What is your minimum order per colour?

It depends on the base fabric and whether the shade is from our stock range or a custom lab dip. Stock shades start considerably lower than custom ones. Send the fabric and shade you have in mind and we will quote the exact minimum rather than a marketing number.

Can you match a colour I already sell?

Yes. Send a physical swatch, a hex value, or a colour reference from your existing supplier. We produce three lab dips against it and you approve the closest one on real fabric before bulk dyeing starts.

What does GSM actually change?

GSM is grams per square metre — the fabric's weight. Lower weights are lighter and more sheer with a fluid fall; higher weights are more opaque, warmer and hold their shape. Every base fabric in our range runs across a band rather than a single fixed weight, so you choose where in that band your product sits.

How long does production take?

Around 15 days from approved sample to finished goods for a standard order. Full sampling takes around 10 days and lab dips happen before that clock starts. If your deadline is tighter, tell us the date up front — we would rather say no than miss it.

What volume can you handle?

Our capacity is about 500,000 pieces per month, so repeat programmes and seasonal peaks do not push your next order down the queue. Small first orders are welcome too — capacity is there for when you scale.

Which countries do you ship to?

We currently export to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. If your market is not on that list, ask — it usually just means we have not shipped there yet, not that we cannot.

Do you supply roll goods or finished hijabs?

Both. We can ship fabric by the roll for your own cutting and sewing, or deliver finished pieces cut, hemmed, labelled and retail-packed under your brand.

Can you produce our labels and packaging?

Yes — woven labels, care labels, hang tags, thank-you cards, retail sleeves and rigid gift boxes are all finished in-house. Upload your logo in the customization studio to see it placed on each one.

Which certifications can you provide?

The mill holds OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and BSCI. Certification availability for a specific order still depends on the fabric and dye route, so tell us which standard your market requires and we will confirm in writing what we can supply for that order.

Printed Hijab Fabric: Digital vs Screen Printing for Buyers

Printing a hijab is not the same job as printing a silk scarf. Hijabs are sold as stretch knit — jersey, modal, bamboo — worn against the skin, washed often and stretched every time they are put on, so a print has to survive a different working life than a woven scarf. Buyers sourcing printed hijabs usually arrive with a design and one question: digital or screen printing? The honest answer depends on your design, your quantity and your fabric — and on whether the mill's print process actually suits a stretch knit, because that is where printed hijab programmes most often fail. Here is how to decide, from a mill that prints both jersey and modal.

Why Knit Hijab Printing Is Its Own Problem

A woven silk scarf holds still. A knit hijab does not.

Stretch changes everything about a print. When a jersey or modal hijab is pulled over the head or wrapped, the fabric extends and recovers thousands of times over its life. A print that sits on the surface of the fabric — as some pigment and coating processes do — is being asked to flex with every one of those movements. A print that penetrates into the fibre moves with the fabric instead. The distinction matters more for hijabs than for almost any other printed accessory, because the product is worn directly against skin and laundered frequently.

Hijab printing therefore puts three requirements on any print process: the print must stretch with the knit, the colours must hold up to rubbing, perspiration and repeated washing, and the pattern must stay in proportion from sample to bulk production after the fabric is pre-shrunk and cut.

Digital vs Screen Printing: The Honest Comparison

Neither method wins outright. They trade off against each other on setup cost, colour capability, quantity and sampling speed.

Dimension	Digital printing	Screen printing
Setup and minimums	No screens to make, so low minimums and no per-colour setup cost	A screen per colour; setup cost and higher minimums
Colour range	Full colour, gradients and photographic detail without a colour limit	One screen per colour; gradients difficult, colour count limited
Cost curve	Flat per-metre cost; relatively expensive at high volumes	High unit cost at low volumes, falls sharply as volume grows
Sampling	Fast — often a single piece can be printed for approval	Slower and costlier; screens must be prepared before sampling
Detail and repeat	Fine detail and seamless repeat prints	Bold, solid graphics with a tactile, heavier hand
Best fit	Complex artwork, photographic prints, many colours, small batches, fast collections	High volumes, few colours, classic graphics, a specific texture requirement

The decision rule most buyers end up with: choose digital for complexity and speed to market, choose screen for simple artwork at volume. If your design is a photographic floral in twelve colours, screen printing is not a cost problem — it is a feasibility problem. If your design is two-colour geometric and your run is large, screen printing will usually beat digital on unit cost.

Matching the Print Method to Your Fabric

The method also has to fit the fibre.

Cellulosic knits — cotton, bamboo and modal jersey — take reactive and pigment printing well, with reactive giving the softer hand and better fastness. This is the mainstream route for printed modal hijabs, and it is the process behind most printed hijab collections in the market today.

High-polyester fabrics, such as liquid jersey, are a different story. They are not well suited to reactive dye or pigment printing; digital sublimation can work on high-polyester liquid jersey, but the visual result is different from sublimation on woven fabric.

