving vehicles.
Garments intended for young children shall not be designed, manufactured, or supplied with drawstrings or functional cords in the head, neck or upper chest area. In addition, decorative cords shall not be permitted anywhere on the hood or at the back of the neck.
Knots or three dimensional embellishments are not permitted at the free ends or along the length of free ends of cords.
Toggles should only be used on drawstrings with no free ends, or decorative cords.
Drawstrings should be attached to the garment in at least one place, in the middle (for example, using a bar tack).
e.g. Hoodies, tops, hats, coats
Drawstrings shall not have free ends.
No protruding loop when the garment is open to its largest maximum protruding loop circumference shall be 15 cm when garment is at it's smallest opening position.
Toggles, if used for adjustment of drawstrings, shall be fixed to the garment.
Functional cords shall not be more than 7.5 cm in length.
Functional cords shall not be made from elastic cords.
Shoulder straps shall not have free ends external to the garment when worn. Decorative cords attached to a shoulder strap shall not have free ends longer than 7.5 cm and fixed loops shall be no more than 7.5 cm in circumference.
Acceptable mechanism to affix and adjust length of a shoulder strap:
Halter neck-style garments shall be constructed with no free ends in the neck and throat.
e.g. Trousers, shorts, shirts, briefs and bikini bottoms
For clothing intended for the waist and lower, garments shall not have free ends of drawstrings longer than 20 cm at each end when the garment is in a relaxed natural state. Garments shall not have functional cords longer than 20 cm, or decorative cords longer than 14cm.
Garment shall not have free ends of drawstrings longer than 14 cm at each end when the garment is open to its largest and laid flat.
Garment shall not have protruding loops on drawstrings with no free ends when the garment is open to its largest and laid flat. Where toggles are used for adjustment of drawstrings with no free ends, the toggles shall be fixed to the garment.
Garment shall not have functional cords longer than 14 cm.
For young children: length shall not be more than 36 cm, when measured from the point where they are to be tied and shall not hang below the hem of the garment, when untied.
For older children and young persons: length shall not be more than 36 cm, when measured from the point where they are to be tied.
Length shall not be more than 36 cm, when measured from the point where they are to be tied.
Fringes are considered as a series of decorative cords.
Drawstrings, functional cords or decorative cords including any toggle shall not hang below the lower edge of the garment.
Drawstrings, functional cords or decorative cords at the lower edges of garments shall lie flat against the garment, when the garment is tightened or fastened.
Children's garments shall not have drawstrings or functional cords that emerge from the back of the garment or to be tied at the back.
Decorative cords shall not be more than 7.5 cm in length and shall have no knot, toggle or three-dimensional embellishment.
Drawstrings, functional cords and decorative cords:
Drawstrings, functional cords and decorative cords are permissible on short sleeves provided the sleeve finishes above the elbow. The maximum protruding length permitted (measured when the sleeve is open to its largest and laid flat).
For young children: 7.5 cm
For older children and young persons: 14 cm
Relevant Standards:
If you are using this material to make nightwear for children, you must make sure it complies with the EN 14878:2007 specifications and UK Nightwear safety regulations 1985.
The EN 14878:2007 specifications require that your manufactured garment comply with the following standards:
| Class | Application | Parameters | Minimum Requirements |
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| A | Children's Nightwear (not pyjamas) | Surface Flash | No Surface Flash |
| Time of Flame Spread | 3rd marker thread (520mm) not severed in less than 15 seconds. | ||
| B | Children's Pyjamas | Surface Flash | No Surface Flash |
| Time of Flame Spread | 3rd marker thread (520mm) not severed in less than 10 seconds. | ||
| C | Babie's Nightwear (under 6mo) | Not tested | Not tested |
You can find a worked example of a non-compliant product from the UK government here.
There are many more examples of non-compliant products on the EC safety gate.
The main requirements when making bedding from our fabric are related to fire safety.
The following are relevant standards for fire safety for bedding:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| BS 1877-8:1974 | Domestic bedding - Pillows and bolsters for domestic use (excluding cellular rubber pillows and bolsters) |
| BS 5815-3:2021 | Sheets, sheeting, pillowslips, towels, napkins, counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers suitable for use in the public sector - Specification for counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers including flammability performance |
| BS 7175:1989 | Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources |
| EN 14533:2015 | Textiles and textile products - Burning behaviour of bedding items - Classification scheme |
| EN ISO 12952-1:2010 | Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items - Part 1: Ignition source: smouldering cigarette |
| EN ISO 12952-2:2010 | Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items - Part 2: Ignition source: match-flame equivalent |
The exact requirements depend on the end use and where the product is going to be used.
