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Fabric Families
What each cloth actually is, in the terms an order is written in — yarn counts, ends and picks, weave and weight band. The names below are used loosely across the trade and mean different things in different markets, so each page states the construction rather than relying on the name to carry it. One of these is not a fabric family at all: RFD is a preparation state, and it sits here because buyers meet it as if it were a cloth.
- Cambric
What cambric is in Pakistan’s trade, its ≈ 60–90 GSM weight band, how it differs from poplin and lawn, and why its weight makes it cheap to dye at low minimums.
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- Cotton Lawn
What cotton lawn is, the 60×60/102×84 construction we publish at 80–90 GSM, how lawn differs from cambric and voile, and how a light cloth keeps its cover.
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- Cotton Poplin
Cotton poplin count and construction: typical yarn counts, ends × picks, and what to specify so bulk matches your swatch. From Burhan Enterprises.
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- Cotton Twill
Learn what cotton twill is, what 2/1 and 3/1 mean, how S and Z diagonals differ, why drill is a twill but canvas is not, and which constructions we run.
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- RFD Fabric
RFD stands for Ready for Dyeing — cloth prepared for colour, not finished goods. What preparation it has had, what it still needs, and what to put on the order.
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Where two of these are easily confused, the comparisons set them side by side, and the technical guides cover how to read and write the specification itself. Live constructions, with their availability, are in the fabric library.
Not sure which of these you are holding?
Send us the swatch or the specification you are working from. We will confirm the construction and weight per quality and send physical swatches, free of charge.