Print process compatibility must be confirmed against the specific fabric before artwork is finalised. This is the single most common gap in printed hijab sourcing: a design approved against a reference sample printed on a different base, then produced on a fabric whose surface, weight or fibre takes the ink differently. Our own product pages state the print method per base for exactly this reason — the current print range uses penetration digital printing, where ink is driven into the fibre rather than coated on top.

What Your Mill Needs From You: Design Files That Print Properly

Most print problems start as file problems. A production-ready hijab print file is not the same as a nice-looking image.

Vector artwork, or raster at 300 dpi or higher at final print size.
The repeat or tile specification, if the design is a seamless pattern — the mill needs to know how the design loops.
The pattern scale relative to the finished piece: how large the motif should appear on a 180 × 70 cm hijab, not just on a screen. Scale that looks right on a monitor is often wrong on a finished scarf.
Colour references as physical standards or Pantone numbers. Screen colour is not a colour reference, and no mill can match a phone screen.
Layout margins that respect the cut: patterns that run into where a hem will be folded can lose their edges after cutting.
Confirmation that the artwork is original or licensed for production. Copyright responsibility sits with the brand, and mills increasingly ask for that confirmation in writing.

Colour Fastness and Care: What to Ask For

For a hijab, colour fastness is not an abstract quality metric — it is the difference between a product that survives daily wear and one that fades onto skin or a light-coloured under-cap.

Ask which tests apply to your print and request the reports: colour fastness to rubbing (dry and wet), to perspiration, and to washing. Perspiration matters specifically for hijabs because the fabric sits against the hairline and neck. If a supplier cannot produce a test report for the fabric-and-print combination you are ordering, treat the claim as unverified, and keep your own marketing wording to what the documentation supports — the same discipline the new EU rules on environmental claims require of brands more broadly.

Care instructions belong in the same conversation. A printed knit hijab that is washed hot and tumble-dried will not keep its proportions, whatever the print method. Specify the care label to match how the product should be treated, and have the mill confirm the wash-test result for the finished piece, not just the greige fabric.

Factory Perspective: Three Gates Where Printed Hijab Orders Fail

On the production floor, printed hijab orders fail at three predictable points.

The first gate is process-to-fabric fit. A print process chosen because it looked good on a reference scarf from another supplier, applied to a different knit, can crack, fade or sit on the surface. Re-checking compatibility before artwork is locked costs nothing; discovering it after bulk printing costs the whole batch.

The second gate is pattern scale and cut. A print that passes as a sample can still go wrong once the panels are cut to finished size, because the motif no longer sits where the approved sample showed it. Confirm the layout against the actual cut dimensions, not a flat swatch.

The third gate is batch consistency. Digital printing is not automatically zero-variance between runs. Stable repeat files, controlled pre-shrink and retained batch standards are what keep the second order matching the first — the same reorder discipline that applies to dyed fabric applies to prints.

What Buyers Should Confirm Before Ordering Printed Hijabs

The print process and its compatibility with your exact fabric, confirmed in writing before artwork is finalised.

The method decision with numbers: your artwork's colour count and detail against your order quantity, including any screen setup cost.

Sampling route and cost — a digital strike-off versus a screen-printed sample — and what each one proves about the final product.

Pattern scale and layout against the finished dimensions, with cut margins marked.

Colour fastness test reports for rubbing (dry and wet), perspiration and washing, on the fabric-and-print combination you are ordering.

Repeat and file specifications in the mill's format, so bulk printing reproduces the approved sample.

How reorders are matched: retained print standards, repeat files and batch references.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is digital printing durable enough for hijabs? On cellulosic knits, reactive digital printing gives good fastness and a soft hand, but durability depends on the fabric-and-process combination. Ask for colour fastness reports for rubbing, perspiration and washing on your specific combination rather than relying on the method's reputation.

What is the minimum order for custom printed hijabs? Digital printing has no screen setup, so minimums are generally much lower than for screen printing — small-boutique runs are common. The exact minimum depends on the fabric and the design, so confirm it against your artwork.

Can I print photographic or gradient designs on hijab fabric? Yes, with digital printing — photographic detail, gradients and high colour counts are exactly where digital beats screen. Screen printing needs one screen per colour and struggles with smooth gradients.

When is screen printing the better choice for hijabs? When the artwork uses few colours and the volume is high. Screen printing's setup cost is fixed, so unit cost falls sharply with quantity, and bold solid graphics carry a distinctive hand that some collections want.

Will the print fade or distort after washing? A print that penetrates the fibre, on pre-shrunk fabric, with a care label that matches the recommended wash, holds up well. Insist on wash-test results for the finished piece and specify care instructions that match how the product should be treated.

What file format should I send for a custom hijab print? Vector artwork is ideal; otherwise 300 dpi or higher at final size. Include the repeat specification for seamless patterns, the intended motif scale on the finished hijab, and Pantone or physical colour references.

References

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