Made in the UKCustomise your own design and have it printed on breathable fabric. Breathable material is perfect for hot weather, and to reduce sweating, making it ideal for summer garments and sports wear. Make your own custom designs and have them printed on personalised breathable fabric in our Bags of Love studio.
Order breathable fabric material by the yard, metre or even in centimetres or inches with your personalised design printed in fade-resistant, full colour.
Browse our range of breathable fabrics.
Medium weight, stiff and non-stretch with a matte finish
100% polyester
Medium weight, soft and stretchy with a matte finish
96% polyester 4% elastane
Medium weight, soft and stretchy with a matte finish
100% polyester
Heavy weight, soft and stretchy with a matte finish
97% polyester 3% elastane
Medium weight, stiff and non-stretch with a matte finish
100% polyester
Light weight, soft and stretchy with a matte finish
90% polyester 10% elastane
Medium weight, smooth and non-stretch with a matte finish
100% polyester
Light weight, smooth and taut with a matte finish
100% Silk Reactive inks
Expected Shrinkage = Weft: 6% Warp: 9%
Lightweight, stiff and non-stretch with a matte finish
100% polyester
Heavy weight, soft and non-stretch with a matte finish
100% recycled polyester
Medium weight, soft and non-stretch with a matte finish
100% cotton
Medium weight, coarse and stretchy with a matte finish
95% polyester 5% elastane
Medium weight, soft and stretchy with a smooth finish
96% polyester 4% elastane
Medium weight, soft and stretchy. Eyelet knit gives honeycomb surface effect
100% polyester
Lightweight, quick-dry and stretchy with a pinhole finish
100% polyester
70% wool, 30% silk. Woven in Italy and finished in-house. Light cream base colour, open plain weave. An airy, light, flowing, soft yet strong quality, Suitable for scarves and fashion. Expect shrinkage 4% weft, 2% warp. Super bright colours and deep blacks using reactive ink chemistry.
70% wool 30% silk
Expected Shrinkage = Weft: 5% Warp: 3.5%
100% pure Silk.16mm or 60gsm. Off white base colour with a sparkle. Soft lightweight fine quality, with a crepe finish and light ribs in the weft. Airy, light, flowing, soft yet strong. Straddling the border between fashion and fashion accessories. Expect shrinkage 5% weft, 8% warp.
100% Silk
Expected Shrinkage = Weft: 1% Warp: 1%
Floaty and buttery soft fabric with an elegant drape. Plain woven lightweight 100% viscose with slight stretch in the weft. Super bright colours & deep blacks when layered. Printed using reactive ink chemistry.
100% viscose
Expected Shrinkage = Weft: 8.5% Warp: 5%
Soft, Elastic, Matt, Opaque, Knitted, recycled Poly Jersey. Soft touch Jersey. Use: clothing, t-shirts. Polyester yarn made from 100% Post-consumer waste.
96% Recycled Polyester, 4% Elastane
325 thread count, high quality bedding material. 100% BCI cotton (Better Cotton Initiative) . Bright white base colour, smooth luxury delicate yet durable material. 5-Star hotel bed linen quality. Wide width material at up to 175cm print width.
100% cotton Pigment Inks
Expected Shrinkage = Weft: 1% Warp: 1%
Care instructions
Wash at 30°c, low tumble dry heat, hang to dry, do not wring, low heat iron.
Breathable fabric is a material which has the ability to allow moisture vapour to be passed through it. This makes for great all-weather garments, and are among the best fabrics for sweating. There are two ways in which moisture can pass through a fabric. The most common is ventilation; this is where the fabric itself is porous, which allows the air to pass through - or vent - from it. If there are bigger and more holes (or pores) the textile will be more breathable than those with fewer or smaller pores. There are some non-porous fabrics which can be breathable materials, this type of material is often breathable waterproof fabric.