There are few specific requirements for consumer use, however, if the product will end up in a public place, generally the requirements are stricter.
You must make sure your fabric of choice meets the necessary fire safety requirements.
Note that construction of the final piece can change the fire safety characteristics, including the choice of thread, accessories, stuffing, etc.
If your intend to retail your products, it is highly recommended to get the final products tested for fire safety before marketing them for sale.
If you're making blankets using our fabric, then you need to make it safely.
The primary concern is fire resistance. There are many standards that apply to blankets:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN ISO 6941:2003 | Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens |
| EN ISO 12952-1:2010 | Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items - Part 1: Ignition source: smouldering cigarette |
| EN ISO 12952-2:2010 | Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items - Part 2: Ignition source: match-flame equivalent |
And please note this list is not exhaustive - every country has its own regulations and some may be stricter or more relaxed than shown here.
Also, the requirements largely depend on where your item will be used. Furnishings destined for home use have much more relaxed requirements than those intended for use in a school or hospital, for example.
You should make sure that this fabric meets your specific requirements for fire safety when making your end product, whether it is for sale or not.
You can use our FR standards as a guideline, but it is important that you understand the different standards and to which situations they are applicable.
If in doubt, contact FIRA for advice in the UK about fire safety for furniture.
The main requirements when making garments from our fabric are related to labelling
The following are relevant standards for garments:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN 13402:2002 | Size designation of clothes |
| EN 14682:2014 | Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing - Specifications |
You must make sure you construct your garments safely, but otherwise, the only strict requirements are about labelling, which only apply if you're looking to market your creations for sale.
The main concerns when making kitchenware is heat safety for the end user.
If you're making oven gloves or trivets, then you need to make sure it is safe to use and isn't going to burn the user.
When making kitchenware from our fabric, you need to be aware of the following standards.
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EU 2016/425:2016 | EU Regulation on personal protective equipment |
| ISO 21420:2020 | Protective gloves — General requirements and test methods |
You should use a good heat proof lining for the inner that adheres to the
If the items you're making are likely to come into contact with food, then you need to make sure that they adhere to the regulations on food safety.
The relevant regulations are:
If you're making soft furnishings using our fabric, then you need to make it safely.
The primary concern is fire resistance. There are many standards that apply to soft furnishings:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| BS 5815-3:2021 | Sheets, sheeting, pillowslips, towels, napkins, counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers suitable for use in the public sector - Specification for counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers including flammability performance |
| BS 7175:1989 | Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources |
| EN ISO 12952-1:2010 | Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items - Part 1: Ignition source: smouldering cigarette |
| EN ISO 12952-2:2010 | Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items - Part 2: Ignition source: match-flame equivalent |
And please note this list is not exhaustive - every country has its own regulations and some may be stricter or more relaxed than shown here.
Also, the requirements largely depend on where your item will be used. Furnishings destined for home use have much more relaxed requirements than those intended for use in a school or hospital, for example.
You should make sure that this fabric meets your specific requirements for fire safety when making your end product, whether it is for sale or not.
You can use our FR standards as a guideline, but it is important that you understand the different standards and to which situations they are applicable.
If in doubt, contact FIRA for advice in the UK about fire safety for furniture.
If you're making toys for home use or for sale, it's extremely important that the items you make are safe.
There are many concerns when it comes to toys, including mechanical safety, protection from ingestion, labelling, and more.
The following standards may apply:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 | Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties |
| EN 71-2:2020 | Safety of toys - Part 2: Flammability |
| EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 | Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements |
| EN 71-6:1994 | Safety of toys - Part 6: Graphical symbol for age warning labelling |
| EN 71-8:2018 | Safety of toys - Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use |
The breadth of the safety requirements is too much for this short guide, you should do some research to make sure your product meets the numerous safety requirements before placing it into the hands of a child.
In the UK, the website CE Marking Handmade Toys can help you to determine the safety of your items before use.
We have many of our fabrics tested to EN 71-3 standards that ensures the product will not migrate certain harmful elements if a child should end up ingesting a part of the toy.
It's worth noting, however, that when combined with other materials this may change the properties of the fabric, or they may change with the forseeable usage or washing of your items, so you should always do your own risk assessments.
Please note this information is inteded for guidance only. You should check appropriate standards yourself to make sure your product conforms to all the necessary safety standards for your particular use case.
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