Our Hand Silk Screen Process

Eco Friendly, Artisan Quality Printed Fabrics

We specialize in high end hand silk screen printed fabric for the home decor industry. We prepare, print, and finish fabric bought directly from the weaving mills. Our low minimum yardage allows new entries from the textile design marketplace.

Our Screen Printing Expertise

  • Vat Dye printing on natural fabrics, Eco friendly

    Our Specialties

    Our specialty is VAT Dye printing on natural fabrics (cotton, linen, union)

    We use silkscreens to print on our 50-yard long tables.

    We offer production of as little as 25 yards.

    We can print any number of screens/colors to accommodate your design project.

    Our color shop is capable of matching your color choices consistently meeting acceptable industry standards.

    Eco-Friendly materials, methods, and disposal

  • full line of cottons, unions, linens, prep and finish services

    Fabrics

    We offer a full line of cottons, unions and linens.

    Experienced screen printing on a variety of fabrics.

    We prepare, print, and finish fabric for the home decor industry.

    We work on varied weights of fabric with many final uses, yardage, upholstery, decor, and outdoor.

  • Screens used for hand printing fabric on 50 yard tables

    Print Screens

    While we don’t make screens at Griswold Textile we work closely with Lebanon Valley Engraving during the concept and development of each pattern/project.

    You can reach LVE Screen Engraving at their website. They are located in Pennsylvania.

    Please contact us if we can assist.

  • Fabric prep for hand silk screening in high volumes

    Fabric Preparation

    We prepare all of our fabrics for printing in house.

    We desize greige goods- remove the natural waxes and sizing.

    We bleach the goods upon request- to a “whiteness” standard.

    Upon completion- the fabrics are pre-shrunk prior to printing.

  • Unlimited colors available, tea-staining, VAT dyes, pigment dyes, outdoor fabric dyes

    Dyes

    From 10 base colors, we are able to make an unlimited number of colors.

    VAT dyes-exceptional fastness properties, no stiff feel.

    Pigment dyes-suitable for multiple applications.

    Hi-Lightfast Pigments-on Acrylic fabric for outdoor use over 500 hours.

    Direct dyes for tinting the overall fabric, for the effect of “tea-staining” and other effects.

  • Finishing services for hand printed fabrics, Chintz, Cold calendar, Schriener, teflon, curing to set pigments

    Finishing

    Chintz finish- glaze

    Cold Calendar- light luster finish, softer hand-sheetings and percales

    Schreiner finish- light luster finish, softer hand- heavier weight fabrics

    Teflon coating- water and stain resistant

    Curing- for heat setting pigment dyes

Videos - Hand Print Fabric Processes

The aging process.

Developing and fixing the dyes to the fabric.

The start of the finishing processs.

The videos above show different portions of the vat dye development and fixation to the base cotton and/or linen fabrics that are prepared, printed, and finished at Griswold Textile Print, Inc. This process is unique and not available in many printing operations.

We prepare all of our fabrics for printing, then print, finish, inspect, and ship from our facility in Westerly, Rhode Island.

As a contract fabric printer, we offer exceptional quality to the high-end decorator market.

Our ability to offer low minimum yardage production also makes our fabric printing service available to artisans, textile designers, boutique interior designers, and other new entries in the market.