For a fabric to be noticeably breathable, there must be a difference in the air humidity on either side of the fabric; and water can move both directions through a textile. If - for example - you've been for a run, and it is 68% humidity inside your breathable shirt, but the humidity outside is only 25% because it is a warm, sunny day, then the water vapour inside your shirt will naturally want to pass through your breathable material to the outside. If the air humidity is 40% on both the inside and the outside of your shirt, it will still be breathable, however, you won't notice it. If the air humidity on the outside of your shirt, is higher than that inside, then the water vapour will actually move inwards. This is not common and is more likely to be seen in places that are near coastal regions and close to the equator.
You have four edging options for your printed breathable fabric:
"As is" - we will send your fabric exactly as it comes from the digital printer, with an unprinted border around the edge of your design.
"Cut on The Line" - have one of our experts cut your print out, leaving no white edges on your breathable material
Hemmed - with a choice of an overlocked hem, or a baby hem. To create a hem on lightweight material or medium weight fabrics that fray, we will make a two-fold hem using a straight stitch. On heavy, stiff or no-fray fabrics, a single fold hem with a straight stitch is used.
Please ensure that you take the hem into account when selecting your custom sizes. For light fabrics, the hem will take up 6-8 mm, on each of the four sides. On other fabrics, the hem will take up 15-20 mm, on each of the four sides. You can choose either black or white thread for either of the hemming options.
Breathable fabric is a material which has the ability to allow moisture vapour to be passed through it. This makes for great all-weather garments, and are among the best fabrics for sweating. There are two ways in which moisture can pass through a fabric. The most common is ventilation; this is where the fabric itself is porous, which allows the air to pass through - or vent - from it. If there are bigger and more holes (or pores) the textile will be more breathable than those with fewer or smaller pores. There are some non-porous fabrics which can be breathable materials, this type of material is often breathable waterproof fabric.
For a fabric to be noticeably breathable, there must be a difference in the air humidity on either side of the fabric; and water can move both directions through a textile. If - for example - you've been for a run, and it is 68% humidity inside your breathable shirt, but the humidity outside is only 25% because it is a warm, sunny day, then the water vapour inside your shirt will naturally want to pass through your breathable material to the outside. If the air humidity is 40% on both the inside and the outside of your shirt, it will still be breathable, however you wont notice it. If the air humidity on the outside of your shirt, is higher than that inside, then the water vapour will actually move inwards. This is not common, and is more likely to be seen in places that are near coastal regions and close to the equator.
You have four edging options for your printed breathable fabric:
"As is" - we will send your fabric exactly as it comes from the digital printer, with an unprinted border around the edge of your design.
"Cut on The Line" - have one of our experts cut your print out, leaving no white edges on your breathable material
Hemmed - with a choice of an overlocked hem, or a baby hem. To create a hem on light weight material or medium weight fabrics that fray, we will make a two fold hem using a straight stitch. On heavy, stiff or no-fray fabrics, a single fold hem with a straight stitch is used.
Please ensure that you take the hem into account when selecting your custom sizes. For light fabrics the hem will take up 6-8 mm, on each of the 4 sides. On other fabrics the hem will take up 15-20 mm, on each of the 4 sides.You can choose either black or white thread for either of the hemming options.
If you can’t decide on which photo to use, you can upload multiple images and create a photo collage. This can be done using one of our pre-set montage templates, or you can create your own entirely from scratch. It’s super easy to do and the possibilities are endless.
Smart Collage
Adjust the sizes of your photos and move them around in a smart grid.
Plain (No background)
Your photos in a grid and placed on a plain background.
Photo Frame
Your photos in a grid placed on a copy of one of the images as a background.
Scatter
Your photos cover the entire area and are placed on a layered background made up of copies of your images.
Plain Heart (No background)
Your photos in a heart shaped outline and placed on a plain background.
Frame Heart
Your photos in a heart shaped outline and placed on a copy of one of the images as a background.
Do it Yourself
Your photos are placed onto your design for you to arrange exactly as you’d like.
Step 1 – Click the start design button & select your product options.
