Our Millie Jersey is a high quality four way stretch jersey made in the United Kingdom.
The fabric is white and printed using dye sublimation. It has four way stretch and excellent memory making it ideal for a wide range of fashion and clothing products.
Print reproduction is superb and the fabric will be wash fast.
| Standard | Information | Certificate |
|---|---|---|
| EN 71-3:2019 [1] | EN 71-3:2019.pdf |
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.
| Size | Quantity | Price | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swatch 3 for 2 | £2.99 | - | |
| Fat Quarter | £12.99 | - | |
| Linear Metres | 1m | £23.99 | - |
| 5 - 10m | £22.79 | 5.0% | |
| 10 - 40m | £22.19 | 7.5% | |
| 40m+ | £21.59 | 10.0% | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
It is important to note the relevant standards for particle filtering respirators:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN 149:2001+A1:2009 | Respiratory protective devices. Filtering half masks to protect against particles. Requirements, testing, marking |
You should make sure that your construction conforms with any relevant standards for the advertised use of masks made from our fabric.
It is most likely that masks created from our fabric will be decorative only, for example as neck warmers, snoods, gaiters and the like, and the efficacy is not warranted.
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.
All standards that apply to clothing apply to swimwear, but in particular you may wish to refer to the following standards:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN 14682:2014 | Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing - Specifications |
If making swimwear intended for children, pay particular attention to the requirements of EN 14682:2014 - Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing - Specifications.
You may also wish to assess the UV resistance and chlorine resistance of the fabric to ensure mechanical safety, performance and longevity.
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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