Design Your Own Polyester Satin Fabric

Custom printed polyester satin is beautifully lightweight with an elegant, flowing drape. Perfect for evening or cocktail wear, it wraps around the body like a second skin and cascades to the floor like a waterfall. A high shine surface makes this poly satin material reflect light, giving it a shimmering quality when in the light of day. Design your own poly satin fabric using your illustrations, graphics or artwork for a quick turnaround and no minimum order.

Surface Textures

Custom polyester satin is incredibly soft to the touch. Super lightweight with a smooth face this fabric has an excellent flowing drape. The high shine surface of the poly satin material shimmers in the light, giving it a beautiful eye-catching appearance. A cool textile, this poly satin has a semi-transparent, shiny finish.

Print Detail

The crisp white base color of the customisable polyester satin gives a brilliant starting point for your prints. High levels of detail and bright, rich colors are easily reproduced on the material. The natural shimmer gives your designs an elegant beauty that catches and reflects the light

Usage

Perfect for cocktail wear or evening dresses. The sensual drape which wraps around the body like a second skin, hugging your natural curves makes this great for formal wear. Also ideal for day wear, his lightweight custom printed poly satin fabric shimmers beautifully in the sun.

Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, 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?

• 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 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 bare 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.

Please note: As we make everything by hand, all sizes may vary slightly.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

Is this fabric easy to care for?

It is, despite it's delicate feel your custom printed poly satin is easy to look after. It can be machine washed at 30°, and can even be tumble dried as long as you do so on a low heat. We would advise hanging dry, without wringing. You can even iron your printed poly satin fabric on low heat.

What is the maximum amount I can print of this fabric?

The custom poly satin material comes in 1.45 meter widths, but we can print up to 10 meters in one go. This means as long as your print is either 1.45 x 10 meters or 10 x 1.45 meters then we are able to print it all in one run.

Can you see through this fabric?

There is some show through of the print onto the reverse side of the customized poly satin, as well as some transparency, however you cannot see through the fabric entirely. If you are using it with very light colored prints, as an entire garment you may wish to consider lining it, however it will not always be necessary.