Shaoxing Mujia Textile publishes marker loss for its yarn-dyed gingham range: a check garment uses 15 to 25 percent more cloth than a solid. Seven patterns, 43 colours, 100 GSM, 145 cm.

ZHUJI, China – November 12, 2026 – Shaoxing Mujia Textile has published the marker loss figures for its yarn-dyed gingham range, on the argument that a check garment uses 15 to 25 percent more cloth than the same garment cut in a solid, and that the extra cloth never appears on a quotation as a line item.

The cost does not disappear. It appears as a lower yield, which means the real cost per garment runs above what the FOB (free on board) price per metre suggests. Roughly half of the loss can be designed away before a single metre is woven.

Where the extra cloth goes comes down to four cutting choices.

Matching at every seam, including side seams, centre front, sleeve heads, pocket flaps and yoke, constrains how each pattern piece can be laid on the cloth. The more match points, the fewer marker layouts are legal, and the lower the yield.

Matching at side seams only is the standard compromise. Front and back align at the side and sleeve heads are allowed to break. It saves roughly half the loss and is invisible on a small check.

Cutting on the bias removes matching entirely, because nothing can align. It is a cloth-efficient option and it changes the garment’s character: a bias-cut check reads as a different design rather than a cheaper one.

Cutting the check small enough that the eye cannot follow it across a seam is the fourth route. A 3 mm check cannot be matched by eye at a seam, which is why mini-checks are commercially popular: they are cheaper to cut, not only cheaper to look at.

Repeat size and width compound the effect. The programme runs seven patterns, A through G, at 100 GSM (grams per square metre) in 100% cotton at 145 cm, with 43 colours held as standard. Those colours are combinations already yarn-dyed, so an order inside the card runs at 300 m per colour, and a new combination is a fresh yarn dyeing.

A larger repeat means fewer full repeats across the 145 cm width, and fewer repeat positions means less freedom to slide a pattern piece sideways to improve the marker. A 4 cm repeat gives thirty-five positions across the width; a 12 cm repeat gives twelve. Coarser optimisation means more waste. It is a property of the design rather than of the mill, and it is why two checks at the same price per metre can differ by several points of yield.

Width behaves the same way. On a check every centimetre of width is a centimetre of repeat positions. Going from 145 to 140 cm costs about 3.5 percent of the marker area before any matching constraint is applied, and more once the constraint bites. The finished width should be written into the order and checked on the sample roll: a check that measures 142 cm will still cut, but the marker was built for 145.

“The buyer who specifies the check size in millimetres and names the match points is the one who controls the cost,” says Emily Zhou, founder and director of Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd. “Most buyers do not know the match points are theirs to choose, so they get a more expensive default.”

The mill weaves in Fengqiao, Zhuji, on 30 Lenado air-jet looms in a 5,000 square metre shed, about five million metres a year, and has done since 2012. Its checks are yarn-dyed, which is what makes them line up at all; a piece-dyed check is printed onto the cloth rather than woven into it. The mill does not dye. Yarn dyeing runs at partner mills and the mill holds the shade approval and the AQL 2.5 inspection, the acceptable quality limit sampling level.

Running lead time is about 15 days after colour confirmation, with 300 m per colour as the standard minimum.

Specifications and the seven colour cards are on the gingham page, https://mujiatextile.com/gingham-fabric-manufacturer.html. A4 swatches ship the day a request is confirmed.

About Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd.

Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd. is a weaver of cotton and velvet fabrics in Zhuji, Zhejiang, founded in 2012. It runs 30 Lenado air-jet looms in a 5,000 square metre plant and produces about five million metres of woven fabric a year. Standard terms are 300 m per colour, about 15 days after colour confirmation, FOB China port, with AQL 2.5 inspection and a four-point check on every roll. Company profile and full range at the Shaoxing Mujia Textile website, https://mujiatextile.com.

Media Contact:
Name: Emily Zhou
Company: Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd.
Email: shaoxingtextile@coze.email
Phone: +86 151 5752 5252
Address: No.5 Wenchuang Road, Fengqiao Town, Zhuji, Zhejiang 311811, China
Website: https://mujiatextile.com