Step 2 – Go to the ‘Images & Text Tools’ tab, click the ‘add images/Text’ button on your product & ‘Select Images to Upload’ or use the Facebook/Instagram tabs.
Step 3 – Choose the images you want to use for your collage, upload & select them from the uploaded photos list.
Step 4 – Click ‘Create montage’ & select your collage style.
Step 5 – Add the collage to your design.
All your personalised breathable materials The breathable; however, there is more than one way that we do this - including dye sublimation and pigment printing. All of our expert methods will bond your design to your chosen custom fabric, in full colour. Pigment printing is mostly used in natural fabrics; it is a very localised printing method, which applies coloured dyes directly to a part of the fabric, and builds up the design. Dye sublimation is a two-step process, more frequently used with synthetic materials. It involves printing your design onto a transfer sheet and then using heat to bond this to your printable, breathable fabric.
All of our fabrics are printed at 200dpi. This works for us as it combines a great quality as well as a good file weight. In order to avoid resizing and interpolation, we recommend that you scale your image to 100% at 200dpi. Our design interface works with a traffic light system that acts as a quality marker for your designs. This will show you whether the resolution is too low for printing. When you re-upload your design with
Your uploaded design will automatically be scaled to fit the size of
We always recommend using an RGB colour space when you upload your images. More specifically, we suggest using the sRGB image profile, to achieve
There is no length limit for most of our fabrics. Our preview design window is set up to display a maximum of 10m to help you visualise the print, but that doesn't mean this is the print limit. If you'd like to order more, you can increase the quantity (x2 for 20m or x4 for 40m for example) and order as much as you'd like. Larger volumes will receive an automatic discount too. While the fabric length is nothing to worry about, each individual fabric will have a maximum width side: these can be found on the fabric's page information or in the design interface.
Yes, that will help you when it comes to cutting or framing your printed fabric. We recommend always adding a little extra space for borders into your purchased fabric size. When we print your
Crocking is the term used to describe fading along the creases in
Yes, our organic fabrics don't have an additional coating like non-organic fabrics have, which means it absorbs the inks deep into its fibre and reducing the colour strength slightly (this can be approximately -40%). If you would like a bolder, more vibrant colour for your fabric, we would suggest using a non-organic fabric.
Unfortunately not; all of our fabrics have been tested meticulously to ensure we know exactly how to get the best results, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. If you are set on a fabric we don't offer, we can offer custom printed sublimation paper to order which will allow you to heat press your designs onto your own fabrics.
If your design is simple and less intricate, a JPEG will be absolutely fine. However, if you have created a design with multi-coloured detailing, we would recommend saving your design in a TIFF format.
Similar to other fabric printing processes, shrinkage can occur. The amount of shrinkage will depend on the fabric, but as a general rule of thumb, please allow for 2-8% shrinkage when working out your measurements. Shrinkage is not an exact science, and the amount of shrinkage will vary from print run to print run. We'd always suggest ordering a little more than you need for your project.
Many of the fabrics we offer are semi-transparent, so printing on both sides of the fabric is not a service we offer.
At the moment, all of our fabric labels are printed on satin fabric. For now, we believe this is the best choice, but will potentially introduce other options in the future. All labels are cut to the same label format. If you would like to choose a different fabric and format for your labels, you could always order a sheet of the fabric of your choice to create labels yourself.
Our fabrics are printed with water-based inks as environmental consciousness is
Although very rare, there could be a slight colour difference from one print run to another. This is a normal part of the printing process,
Our full cut & sew service at Bags of Love can be used to your full advantage. We even offer hemming for your fabrics at a small additional cost. Our hems are created with a one or two cold hem that typically uses around 5 to 20mm of fabric (depending on the thickness of your chosen material). Please bear this in mind when you are ordering your printed fabric with hems: If you would like your finished piece to be 100cm x 100cm, change your dimensions to 101.5cm instead to allow space for your hems (you will also need to include additional for potential shrinkage). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. Your printed fabric will be hemmed with either Black or White thread. If you are ordering a lightly woven material or
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.
