By end use
Fabric chosen for the job it has to do.
Each page sets out the article we actually recommend for that use, the weight, width and finish, and why, across every fabric that suits it.
Tote bags
Bag makers, promotional-product suppliers, retail private label
3 recommendedBackpacks & luggage
Bag and luggage makers, heritage and outdoor brands
2 recommendedAprons & workwear
Workwear and uniform manufacturers, hospitality supply, PPE converters
2 recommendedTents & marquees
Tent and marquee makers, event-structure suppliers, glamping brands
2 recommendedAwnings & shades
Awning and blind makers, shade-structure suppliers, marine trimmers
2 recommendedTarpaulins & industrial covers
Cover and tarpaulin makers, industrial and agricultural supply, transport
2 recommendedMarine covers & sailmaking
Marine trimmers, boat-cover makers, traditional and classic-boat yards
2 recommendedUpholstery & furniture
Furniture makers, upholstery workrooms, contract and hospitality FF&E
3 recommendedHome textiles & bedding
Home-textile converters, bedding brands, retail private label, hospitality supply
2 recommendedCurtains & drapery
Curtain makers, soft-furnishing workrooms, contract and hospitality interiors
3 recommendedScenic & backdrop cloth
Scenic suppliers, backdrop painters and printers, film / TV / theatre production
2 recommendedArtist canvas
Canvas and stretcher-bar makers, art-material brands, print-canvas converters
2 recommendedPainters' dust sheets
Dust-sheet and drop-cloth makers, decorators' merchant private label
2 recommendedEquestrian rugs
Horse-rug and equestrian-product makers, stable-supply private label
2 recommendedFootwear
Shoe manufacturers, canvas-sneaker and espadrille brands, heritage boot makers
2 recommendedBook binding
Bookbinders, book-cloth converters, stationery and packaging manufacturers
2 recommendedPet products
Pet-product makers, pet-retail private label, homeware brands with a pet line
2 recommended