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Muslin Fabric

Printing on Muslin Fabric

Printing on Muslin Fabric

Print Your Design on Custom Muslin Fabric

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Design your own custom muslin fabric. Printing on muslin fabric is a classic muslin weave with a modern tw...

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Ships in 1 - 2 days
Production time: Ships in 1 - 2 days
Delivery time: 1-3 days, several options available.
We are fast, and print most products in one day if you order before 7am EDT/4am PDT. Excludes delivery time.
US delivery $9.95
US delivery $9.95
- US delivery $9.95
- Western European: $14.95
- Other European: $15.95
- Canada $18.95
- Australia / Japan: $19.95
- Rest Of The World: $19.95
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Everything made to order
Our products are lovingly made by our talented artisans. We produce everything ourselves to ensure the highest standards and quality.

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≥ 4 m²: $44/sq m
≥ 12 m²: $43/sq m 2.7% Discount
≥ 24 m²: $42/sq m 5.4% Discount
≥ 36 m²: $41/sq m 8.1% Discount
≥ 48 m²: $39/sq m 10.8% Discount
≥ 60 m²: $31/sq m 29.7% Discount
≥ 1 m²: $57/sq m
≥ 0.5 m²: $57/sq m

Printed Muslin Fabric Features:

Beautifully soft muslin fabric
Light and transparent material
Suitable for fashion garments and home projects
Made to order
No minimum order
Fantastically breathable

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Product information

Printing on muslin fabric is incredibly easy with our online design tool. Choose the dimensions for your custom muslin fabric and add your design.

It has a naturally loose yarn which helps give your custom printed muslin fabric design a rustic look, without impacting the quality of the print. Recommended for printing bold, bright colors it is advised to avoid very fine details due to the open weave construction of the textile. As this custom mulmul fabric is made from synthetic fibers, despite still having the appearance and soft feel that original muslin has, it has added strength and durability; you can even wash it in the machine at 86°F with the rest of your laundry. Printing on muslin fabric is perfect for flowing dresses, soft scarves and shawls, net curtains and even general crafting.

Printing on mulmul muslin fabric
Lightweight, soft custom muslin fabric
Transparent with a net like, open weave
Custom printed muslin fabric
Perfect for dresses, scarves and shawls
Machine washable at 86°F
Great for nets, and lightweight curtains
Extremely versatile mulmul fabric
Classic look and feel with strength of modern fabric
Ideal for bright, bold colors - avoid fine details

What is Custom Muslin Fabric?

Custom Muslin fabric has many different uses. It is a fabric that is made using a plain weave, and it gets its name from the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, which is possibly where it was first manufactured. Muslin is fine, soft and lightweight. Is it used as a French polishing pad for shellac polishing, and is the traditional material for the cloth wrapped around a Christmas pudding. It is also the material that beekeepers use to filter melted beeswax through when they are cleaning it of debris and foreign particles. It is even used in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, to wrap around intracranial vessels or aneurysms that are at risk of bleeding, to reinforce and prevent rupture. In more recent years, muslin has become a popular choice for newborns, especially due to its soft and strong nature. Muslin squares are a popular essential with new babies. Known as a mother's best friend, they are so versatile that they don't have one specific purpose; used as bibs, dribble-cloths, comforters, sunshades or for lining cold changing mats, they really do have unlimited uses. Due to the delicate nature of the MulMul Soft Music fabric, some pulls are to be expected and this is not out of the ordinary.

How to Print on Muslin Fabric

We offer multiple ways for you to receive your custom printed muslin fabric; these options are presented to you in our simple-to-use, intuitive online design tool. After we have bonded the ink to youy printed muslin fabric, we can either send it to you "As is" with a white border around the edges; exactly as it comes from the printer. If you would prefer, we can "Cut on the Line" your custom muslin fabric; one of our experts will cut all the white edging from the fabric, leaving only the part with your print.

Another option is to have your muslin fabric printing hemmed. One of our experienced seamstresses will stitch one of two hems around the entirety of your printed muslin fabric. This will be done here in our studio. You will have the choice of either an overlocked hem, which is stitched completely over the edge of the material, or a baby hem with a straight stitch. As printing on muslin fabric is a lightweight material, your hem will be a two-fold hem, and will take up around 6-8 mm of each of the four sides (totaling 0.94" - 1.26" all the way around) so make sure that you account for this when providing your measurements. You can choose between black or white thread for either of the hemming options.

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How we make it

Can You Sublimate on Muslin?

