Hey guys it's Megan with BELLA+CANVAS in
this video we're gonna cover everything
you need to know about fabrics whether
you're brand new to the industry or if
you're an industry vet I'm sure you've
wondered what the difference is between
Heather CVC and tri-blend or what the
heck slub or poly viscose means today
we're gonna break it all down for you
let's start with the basics
the most common tea in the printable
market is 100% cotton a lot of other
brands out there use carton open-ended
cotton this is your cheaper or heavier
scratchier or price point t-shirt at
bella canvas we use only 100% cotton ring
spun cotton what this means is we take
the raw cotton and we comb out the
impurities and then it's ring spun to
create a long strand of yarn so that
when we knit our fabric its a tight weave
and it's the best surface to print on
this is our style 3000 one the singles
are like a thread count the higher the
single the finer the fabric in the
industry singles range for about 18 all
the way up to 40 your carded open-end
cheaper tees are going to be in that 18
to 20 single range our 100% combed and
ring spun cotton is a 30 single and it's
a 4.2 ounce so 3001 is your go to basic
hundred percent comb and ring spun tee
it's great for discharge printing and
direct garment printing we're going to
get into all the details with printing
tips for all the different types of
fabrications down the line to keep your
eyes open for that video to come another
super popular fabrication is Heather
CVC our Heather CvC is at 52% combed and
ring-spun cotton 48 percent polyester
blend it's a 30 single at 4.2 oz
Heather CVC basically means and it's a
poly-cotton blend and CVC stands for
cheif value cotton which is a fabric
term to indicate that there's a slightly
higher cotton content than polyester the
incredible market is trending towards
Heather CVC because that polyester blend
gives it that nice texture that nice
subtle dimension and the polyester
blended with the cotton gives it a
really nice soft hand so you have other
hundred percent cotton that's more of
your price point basic and then Heather
CVC is a step up when it comes to
pricing now we're going to take a look
at tri-blend tri blend is a unique blend of
cotton polyester and rayon so you have
the comfort of the cotton you have the
durability of the polyester and you have
the drape from the rayon rayon was
originally developed as a substitute for
silk that's what gives it it's super
soft hand with our tri-blend we have a
40 single and we're the only ones to do
a 40 single in the market I realize I'm
bias that we have the best tri-blend in
the industry similar to Heather CVC tri
ones also have that nice subtle texture
and the reason for this is that the
natural and the synthetic fiber
take the dye differently so that when it's
knit you have that really nice heather
look one thing that's unique about bella
canvas tri-blend is that we've also
engineered our dyeing process so that
the natural fibers and the synthetic
fibers will take the color in a way that
results in a solid tri-blend we're the
only ones in the industry to offer a
solid tri-blend so you get that same
great hand that silky drape but that
solid color that sells so well in the
industry
slub is more of a specialty fabrication
that you might not be as familiar with
slub is basically the leftover fibers
and it's a cotton poly rayon blend
that's knit in a way that gives it this
nice tonal texture so when you're
screen-printing you get that dimension
but it's tonal so that it's approachable
from a decoration standpoint people are
really into slub because it's something
you see prevalent at retail right now
and it's got that great vintage
look to it if you're familiar with Bella
canvas you're probably familiar with
flowy but you might not know what that
necessarily means the flowy collection
is made of our poly viscose fabric it's
65% polyester 35% viscose it's a 30
single and it's is 3.7 oz what's unique
about this it's got a really soft silky
and it's an elevated fabrication that
you would find at retail for women's
apparel
it also drapes away from the body so
it's slightly oversized so no matter
what shape or size you are you're gonna
find something in the flowy collection
that's right for you for the past seven
years flowy has only been available to
women but we recently added a poly
viscose unisex tee to our fast fashion
collection and that's awesome for those
sublimation printers out there because
it's perfect for that type
of printing last but not least we have our
marble fabrication marble is another one
of our signature textures that gives you
that great dimension but it's awesome
for graphic tees it's 91 percent
polyester nine percent combed and ring
spun cotton it's a 30 single and a 4
ounce so it's got a really nice soft tan
to it and again that great texture a lot
of other brands in the industry have
Heather CVC and tri blend options for
you but no one else does dimension like
this now you should all be fabric
experts but if you still have questions
leave them for us in the comment section
below it would have been too much to
cover printing tips and the difference
between all the fabrics so keep an eye
out for our new video that will cover
all of the different techniques for
these fabrics right here
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