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Fabric Calculators and Tools
All fabric calculators in one place
Every tool on XO Fabric, arranged in the order you actually use them. Nothing here needs a login, and nothing asks for personal details. Work out a number, then close the tab.
These 17 calculators are free to use. If a number you get out of one looks wrong, the page under it explains the method and the standard it follows, so you can check the working against something your mill or your QC team would recognise.
Step 1 · Fix the specification
Decide what the fabric actually is before anyone quotes a price. Weight, width and yarn count are the three numbers everything else is built on.
Fabric GSM Calculator
Turn width, weight and composition into GSM, and read the result back as a hand feel and an opacity.
Open the toolKnit Fabric GSM from Construction
Estimate GSM from yarn count, loop length and wale/course density, before the fabric is knitted.
Open the toolFabric GSM Chart by Construction and End Use
The reference table: what weight each construction and end use actually runs at.
Open the toolFleece and Flocked Fabric GSM Picker
Start from the garment, get a target weight with a written tolerance for fleece and flocked goods.
Open the toolYarn Count Converter
Convert between metric count, English cotton count, denier and tex without mixing up the direction.
Open the toolFabric Width Reference and Converter
Mill widths in centimetres against US inches, and the usable width once selvedge is taken off.
Open the toolStep 2 · Work out how much you need
Consumption, shrinkage and roll limits. These are the numbers that decide whether a bulk order is cut correctly.
Garment Yardage Calculator
Marker consumption with wastage, the way it is actually measured on a cutting floor.
Open the toolFabric Shrinkage and Cut Allowance Calculator
Turn a shrinkage rate into the cut size you must actually mark, with the allowance included.
Open the toolFabric Roll Weight and Meterage Calculator
Metres per roll from GSM, width and core size, against what a roll core and a person can handle.
Open the toolStep 3 · Price it
From a quoted metre price to the number that lands in your costing sheet. This is where most importers get surprised.
Fabric Cost Per Garment Calculator
Consumption, GSM and price per metre into the fabric share of one garment.
Open the toolFabric MOQ and Order Quantity Estimator
What a mill MOQ means in metres, colours and total order value, and what pushes it up.
Open the toolFabric Landed Cost Calculator
Mill gate to cutting table: freight, insurance, duty, tax, brokerage and inland delivery.
Open the toolStep 4 · Ship it and check it on arrival
Booking, freight and the inspection that decides whether a roll passes or is claimed. The last two steps of an order, and the ones where a paper mistake is hardest to recover from.
Fabric Container Loading Calculator
Quantity, width and roll diameter into 20GP, 40GP, 40HC and 45HC capacity, with space left over.
Open the toolFabric 4-Point Inspection and AQL Calculator
ISO 2859-1 code letter, sample size, acceptance number and the 4-point roll table in one place.
Open the toolProjects, not production
Shorter calculations for people making something at home rather than running a production line.
Quilt Fabric Calculator
Top, backing, border and binding yardage from the finished quilt size.
Open the toolCurtain and Drapery Fabric Calculator
Panel width and yardage worked out from fullness and heading style.
Open the toolCushion and Pillow Fabric Calculator
Cover yardage including welt piping, box pleats and zipper allowance.
Open the toolHow these calculators are built
- Every figure comes from a published standard or an agreed industry convention: ISO 3801 for fabric weight, ISO 2859-1 for single sampling, standard imperial and metric width tables for conversion.
- Conversions between count systems run in the direction the system actually runs. Metric count goes up with finer yarn, English cotton count goes down. That is not a bug, and a converter that ignores it will give you a number that is wrong by a factor of 1.69.
- Each page states its own assumptions and the range its result should fall in, so a figure outside that range is a signal to re-check the inputs rather than to accept the answer.
- If you are specifying to a mill or working against a QC report, the underlying page will name the standard and the test method, which is usually what a buyer needs in writing.
Are these tools free?
Yes, and they stay free. There is no account, no email capture and no paywall. XO Fabric sells fabric, and the calculators are there to make specifying it easier.
Do the results include my order?
No. Each calculator works from the numbers you type in: your width, weight, consumption, price or metres. Nothing is stored and no figure is looked up from a database, so you can use them for a supplier quote you have not placed yet.
Which tool should I start with?
If you have not fixed the fabric, start at step 1 with the GSM calculator or the width reference. Everything downstream depends on those two numbers being right. If you already know the fabric and are stuck on cost, go to step 3.
I found a number here that disagrees with my mill.
Say so, and check the method rather than the answer first. Most disagreements come from a different test condition: fabric weight measured before or after conditioning, width taken across a different number of picks, or shrinkage tested on a different cycle. The page for each tool lists its assumptions.
Can I use these for a purchase order?
Use them to get your own numbers straight first, then write the method into the order. A calculator result is a starting figure; an order is binding. Where a result affects acceptance, put the standard and the test method in writing.