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How to shop the fabric market
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Glossary
Glossary of frequently-used textile, manufacturing, development, production, and commercial shipping terms in the apparel industry. -
Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing
Elastic/thread/drawcords Suppliers.
ALLAN ZIPPER MANUFACTURING
Woven, knitted & braided elastic, draw cords, shoe laces & webbing Manufacturer. Domestic & import. Cater to all markets.
PANDA TRIMMING INTERNATIONAL
Toll Free #1-800-878-6336. Carry all possible items for apparel manufacturing. All types of elastics, threads, drawcords & more. Domestic & import. Also, locations in China & Korea. Excellent service. Brochure available.
ACTIVE TRIMMING COMPANY
Toll Free #1-800-878-6336. Carry all possible items for apparel manufacturing. All types of elastics, threads, drawcords & more. Domestic & import. Also, locations in China & Korea. Excellent service. Brochure available.
HICKORY BRANDS, INC.
Toll-free #1-800-560-1869. Lanyards, printed laces, shoe laces and braided or woven cords. Cording for hooded sweatshirt drawstrings, round laundry bag cording, elastized cording for making cat collars etc. Domestic manufacturer.
JESSICA TRIMMINGS, INC.
Toll-free#1-800-683-1039. Knitted & woven elastics, draw cords, twill tapes & rigid & stretch fancy tapes. Manufacturer. Cater to all apparel markets.
NU TYPE ACCESSORIES LIMITED
All kinds of elastics & tapes including jacquard elastics, elastics for underwear, maternity & sport. Manufacturer/exporter. Manufacture in New Zealand. Cater to all mens, womens & childrens apparel markets, plus home & accessory trades. Moderate price points.
SUPER GARMENT SUPPLIES, INC.
All types of elastics, drawcords & jet clips. Cater to the ladies career & casual sportswear, lingerie, swimwear & accessory markets.
3A THREAD & SUPPLY CO. OF AMERICA
Manufacturer of threads, elastic, poly knit elastic braid & more. Domestic & import from Far East. Stock here, also can do off-shore production.
A G H TRIMSOURCE
Elastic, cords & more. Work with all markets.
AMERICAN AND EFIRD, INC.
Toll-free1-800-535-0448. Manufacture a full line of sewing thread for apparel, footwear, mattress & bedding & furniture markets. Also, distribute elastic, buttons, drawstring & other notion supplies.
AMERICAN CORD & WEBBING COMPANY, INC.
Cords & webbings of all types in popular colors, styles & materials. Elastic & non-elastic cord, polypro, nylon, cotton, gripperweb & colorweb. Distribution locations worldwide, with in stock programs on all products.
ASHEBORO ELASTICS CORPORATION
Manufacturer of knitted narrow elastic for the men's and women's underwear, athletic wear, pants, fleece, hosiery, home and industrial markets. Custom design & custom print brands or logos on elastic fabrics.
BEMIS ASSOCIATES, INC.
Toll-free#1-800-543-1324. Sewfree&153; adhesive for seamless apparel construction. Clarense&153; Clear elastic for stretch & recovery & decorative trim. Cater to all apparel, accessory & home markets.
CANSEW INC.
Toll-free#1-800-361-7722. Manufacturers of sewing threads & distributors of elastics & novelty trimmings.
CRITERION THREAD CO., INC.
Toll Free#1-800-695-0080. Cotton, poly, nylon and silk threads. Domestic. Ship world wide. Work with all sewn product markets. Also, a unique retail item, The Sewing Kit.
DMC CORPORATION, THE
Manufacture cotton sewing thread, embroidery thread, pearl cotton and crochet threads imported from France. Cater to needlecraft, apparel and embroidery markets. Complete stock house.
ELASTIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.
Quik-Cord®, woven & knitted elastics, hosiery bands & jacquard elastics. Domestic manufacturer. Cater to hosiery, intimate apparel, athletic wear & medical markets.
FLEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
Manufacturer of crochet loom elastics & needle loom elastics for lingerie, women's, men's & children's underwear & activewear. Samples & brochure available.
FLORIDA THREAD & TRIMMING
All types of threads, plus notions, buttons, elastic and trimmings. Domestic and import from the Far East.
GOLDEN SALES, INC.
Bungee, tipped & untipped drawcords. Cater to all markets. Domestic production with worldwide distribution.
GUNOLD USA
Toll-free 1-800-43-BEST-1. Rayon threads & polyester threads in both high quality & lower priced styles. Also metallic threads and cotton threads. Importer and distributor.
JAY COMPANY, THE
Buttonlooping & knitted, braided, calendarized & tubular elastics & more. Domestic & import.
KAGAN TRIM CENTER -(CA)
All types of elastic, cords, drawcords, leather cord & more. Plus, everything else in fashion forward trims. Cater to womens, kids, lingerie & all apparel & related markets. Manufacturer, importer & West Coast distributor for Fulflex.
KOMAR APPAREL SUPPLY CO., INC.
Sewing threads, elastics & wash care labels. Carry all types of design room supplies & accessories. Also, the exclusive distributor of "Quick Dye" Tencel threads. Work with all markets. Catalogue avail.
LEADER THREAD CORP.
All kinds of industrial sewing threads. Cotton, nylon, polyester, rayon, core, metallic, monofilament, embroidery, elastic, stretch & silk threads. Also, zippers, elastics, hook & loops, seam binding, care labels & tags.
LESH AND ASSOCIATES
Mill rep. Fine narrow elastics for all applications. Domestic. Local stock in Los Angeles (Northeast Knitting).
MADEIRA U.S.A. LTD
Toll-free tel:1-800-225-3001, Toll-free fax:1-800-598-7677. Machine embroidery threads, needles, backings, bobbins & winding supplies. Embroidery threads in rayon, poly, cotton, wool & novelty fibers.Cater to contractors & monogrammers.
NORMAN SHATZ COMPANY USA
Toll Free #800-939-3966. Drawstrings, hood cord, bungee cord, shock cord, cordlocks, cord stoppers & more. Over 50 styles in stock. Manufacturer.
NORTH EAST KNITTING, INC.
"Specialists in knitted elastic." All types of knitted elastics in all widths. Domestic manufacturer. Waistbands, sleeves, and collars.
PERFECTEX PLUS LLC
Braided elastic, knitted elastic, elastic loop, thread, webbing, draw cord & elastic draw cord.
QUALITY ELASTICS LTD
Domestic manufacturer of all types of elastic including printed narrow fabrics, jacquards, novelty, insert, picot, waistbands, belt, tapes & specialty. Dye house on premises. Popular price pts. Cater to men's, women's & children's apparel & home furnishing markets.
ROBISON-ANTON TEXTILE COMPANY
Manufacturer of rayon & polyester embroidery thread for monogramming & decorative stitching, novelty threads such as Twister Tweeds, Variegated & Moonglow, Robison-Anton's new glow in the dark thread.
S & G LABELS & TRIMMING COMPANY
Drawstrings, plus normal & stretch elastic. Always in stock. Distributor.
SEW TRUE
Carry a complete range of fashion industry supplies & equipment. Sewing supplies, thread, linings, pattern making supplies, dress forms, sewing machines, ironing systems, zippers, elastic, notions, textile cleaners & bridal suplies.
STEINLAUF & STOLLER, INC.
Toll-free# 1-877-869-0321. Carry every type of notion including cotton, polyester and nylon thread.
UPLIFTING SALES/JP BROGAN
Representing China based New Horizon Elastic. Manufacturers of woven and knit elastics for intimate apparel, womenswear, childrens wear and swimwear.
YLI
Manufacturers of embroidery and industrial sewing threads in nylon, silk and polyester for the apparel, uniform and industrial markets. Domestic.


















