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.

Placement vs All-Over Print: Hijab Layout Guide for Buyers

Print layout decides where a pattern lands on the finished hijab — and a hijab is normally cut from printed yardage rather than printed piece by piece. Three layouts cover almost every order: all-over repeat, which prints continuously and lets motif position shift from piece to piece; border or directional, where motifs are tied to one edge or one orientation; and placement, also called engineered, where a defined graphic must sit at a fixed point on every piece. Agree the layout before the marker is written: repeat size, piece dimensions and the cut decide the result, not the artwork file on its own.

The Three Print Layouts a Hijab Can Carry

Layout	How it prints	What varies piece to piece	Main risk
All-over repeat (AOP)	Continuous repeat across the full width of the roll	Motif position shifts; the pattern is continuous but no two pieces are identical	A repeat that is too large can leave a partial motif across a hem
Border or directional	Motifs tied to one edge, or built around one direction	Position is fixed to the specified edge; direction must be respected at cutting	Which of the four hemmed edges carries the border must be stated
Placement (engineered)	A defined graphic printed at a fixed position within the piece	Nothing should vary — every piece is cut at the same point in the pattern	End-of-roll waste, and avoidable cost if the marker is not locked to the repeat

Why a Hijab Is Not a Printed T-Shirt

A printed T-shirt is usually cut from plain fabric and printed afterwards, one garment at a time. Most printed hijabs run the other way: the fabric is printed first, and the pieces are cut out of it. Layout is settled at the cutting table, not on the print machine.

There are no seams to align. A shirt gives the cutting room a second chance — a motif can be matched across a placket. A hijab is a single panel with four hemmed edges, so there is nothing to match against. If every piece must read the same folded on a shelf, that consistency has to come from the layout.

Both faces are seen. A hijab is folded and refolded through a day, so the reverse shows as often as the face. A print that sits only on the surface reads as one-sided the moment the piece is folded — one reason a knit hijab is better printed by penetration than by coating.

All four edges are cut. A border print is therefore not "somewhere near the edge". It sits at a stated distance from one named edge, and it has to survive the cut.

Repeat Size: The Number Missing From Most Specs

Repeat size is the measurement of one pattern tile, written as width × height in centimetres, and it is normally specified with the repeat type. It is the field buyers most often leave out of a print brief.

Straight match — every tile sits directly beside and below the previous one, producing clear horizontal and vertical alignment. Reliable for geometrics and stripes; can look mechanical with a large motif.
Half-drop — each successive row is offset by half the repeat width and half the repeat height, so a tile corner lands at the midpoint of the tile above. This breaks the grid and disguises the repeat line, which is why it is standard practice for organic and scattered motifs.

The number then has to be read against the piece. A standard hijab panel is around 180 × 70 cm, and larger wholesale sizes such as 200 × 75 cm and 220 × 80 cm are common. A repeat of 55 cm means the 70 cm width carries barely one full repeat, so a hem lands inside a motif rather than on a clean boundary. That is not automatically wrong, but it is a decision to approve on a printed piece rather than discover in the carton.

Direction belongs in the same conversation. A striped repeat looks correct while the piece lies flat; once it is wrapped and draped, "upright" no longer points the same way. State the reference state — flat piece or worn result — and whether rotation is permitted in cutting. Rotating a directional piece saves fabric, but it changes what the customer sees, so the permission belongs in the cutting instructions.

Placement Prints: Making Every Piece Identical

Engineered printing is the hardest layout to run and the easiest to under-specify, because it promises exact repetition across hundreds of pieces.

The mechanism: the marker must be locked to the repeat so every piece is cut at the same point in the pattern. In practice that means a marked layout, a first-off cut piece approved against the artwork, and a written rule for roll ends, where there is not enough printed length left for a full panel. That remainder is why placement printing costs more than all-over printing at the same ink coverage: the waste is structural, not poor management. Cutting systems built for non-repeating motif panels reduce it, but cannot remove the constraint.

The pre-shaped panel is the extreme case. Our carpet-print triangle jersey hijab is built on a pre-shaped triangular silhouette, with a carpet medallion and a palmette border that must sit inside that triangular cut. When the silhouette is pre-formed, layout and pattern piece become one decision.

What Actually Changes on the Invoice

End-of-roll waste. All-over printing consumes printed fabric almost to the end of the roll. Placement printing consumes full panels and leaves a remainder every time an order runs across a roll boundary.

Sampling depth. A strike-off proves colour and coverage, not placement: it is a flat print sample, not a cut and hemmed piece. For a border or placement design, a cut-piece sample belongs in the approval sequence alongside the fit sample.

Rejection risk. Print positioning is treated as a defect in commercial inspection, not as cosmetic variance: published inspection criteria for printed scarf production classify an offset beyond a few millimetres as a major defect. A vague layout brief is a claim waiting to happen.

Factory Perspective: Three Layout Questions That Arrive Unanswered

Which edge carries the border? "Border print" is not a complete instruction on a hijab: all four edges are hemmed, and each choice is a different product. We ask for the edge, the distance from the hem and the border width before the layout is drawn.

Does the motif read at the finished piece size? Scale is usually approved on a monitor or a small strike-off, and both flatter a design. On a 180 × 70 cm piece, a small repeat becomes texture rather than pattern and a large repeat becomes one dominant motif. We check the repeat on the piece itself, on the actual base fabric, before the layout is locked.

Is the direction requirement written down, and is rotation allowed? These are the two fields most often missing, and the two that decide how the marker can be nested.

The sequence we run is a strike-off for colour and scale, then a cut and finished piece for placement and hem interaction. On the carpet-print triangle programme that is a strike-off print and fit sample in 10 days, with bulk following the approved sample.

What Buyers Should Confirm Before Approving a Printed Layout

Layout type per design — all-over, border or placement — written per colourway, not assumed.

Repeat size as width × height, plus repeat type: straight match or half-drop.

The repeat read against the finished piece dimensions, not against a swatch or a screen.

For a border or placement graphic: the exact edge or position, the distance from the hem, and the graphic's own size.

The direction reference state — flat piece or worn result — and whether rotation is permitted.

The marker rule for placement layouts: every piece cut at the same point in the repeat.

How roll ends are handled, and which party carries the remainder.

A cut-piece sample approved before bulk, in addition to the strike-off.

A print offset tolerance in millimetres, written into the inspection criteria.

Whether the reverse must carry an identical print, and confirmation that the process delivers it on your base fabric.

Fabric consumption quoted against the actual layout, not a plain-fabric figure.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an all-over print and a placement print on a hijab? An all-over print repeats continuously across the whole piece, so motif position shifts slightly from piece to piece. A placement print puts a defined graphic at a fixed position, so every piece should be cut at the same point and should look identical.

What repeat size should I choose for a hijab? There is no universal number. Read the repeat against the panel: a 180 × 70 cm piece needs a repeat that repeats often enough to read as a pattern across the width, and stays small enough not to dominate. Approve the scale on a printed piece, on the actual base fabric.

Will every piece in an all-over printed order look identical? No, and that is normal for the layout. Motif position moves from piece to piece because the fabric is printed continuously. Colour and repeat are what should stay consistent, and those are the fields to verify on the sample and on each batch.

Does the layout affect the reverse of a knit hijab? Not directly. Whether the reverse carries an equivalent print depends on the print process rather than the layout, which is why it is worth specifying separately. Penetration printing drives ink into the knit loops so the pattern reads on both faces; surface-coated processes generally do not.

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