Our organic optic calico is a lightweight organic cotton fabric. It is a versatile fabric suitable for a wide range of home, fashion and craft products. It is the perfect choice for customers seeking organic fabric printing.
The fabric features a plain weave and the fibres are bleached using organic dyes to provide a super print base.
All our cotton fabrics have been pre-treated to offer excellent wash fastness and durability.
| Standard | Information | Certificate |
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| 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.
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| Fat Quarter | £12.99 | - | |
| Linear Metres | 1m | £23.99 | - |
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| 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.
The main requirements when making backdrops from our fabric are related to fire safety.
The following are relevant standards for fire safety for backdrops:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| BS 5867-2:2008 | Fabrics for curtains, drapes and window blinds - Flammability requirements. Specification |
| EN 1102:2016 | Textiles and textile products - Burning behaviour - Curtains and drapes - Detailed procedure to determine the flame spread of vertically oriented specimens |
| EN 13772:2011 | Textiles and textile products - Burning behaviour - Curtains and drapes - Measurement of flame spread of vertically oriented specimens with large ignition source |
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, lining, 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.
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 your product is intended to come into contact with food, there are strict safety requirements set out in law.
The following are relevant standards for fire safety for beeswax wraps:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| EN 1186:2022 | Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs. Plastics |
| EU 1935:2021 | on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food |
It is imperative that you get your final product tested for food safety before retailing.
The safety of the product can depend not only on the base fabric, but also the choice of wax and the overall construction - it is not enough to just have the fabric tested.
There are no specific standards relating to bunting, but depending on their end use, you may consider treating them as vertical wall hangings, in which case they will need to meet the safety requirements for curtains, or toys, in which case they will need to meet the safety requirements for toys.
The main requirements when making curtains from our fabric are related to fire safety.
The following are relevant standards for fire safety for curtains:
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| BS 5867-2:2008 | Fabrics for curtains, drapes and window blinds - Flammability requirements. Specification |
| EN 13772:2011 | Textiles and textile products - Burning behaviour - Curtains and drapes - Measurement of flame spread of vertically oriented specimens with large ignition source |
| EN ISO 6941:2003 | Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens |
| IMO FTP Code 2010 Part 7 | Test for vertically supported textiles and films |
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, lining, 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.
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.
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:
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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