Quilting For The Healthcare Sector
Laundered harder and more often than almost anything else we quilt.
What Healthcare Manufacturers Need From Quilting
Healthcare textiles get laundered harder and more often than almost anything else we quilt. Mattress covers, patient slings, positioning aids and ward soft furnishings all need a stitch that survives industrial washing without opening up, and a filling that keeps its loft after repeated cycles. We've supplied healthcare manufacturers for decades and understand what the sector asks for before you have to explain it.
We quilt on commission only. You send fabric on the roll, we quilt it to your chosen filling on multi-needle lock stitch machines, and the finished rolls come back ready to cut. We never make competing finished products, so nothing you tell us ends up in a rival’s catalogue.
- Standard width
- 1500–1600mm
- Maximum Width
- 2400mm
- Stock wadding
- 70–300gsm
- Stitch
- Multi-needle lock stitch
Fabrics we quilt for healthcare
Wipe-clean PU and PVC-coated fabrics, polyester woven and knitted fabrics, and antimicrobial-treated cloth. If your fabric is coated, tell us at quote stage — coating affects needle selection and stitch tension.
If you are unsure whether a fabric will run coated, waxed, very light or very open, send us five metres and we will quilt a sample before you commit to a production quantity.
Fillings and waddings
Our stock polyester wadding runs from 70gsm to 300gsm, is made from recycled polyester and complies with BS5852 Part 2 1982. Heavier weights are available on request. Where an application calls for foam, felt, a natural filling or a specified flame-retardant material, we quilt customer-supplied materials as standard, with no penalty in our pricing for doing so.
Material data we can evidence, tests we won't invent
Reaction-to-fire and durability classifications belong to a finished article and its test, not to roll goods. We supply what we can evidence and quilt panels for you to submit.
- UK-sourced recycled polyester wadding to BS5852 Part 2 1982
- Documentation and batch traceability with any order
- Free sample panels for you or your test house
- Customer-approved or customer-supplied materials on request
Related sectors
Tell us what you need quilting
Send us your fabric and filling, tell us the pattern, and we will quote you on the work.