What is 100x120/92x80 Quality of Mull or Volile

100x120 quality of voile is a misnomer.Actually the count of the fabric is 64 x 80 or 64 x 90. The construction is the same as that of 92 x 80. It is a greige construction. Finished construction will be 104 x 80.

To understand it, there are various varieties available in the market. I am just giving a brief list in the decreasing order of qualities. In the first column I have given the popular name, in the second column I have given the reed and pick ( All Greige) corresponding to that quality.

100 x 120   92 x 104 ( A typical 100 x 120 quality has count of 56 x 90, Reed pick of 91 x 101)
100 x 120   92 x 88
100 x 120   92 x 80 ( A typical 100 x 120/92 x 80 has a count of 60 x 80 and Reed x pick of 90 x 76)
100 x 120   92 x 72
80 x 72       80 x 72 (A typical 80 x 72 quality has a count of 60 x 80 and Reed pick of 80 x 64)
100 x 100   76 x 68 ( A typical 100 x 100 quality has a count of 60 x 80 and reed pick of 76 x  60)
80 x 100     76 x 66
70 x 90       66 x 52 ( A typical 70 x 90 quality has a count of 60 x 90 and reed pick of 66 x 50)


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Count, Construction and Width of common Cotton Fabrics

Count, Construction and Available Widths of Common Cotton Fabrics

Cotton fabrics are commonly identified by three important technical parameters: yarn count, fabric construction, and fabric width. These specifications are widely used by textile students, fabric buyers, merchandisers, sourcing teams, garment manufacturers, and home textile professionals.

Yarn count indicates the fineness or coarseness of the yarn used in the fabric. Fabric construction shows the number of threads in the warp and weft direction. Fabric width indicates the available width of the fabric in inches. Together, these details help us understand the likely weight, compactness, handle, durability, and end-use suitability of a fabric.

How to Read Fabric Specifications

A fabric specification may be written as:

20 × 20 / 108 × 56 / 63"

This means:

Part	Meaning
20 × 20	Yarn count used in warp and weft
108 × 56	Fabric construction: 108 ends per inch and 56 picks per inch
63"	Available fabric width

In simple form, the notation may be read as:

Count × Count / EPI × PPI / Width

Term	Meaning
Count	Yarn fineness or thickness
EPI	Ends per inch, meaning warp threads per inch
PPI	Picks per inch, meaning weft threads per inch
Width	Available fabric width in inches

In many fabric markets, the count and construction may sometimes be written in a different order. Therefore, it is always useful to clearly identify which numbers represent yarn count and which numbers represent ends and picks per inch.

Cotton Drill Fabrics

Cotton drill is a strong woven cotton fabric, generally associated with a firm structure and good durability. It is commonly used for uniforms, workwear, bags, industrial garments, bottom-weight garments, and utility products. Drill fabrics are usually heavier and more compact than light shirting fabrics.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
16 × 12	96 × 48	48", 63", 93", 98", 120"
20 × 20	108 × 56	48", 63", 93", 98", 120"
20 × 16	108 × 56	48", 63", 93", 98", 120"
30 × 30	124 × 64	48", 63", 93", 98", 120"
40 × 40	144 × 72	48", 63", 93", 98", 120"

Linen/Cotton Fabrics

Linen/cotton fabrics combine the natural texture of linen with the comfort and flexibility of cotton. These fabrics are used where a slightly textured, breathable, and natural-looking fabric is required. They are commonly used for shirts, dresses, casual garments, and summer apparel.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
20s × 20s Linen	88 × 64	63"
20s × 16s Linen	72 × 68	63"

Cotton Oxford Fabrics

Cotton oxford is a popular shirting fabric. It usually has a slightly heavier and more textured appearance than poplin. Oxford fabric is commonly used for formal shirts, casual shirts, school uniforms, and institutional garments. Its structure gives it strength, durability, and a characteristic basket-like surface.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
2/20s × 2/20s	84 × 38	48", 63"
16 × 8	84 × 28	48", 63"
20 × 16	108 × 72	48", 63"