Printing on muslin fabric happens digitally. This is done using more than one type of printing method. Custom printed muslin fabric is hand made using your designs with a fast turnaround. Every printing method that we use when printing on muslin will permanently bond your personalized design to your fabric, in full glorious color. Printing on mulmul fabric is using a technique known as dye sublimation. Dye sublimation is a two part process which involves first printing your custom muslin fabric design onto a transfer sheet, then using heat to permanently bond this and create your custom muslin fabric.

Please note: Due to the delicate nature of the fabric, some pulls are to be expected and this is not out of the ordinary. Due to the loose yarn of the fabric, the shape of your design may vary slightly. This will not impact the outstanding quality of your custom printed muslin fabric and will give every print its own unique charm.

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Print Guidelines

Print Guideline

What's the best resolution to print in?
We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally, your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi; this means that no resizing of your file occurs, preventing any interpolation. Our design interface will have a quality marker next to the design that you have uploaded, this will change color using a traffic light system and display a message. The message will let you know if the resolution is too low or if you have a good quality image.
How will my image scale?
When you upload your design our system will automatically scale it to fit your chosen fabric dimensions. In the ‘Product Image’ tab, the displayed dimensions under ‘Print Size’ will show the dimensions of the piece of fabric that you are ordering. For image/design dimensions you need to see the ‘Images & Text Tools’ tab. You can see and edit the dimensions of the image under the quality information next to the thumbnail.
Which color model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?
We advise providing images in the RGB color space. Specifically using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best color results. What does this mean? In your editing software, choose RGB as the working space and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
Maximum dimensions
For most of our fabrics, there is no limit on the length of the fabric that you can order. We have a preview design window set up to 10 yds max to visualize the print, but that's not a print limit. If you'd like to order more, increase the quantity (x2 for 20 yds or x4 for 40 yds for e.g.) and then you can order as much as you'd like, with a built in automatic volume discount too. The maximum print width of each fabric can be found on the individual fabric pages or in our design interface.
Do I need to incorporate white space within my design if I want a border or some cutting space?
Yes, that might help you! Always incorporate any extra space or borders into your purchased fabric size. We trim squarely around fabric samples and fabric prints, leaving approximately 0.2" white space. Cutting neatly on the line has an additional fee.
What is crocking and why might it occur?
Crocking, which is fading along the creases, often after washing or heavy use, occurs when you digitally print on natural fabrics - more so when dark or dense colors are used. It can be minimized by using a cool hand wash instead of machine washing as the tumbling of the machine is the main cause of this. To avoid entirely, we would advise using a poly fabric.
Why do my colors appear lighter on organic fabrics?
Our organic fabrics do not have any coatings that the non-organic fabrics have. This means the ink absorbs into the fibers, reducing the color strength slightly (by approx. -40%). For super-strong colors, we recommend a non-organic natural fabric.
Do you print on fabric a customer supplies?
Unfortunately not; we like to test meticulously so that we know what gets the best results on our fabrics, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. We do however print sublimation transfer paper to order, and if you have access to a heat press you can press your own fabrics easily.
Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?
For multi-colored or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colors and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.
What is the situation with material shrinkage?
Just like many fabric printing processes, there is the potential for shrinkage. Depending on the fabric, please expect and allow between 2-8% shrinkage which you need to plan for in your dimensions. This percentage can vary from print run to print run and between fabrics, so we would advise to order a little more material than you require for your project.
Can I print on both sides of the fabric?
We do not offer to print on both sides of the fabric, as a lot of our fabrics are semi-transparent or have some show through. This wouldn't work with double-sided printing. This is not a service that we offer on any of our fabrics.
Can I order labels in another fabric? Would you cut them as you do with the normal fabric labels?
At the moment no, our labels are all printed on the same satin fabric. We may introduce more in the future, but for now, this is the best choice. The labels are all cut the same way. You can order the fabric of your choice and make the labels yourself, but we do not cut different fabrics into label format.
How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colors and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfillment. Rather than roll the fabrics, or send them in a tube, we fold them before they are sent out to you. This saves over 150 tubes a week, as well as a lot of space on the delivery van. (For delicate fabrics we ensure to package appropriately).
Why are there slight color differences between my orders?
We work at improving our color profiles all the time. Though rare, it may happen that from one print run to another, and there could be slight color differences, this is normal and part of the process when we are constantly improving. It is extremely unlikely that there will be a huge difference (like orange instead of red for example). Please bear in mind such color variations can be intensified from fabric to fabric due to the varying grains and textures of the fabric. This is due to the construction of the materials as well as the print methods that have to be altered slightly for more delicate, natural textiles.

Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Bags of Love, 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?

We have four finishing options for your fabric order:

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 of 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 bear 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.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, you may find a slight variance in the sizes.