Bed linens, the essential items for bed room, are very important as people spend almost 1/3 of life time on bed. Therefore, consumers are always trying to buy the best beddings they can afford, for health. For professional bed linen brands, how to convince consumer that their product is the right one for him/her and thus make the purchase is the key. There’s are different approaches, like cheap prices, easy maintenance, high tech functions, luxury materials, special designs, etc.

Making of French Flax Linen

In this page, we focus on the most ancient and luxury material for bed linen – flax linen. Linum usitatissimum or most useful flax: flax’s scientific name emphasizes just how much the plant provides for the soil, biodiversity and human beings, from those who grow and process it, to those who wear or sleep on the linen fabric. The french linen products have lots of benifits, which are not limited to:

Making of French Flax Linen

In this page, we focus on the most ancient and luxury material for bed linen – flax linen. Linum usitatissimum or most useful flax: flax’s scientific name emphasizes just how much the plant provides for the soil, biodiversity and human beings, from those who grow and process it, to those who wear or sleep on the linen fabric. The french linen products have lots of benifits, which are not limited to:

1. Anti-stress

Linen is an excellent body temperature regulator and therefore a perfect fabric for bedding. By ensuring mental and physical relaxation and comfort throughout the night, linen helps our bodies ward off stress: our temperature and muscle tension reduces when our body comes into contact with linen fabric, and our sleep is more refreshing.

Anti-allergic and antibacterial, linen is good choice for sensitive skin. Linseeds, rich in polysaccharides, also have antiinflammatory virtues. Flax in the form of an oil, balm, compress or bandage is used to treat skin allergies, irritations and hypersensitivity. Linseeds, rich in polysaccharides, also has anti-inflammatory benefits. For the same reasons, flax is also used for many cosmetics.

The health properties of flax are found in all of the plant’s products. Hippocrates, in Ancient Greece, and then Hildegard of Bingen in the Middle Ages both recommended flax to treat numerous conditions. Today, science has confirmed the therapeutic virtues of flax which is being used to treat chronic constipation (European Medicine Agency) as well as certain cancers, including prostate cancer (see the American Society of Clinical Oncology on the consumption of linseeds).

Linen brings to sleep its own historic, social and cultural values. Because it absorbs and transports moisture rapidly, linen keeps skin dry and so helps sleep. The pleasure of soft and smooth linen helps the feeling of wellbeing, a pre-condition for sleep. Linen, as a natural, non-allergenic fibre, can help sleep by preventing the body’s complex and disturbing reactions to allergenic substance.

1. Flax Fiber to Yarn

When flax is harvested, it is not cut but pulled out of the ground, so as to preserve the full length of the fibres contained in its stalk. Some major steps to make the flax into linen yarn as follows:

1. Flax Fiber to Yarn

When flax is harvested, it is not cut but pulled out of the ground, so as to preserve the full length of the fibres contained in its stalk. Some major steps to make the flax into linen yarn as follows:

In June-July, when a third of the lengths of the stalks have lost their leaves, they are pulled and then laid on the ground in swathes (layers of flax one meter long).

The first processing phase – retting – is natural. The alternation of rain and sunshine (from July to September) and the combined action of micro-organisms and bacteria naturally present in the soil ensure the fermentation needed to separate the textile fibres from the woody part of the stalk. The fibres are then extracted from the stalk’s external envelope, and the wood at the centre of the stalk is removed (the shive).

The next step, scutching, is an entirely mechanical process that takes place throughout the year. During this process the two types of fibre are separated: the long fibres (line flax) and the short fibres (the tow), as well as the by-products, including the shive.

Combing straightens out the flax fibers while removing the last bits of chaff, also called boon. After this process, the fibers are ready for spinning.

In this process a mass of flax fibers are drawn out and twisted. It is an art where the fiber is drawn out, twisted, and then wound onto a bobbin. By this, fibers come together to form a yarn. There are several types of yarn, like line spinning yarn and tow spinning yarn. But those are for industrial professionals to study.

Final step to make the yarn suitable for the following process: dyeing with color, or direct weaving.

2. Weaving of Flax Linen

After yarn is ready, weaving machine will be used to either weave the greige fabric, or yarn-dye fabric. This include following steps:

2. Weaving of Flax Linen

After yarn is ready, weaving machine will be used to either weave the greige fabric, or yarn-dye fabric. This include following steps:

The process of shifting yarns from bobbin/ring into a convenient package is named as winding. It could be either mechanical or electrical. Warp yarn is wound on cone and flanged bobbin packages. Whereas; weft yarn is wounded on cop packages.

Creeling is the process of placing full packages in such a place which is ready to be unwound as section of transfer operations. Simply, it is the removal of exhausted packages as well as their replacement with full ones.

Warping is parallel winding of yarn from cone package on a warp beam. It is required to confirm the warp beam is made from better warp yarn to otherwise weaving performance would be hampered. Ultimately, it is required to provide a good warp beam.

Sizing is the procedure of providing a protective coating to warp yarn. This leads to minimizing yarn breakage during textile weaving. Sizing is the most significant function in preparation of warp yarn for weaving specifically with cotton yarn.

In order to create fabrics with different structures (eg. Oxford, poplin) each thread has to move in a precise order, for this reason it is placed in the slats of the warp stop, and drawn in thread by thread through the eyes of the heddle and through the teeth of the reed.

When the weft yarn meets the warp a fabric is created, synthesis of the raw material and the creativity of the design and structure. The weaving is made on highly technological weaving looms through a complex process carried out with the utmost care, in a controlled environment, and with great experience of the weaving staff.

3. Dyeing, Bleaching or Printing

With greige fabric, we can either dye the color(for optical white, it’s bleaching) or print the patterns on it. When this process is finished, we will have the most familiar look material we usually see on market. With this fabric, we can then based on customers’ requirement to make garment, sheet, or other upholstery.

Now you know about french linen and like to sell it: how to start a new business/brand in bed linen and do the purchase?

3. Dyeing, Bleaching or Printing

With greige fabric, we can either dye the color(for optical white, it’s bleaching) or print the patterns on it. When this process is finished, we will have the most familiar look material we usually see on market. With this fabric, we can then based on customers’ requirement to make garment, sheet, or other upholstery.

Now you know about french linen and like to sell it: how to start a new business/brand in bed linen and do the purchase?

Brand Building 101

For customers are new to the market, new to the business, this section includes a few important aspects to cover in early planning stage.

Brand Building 101

For customers are new to the market, new to the business, this section includes a few important aspects to cover in early planning stage.

Like most retail business, we usually sell a physical product. It’s important to know the product well, like materials, designs, trends, limitations, benefits, etc.

It’s as important as product. After we understand what we can sell, we need to decide what to sell. That is about the sub category of the product, like price range, colors, packaging, set vs single item, etc.

Now every brand has a story to tell. Some are luxurious, some are eco-friendly, some are neo-tech, some are vintage.

Now that we are well prepared, it’s time to write down our initial order plan. The plan needs to includes, if not limited to, launch time, budget, order details, personals, platforms, etc.

How to Order?

For experienced buyers, they will send us a form(usually call as RFQ, Reqeust for Quotation), with all kinds of requirement and details. As different buyers have different focus, the format varies. There’s no standard. But below few points are essential:

How To Order?

For experienced buyers, they will send us a form(usually call as RFQ, Reqeust for Quotation), with all kinds of requirement and details. As different buyers have different focus, the format varies. There’s no standard. But below few points are essential:

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