Cotton Poplin Fabrics

Cotton poplin is a closely woven plain fabric with a smooth surface and fine texture. It is one of the most common fabrics used for shirts, dresses, uniforms, linings, and light to medium-weight garments. Poplin fabrics usually have a clean appearance and good dimensional stability.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
40 × 40	92 × 88	50", 63"
40 × 40	100 × 80	50", 63"
40 × 40	100 × 92	50", 63"
40 × 40	124 × 64	48", 63"
40 × 40	124 × 72	48", 63"
40 × 40	132 × 72	48", 63"

Cotton Twill Fabrics

Cotton twill fabrics are known for their diagonal weave effect. This structure generally makes the fabric stronger, denser, and more durable than many plain weave fabrics. Cotton twill is widely used in trousers, uniforms, jackets, workwear, casual wear, and home textile products.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
30 × 30	124 × 64	48" to 120"
40 × 40	132 × 72	48" to 120"
40 × 40	144 × 74	48" to 120"
50 × 50	144 × 74	48" to 120"

Cotton Voile Fabrics

Cotton voile is a lightweight, fine, soft, and slightly transparent fabric. It is generally made with finer yarn counts and is used for summer wear, scarves, dupattas, curtains, lightweight dresses, and delicate apparel. Voile fabrics have a soft fall and airy appearance.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
80 × 80	92 × 88	48", 63"
80 × 80	92 × 104	48", 63"
80 × 80	80 × 80	48", 63"
80 × 80	100 × 92	48", 63"

Cotton Satin Fabrics

Cotton satin is woven using a satin weave, which gives the fabric a smooth and lustrous surface. It is commonly used in premium bed linen, luxury sheeting, home textiles, and high-quality apparel. Satin fabrics with higher thread counts are generally denser and smoother, though the final feel also depends on yarn quality, fibre quality, finishing, and weave.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths / Notes
40 × 40	100 × 80	98", 120"
40 × 40	132 × 72	120"
30 × 30	124 × 64	120"
40 × 40	144 × 72	120"
60 × 60	175 × 56 × 2	120" — 300 TC
60 × 80	175 × 50 × 4	120" — 400 TC
80s × 100s	195 × 72 × 4	120" — 500 TC
80s × 100s	195 × 86 × 4	120" — 600 TC
120s × 2/120s	175 × 146/4	120" — 1000 TC

Note on Thread Count

In satin and sheeting fabrics, TC refers to thread count. It generally indicates the total number of warp and weft threads in one square inch of fabric. Higher thread-count fabrics are usually denser, smoother, and finer. However, thread count alone does not define fabric quality. Yarn quality, fibre length, weave structure, finishing, and processing also play an important role.

Cotton Bedford Fabrics

Cotton bedford fabric has a firm and structured appearance. It often shows a ribbed or cord-like effect and is used for durable apparel and furnishing applications. Bedford fabrics are suitable where body, strength, and surface texture are required.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
40 × 40	132 × 72	48", 63"
60 × 60	144 × 100	48", 63"
40 × 40	124 × 100	63"
50 × 50	144 × 72	63"

Cotton Cambric Fabrics

Cotton cambric is a fine, closely woven fabric with a smooth finish. It is commonly used for shirts, women’s wear, children’s garments, handkerchiefs, linings, and light apparel. Cambric is generally finer than basic sheeting and has a neat, compact appearance.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
60 × 60	132 × 108	48", 54", 63"
60 × 60	92 × 88	48", 54", 63"
50 × 50	132 × 72	48", 63"
50 × 50	124 × 100	63"

Cotton Plain Fabric or Cotton Sheeting Fabrics

Cotton plain fabric, also called cotton sheeting, is one of the most widely used basic cotton fabric categories. Depending on count and construction, it may be used for bedsheets, basic garments, linings, institutional supplies, industrial usage, and home textiles. Coarser counts are generally used for heavier fabrics, while finer counts are used for smoother and lighter qualities.

