Printed Cardigans

Your label, your brand

Within our online design tool you can choose to create your own custom labels for your women's printed cardigans. Each fabric label is custom made at the time we make your long printed cardigan, so you can customize with a message or your customer's name. Custom labels can really help build your brand - perfect if you intend to sell women's printed cardigans - as well as helping you to become recognizable. 

In a choice of two stunning jersey fabrics, women's printed cardigans are available in two different lengths. A maxi, long line cardigan designed to elongate your silhouette, or a classic cardigan which sits just above the knee, perfect as a layering piece. Solange Silky Jersey is superbly soft. Silky to the touch with a flowing drape that drops elegantly to the floor, it hugs all the right curves while smoothly gliding as you move. Soft Fashion Jersey gives a truly comfortable feel to your long printed cardigan. 

Choose from matte black and white buttons, or light and dark mother of pearl buttons to perfectly finish this timeless classic. 15 small buttons line the front of this long printed cardigan to beautifully enhance your casual women's printed cardigans. 

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.

What does long line mean?

Long line defines clothing which is longer in length than that which is considered the norm. Our women's printed cardigans come in a long line option, giving you the classic cardigan cut, but in a longer length.

What about the buttons?

Both the long and the short version of these custom women's printed cardigans feature 15 buttons. You can choose whether you would like these buttons in a matte black and white, or in light and dark mother of pearl.

What is mother of pearl?

Mother of pearl is smooth and shiny. It is a iridescent substance which forms the inside layer of shells. These shells are those of mollusks, particularly oysters. It gives a delicate, feminine finish to your buttons.