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Pima Lawn 85gsm New

Pima Lawn 85gsm

New Pima Lawn 85gsm

Premium lightweight fabric woven with Pima fibres.

Our Pima Lawn is woven from long-staple Pima cotton fibres, giving the fabric an exceptionally soft, smooth and premium handle. The longer fibres also provide greater strength and durability than standard cotton.

Lightweight and comfortable against the skin, Pima Lawn is ideal for garments such as dresses, blouses, shirts and linings. Its long fibres also help the fabric retain its shape and appearance over time.

The fabric is printed using eco-friendly, water-based pigment inks carrying OEKO-TEX Eco Passport and GOTS certification. It is also pre-treated to enhance print quality and improve wash fastness.

Specification

Type
Woven
Ink
Pigment
Weight
85gsm
Width
140cm
Composition
100% Cotton
Properties
Breathable
Origin
Woven in India, finished and printed in the United Kingdom.
Certification
OEKO-TEX Eco Passport Certified Ink (NEP 1612) info ECOCERT Certified Ink info
Care
Wash on a delicate machine cycle at 40 °C / 105F. Delicate tumble cycle on a medium heat. Iron on a low heat not using steam, ironing print side down for best results. Do not bleach. Do not dry clean. Do not wring. Care Instructions

Standards

Standard Information Certificate
Toys: EN71:3: Migration of certain elements
EN 71-3:2019 [1]

Pass

 EN 71-3:2019.pdf
[1] Expired standards - this standard has been withdrawn and is potentially replaced by a newer standard.

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.

Prices

Size Quantity Price Saving
Swatch 3 for 2 £2.99 -
Fat Quarter 3 for 2 £15.99 -
Linear Metres 1m £29.99 -
5 - 10m £28.49 5.0%
10 - 40m £27.74 7.5%
40m+ £26.99 10.0%
  • No setup charges
  • Prices inclusive of VAT (where applicable)
  • Swatches and fat quarters are not eligible for bulk discounts.
  • Bulk discounts are based on the cumulative total per fabric. For example, you can order 10m with 10 designs, or 10m of the same design. The bulk discount is automatically applied during checkout.

Alternative Fabrics

Usage and Safety Instructions

Bedding

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
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
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
EN 14533:2015 Textiles and textile products - Burning behaviour of bedding items - Classification scheme
BS 7175:1989 Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources

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.

Blankets

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 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
EN ISO 6941:2003 Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens

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.

Children's Clothing

If making children's clothing, you should make sure you make them safely.

There are a number of standards that determine how to safely make children's clothing:

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
More Details

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.

Size designation of clothes

Relevant Standards

  • EN 13402:2002 - Size designation of clothes

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.

Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing

Relevant standards:

  • EN 14682:2014 - Safety of children's clothing - Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing - Specifications

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.

General

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).

Upper Body

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:

  • Permanently fixed to front and back,
  • Using buttons, press fasteners, provided the free end is inside the garment,
  • Use of a clip or fastening of two cords, provided these do not result in free ends of cords when garment is worn,
  • Ring and slider mechanism, provided the loop shall lie flat to the body when worn.

Halter neck-style garments shall be constructed with no free ends in the neck and throat.

Waist and lower

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.

Shirts, coats, dresses, dungarees

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.

Tied belts or sashes (tied at the back)

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.

Tied belts or sashes (tied at the front or side)

Length shall not be more than 36 cm, when measured from the point where they are to be tied.

Lower edge of garments which hang below the crotch

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.

Back area

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.

Long Sleeves

Drawstrings, functional cords and decorative cords:

  • at the lower edge of long sleeves shall not be outside the garment,
  • positioned below the elbow on long sleeves, shall not hang below the lower edge and free ends shall be no longer than 7.5 cm.

Short sleeves

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

Nightwear - fire safety

Relevant Standards:

  • EN 14878:2007
  • UK nightwear safety regulations 1985

There are both performance and labelling requirements.

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.

Some requirements of the UK nightwear safety regulations 1985 are more onerous than EN 14878:2007, and vice versa, so you need to make sure your product meets the requirements of both.

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 Babies' Nightwear (under 6mo) Not tested Not tested

You can find a summary sheet from Bolton Consultancy here.

Components - buttons, toggles and other attachments

Attachment of components is a complext topic. In general, you should make sure any attachments to children's clothing is secure and not going to pose a choking risk, or otherwise compromise the clothing.

Relevant standards:

  • 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

You should make sure you follow the instructions given with the component for its secure attachement, and judge yourself whether it's safe for use.

Examples

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.

Garments

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.

Disclaimer

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.