Digital Printing on Solange Silky Jersey

Custom Solange silky jersey has a beautiful flowing drape which makes it perfect for garments with an exquisite, feminine style. A fine rib detail to the silky jersey fabric face gives a truly premium look and feel. At 6.34oz, this mid-weight textile has good stretch on the weft making it ideal for garments such as elegant dresses, which cling to the hips and cascade gracefully to the floor.

Surface textures

Solange Silky Jersey has a soft, bouncy texture which smoothly glides through your fingers. With a flowing drape, the silk jersey material is perfect for making elegant, sweeping garments. A pleasure to wear, and a very tactile fabric.

Print detail

Silky jersey fabric, printed with your personal design or artwork is great for any number of uses. Rich colors and fine detailing give you a print of impeccable quality. Good stretch on the weft, recovering completely once relaxed, a beautiful fabric for you to print on.

Usage

The superb drape of Solange Silky Jersey makes it ideal for delicate, feminine styling. It is perfectly suited for women's fashion garments, and the flowing disposition of the material makes it ideal for evening wear, and occasional wear, that are shaped, and figure hugging at the bodice, with an elegant, flowing drop to towards the floor.

Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, and are able to hem your fabric prints for a small additional charge. We create a small one- or two-fold hem that typically uses 0.2" to 0.75" (5-20mm) of material, depending on the thickness of the fabric. So, for example, if you want a finished piece of fabric that measures 39.37" x 39.37", you will need to order a size of 39.96" x 39.96" to allow for the hem (on top of that please also allow for shrinkage of min 2%). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. You can choose to have your prints hemmed with either Black or White thread. On our silk and other light woven fabrics, one hemmed edge will be straight (vertically down the roll) and the other will be slightly rippled. The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:

• Light Fabrics (0.59oz-2.95oz): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 0.24" - 0.32" / 6mm-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 0.48"-0.56""/ 12-16mm
• Medium Fabrics (2.98oz-5.90oz): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.4" - 1.6" / 35-40mm
• Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.5" / 35-40mm

All of these measurements are approximate and can vary. Including with shrinkage, it can mean a fairly significant difference to ordered dimensions, so please plan your print accordingly. Depending on how open the weave is, our fabric can shrink anywhere from 2% to 8% with the average being 2.5%.

How Would you Like the Edge?

• As it comes. We cut around your image, leaving a simply scissor cut, perhaps uneven white fabric border. 
• Hem with thread. We can hem your fabric with a choice of black or white thread. Please allow 1-2 days additional production time. See below for information on how hemming affects the size of your print. We offer an overlock hem, as well as a folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics are suited to both hem types. If you can see both options, it means both are suitable, and you will be able to choose whichever you prefer. 
• Cut on the line. We will cut neatly on the edge of your design. This means that if you have a border around your design we will cut around that border, if your design takes the whole space of the fabric, then we will neatly cut around the edge of that image. Please be aware, when we cut along the line, we have to cut against the grain of the fabric. This is the standard procedure for fabric cutting. This means that with some fabrics, for example, Georgette and Mulmul, which have a slight wave in them, some fraying will occur. This is unavoidable, as the cut follows the grain of the textile. 

All of our fabrics are cut manually by hand, with the utmost care and attention. If your fabric has a slightly uneven look on the edges or a touch of fraying, this does not indicate a flaw in the textile. It is not always possible to achieve a perfectly straight cut with certain fabrics, so please do bare this in mind when it comes to your design. If you have any queries or would like to know about our cutting methods in more detail, please get in touch and we will be more than happy to discuss them with you.

Please note: As we make everything by hand, all sizes may vary slightly.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

What are the best uses for this fabric?

This fabric can be used for a variety of different uses. Because of its free-flowing properties we think it is well suited for evening wear, however customized Solange Silky Jersey is a versatile, and comfortable material. It could be used for nightwear, casual wear or outdoor wear.

What will my print look like on this fabric?

Solange Silky Jersey is a pleasure to print on, and gives you beautiful rich colors as well as fine detailing. It is an ideal textile for printing intricate designs, or bold color schemes.

How do I care for the fabric?

For a material which appears so elegant, Solange silky jersey is an amazingly robust fabric. It can be machine washed at 30° and it can be tumble dried too, as long as its on a low heat. Despite its delicate appearance, this fabric is stretchy, doesn't crease easily and very versatile.