Count	EPI × PPI	Available Widths
10 × 10	44 × 40	48", 63", 93", 98", 120" to 143"
16 × 16	60 × 60	48", 63", 93", 98", 120" to 143"
20 × 20	60 × 60	48", 63", 93", 98", 120" to 143"
30 × 30	68 × 68	48", 63", 93", 98", 120" to 143"
30 × 30	72 × 68	48", 63", 93", 98", 120" to 143"

Why Count, Construction and Width Matter

The count, construction, and width of a fabric are not just technical numbers. They directly influence fabric performance and commercial suitability.

A coarser yarn count usually gives a heavier and stronger fabric, while a finer yarn count gives a smoother, lighter, and more refined fabric. Similarly, higher EPI and PPI generally make the fabric more compact, denser, and more stable.

Fabric width is equally important. Wider fabrics are useful for bedsheets, curtains, home textiles, and export orders, while narrower widths are commonly used for shirts, garments, and smaller textile products. Width also affects fabric consumption, cutting efficiency, costing, and production planning.

Conclusion

Understanding fabric count, construction, and width is essential for selecting the right cotton fabric for a specific end use. Yarn count affects fineness, thickness, and feel. EPI and PPI affect compactness, strength, cover, and weight. Width affects costing, cutting, production planning, and fabric utilization.

Therefore, these specifications should not be treated as mere numbers. They are the technical language through which fabric quality, suitability, and commercial application are understood.

Voile, Cambric, Terry voile, shiffon, long cloth, classical oxford, pin-point oxford, Chief Value Cotton

Voile

It is a doubled yarn, highly twisted with count range >60s. It has an square and open construction. The fabric made from it is light weight, transparent, crispy and granular feel. It can be either cotton or P/C. Its trade name is 2 x2 Rubia. 72 epi and 72 ppi.

Cambric

It is a single yarn, rest properties are same as voile.

Terry Voile

It is name of voile with 2/81 high twisted fabric in 67:33 blend which is later carborised to get a 100% polyester fabric.

Shiffon

Count is 62s. Here weft is highly twisted (1400-1500 tpm) polyester filamnet and textured and warp is p/c. 67:33

Long Cloth

It is a plain fabric with special kind of finish which remains for some times even after normal washing.

Poplin Broad Cloth
A tightly woven, subtle variation on a plain-weave fabric, characterised by a very high thread count- 100 to 200 tpi- produces a thin, but relatively opaque fabric with a crisp, hard finishing. Also characteristics of the fabric is its fine horizontal ribbing, produced by the lengthwise warp threads being packed more densly than the crossing weft threads. The ribbing is scarcely noticeable but makes any on-grain stripes very clear and appear solid in color, and it also adds a little shine on the fabric. If the cotton fiber itself has any shine, it will enhance the shine of ribbing and produces a very dressy effect. It comes in solid colors, stripes, plaids and checks.

120 *72
Chambray: It looks solid color but is a plain worked with two colors of yarns, usually a white warp and a colored weft or vice-versa. They are woven in all weights. It can be poplin, or twill or dobby chambray

Classical Oxford
It is like chambray, but in contrast to a chambrays plain weave, oxford cloth is woven in a basket weave. It produces the fabric's soft bulkiness.

Warp is Dyed and weft grey
warp --> 2/40s, Weft --> 2/30s

Pin Point Oxford
When worked in a fine weave, oxford cloth is called a pinpoint oxford.

both warp and weft 2/80s, 144 ends/inch in grey and 60-62 ppi.

Chief Value Cotton

60% cotton, 40% polyester

German Finish

Enzyme treatment. Here fabric gets very good lustre and feel. Also we do a process called weight reduction process ( weight is reduced by 4-5%, so bulkiness in the fabric is given.

Chinos

3/1 twill with 2/40s * 2/30s. When single yarn is used it is called Drill.

Gaberdine
2/1 twill
with 2/40s * 2/30s