Mekan Textile Blog

Fabric qualities

Engineered weights for every application

Our core cotton qualities anchor every collection, all available piece-dyed or digitally printed, with custom constructions developed on demand.

Close-up of a panama cotton weave

Core qualities

FabricWeightWeaveTypical use
Cotton Poplin200 gsmPlain weaveShirting, light curtains
Panama230 gsmPanama (basket) weaveTea towels, shopping bags, table textiles
Cotton Drill255 gsmDrillTea towels, trousers, aprons, workwear
Panama309 gsmPanama (basket) weaveTea towels, curtains, aprons, heavy home textiles
Cotton Canvas500 gsmDouble-ply plain weaveBags, footwear, upholstery, heavy-duty textiles

All qualities can be produced piece-dyed or digitally printed. Custom weight, weave, construction, content and finish options are developed to order.

Buying in ounces? Our guide to gsm and oz/yd² explains how to convert, and why weight per linear yard is a different number.

Shirting and trouser qualities

Apparel runs on its own collections: 18 shirting fabrics in five fibre families, from 85 to 165 gsm, and 18 trouser fabrics in six fibre families, from 170 to 290 gsm.

See them made up

Cotton curtains printed with meadow flowers at a sunlit window Home Textiles Curtain fabric 100% cotton curtain fabric in Panama and Cotton Poplin, 200-309 gsm, supplied piece-dyed, digitally printed or rotary printed. Made in Türkiye. Plain cotton canvas tote bag held by its handles Niche Products Cotton canvas 500 gsm Heavy 500 gsm 100% cotton canvas woven from double-ply yarns, in stock in 30 colours. For tote bags, aprons, footwear and upholstery. Cotton poplin shirt on a hanger Apparel Fabrics Shirting fabric 18 shirting fabric qualities in five fibre families: 100% cotton, organic cotton, cotton-linen, cotton-elastane and lyocell, 85-165 gsm, 144-158 cm wide.