Apparel Search Fabric Mill Directory

How This Directory Is Organised

Are you looking for fabric mills and textile factories? You have found the proper place. The directory is organised by fabric type rather than by country or company name, because that is how a fabric search usually starts: a designer, manufacturer or maker knows the cloth the garment needs - a breathable knit, a sturdy canvas, a fluid chiffon - and then looks for the mills that weave or knit it. Each fabric-type page in the list below leads to the mills Apparel Search lists for that cloth, and most of those mills also carry their own profile in the Fabric Mills by Name section, where their directory record and contact details live.

The first page of the directory, this page, covers fabric types from antibacterial fabrics through dyed fabrics. The mill directory continues on Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4, and the Fabric Search searches the section directly when you already know a name or a cloth. If you are still learning the cloth itself rather than hunting a supplier, the Fabric Guides explain fabrics in depth, and the short about fabrics page introduces the section and what the different fabric families are for.

Choosing a Mill From a Fabric-Type Page

A fabric-type listing is a starting list, not a recommendation, and a few habits make it far more useful. First, open the mill's own profile before enquiring: the profile is the place that records what the mill actually produces, in what fibres and constructions, and a mill that lists your exact cloth as a regular product is a stronger prospect than a general mill that might produce it to order. Second, enquire with a complete specification - fibre, construction, weight, width, finish and quantity - because a quotation given without those facts is not yet a price for the cloth you need. Third, ask about minimum order quantities early; mill minimums vary widely, and knowing them saves both sides a long exchange. Fourth, ask for a swatch or a sample length before committing to bulk: a fabric-type name covers a family of cloths, and two mills' versions of the same named fabric can differ in hand, weight and finish in ways no written specification fully captures.

Textiles are obviously hugely important to the clothing industry: the fabric is most of the cost, most of the hand feel and most of the performance of almost every garment. We hope this section helps you find a good supplier of fabrics for your next project, whether that project is a production run for a clothing line, a sample range for a new label, or sewing fabric by the yard at retail for making at home. Around the directory sit the wider trade resources listed below - yarn factories, fabric retail and wholesale, the fibers directory and the textile machinery directory - because a fabric search often turns into a search for the yarn, the finish or the machine next.

Additional Resources and Adding a Mill

Additional resources: Yarn Factories, Fabric Retail, Fabric Wholesalers, Fibers Directory, Machinery - Textile Machinery Directory, Clothing Manufacturer Directory and Conversion Charts. If you own a fabric production mill and are not yet listed, please take a moment to fill out our Add Your Fabric Factory form. If you find incomplete or inaccurate information, please contact us - with your help, we can maintain this database as a helpful tool for your research. Thank you for using the Apparel Search Fabric Mill Directory.

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