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From: Adrienne
Date: 07-14-2006, 06:48 AM (1 of 5)
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Hello everyone! I am considering opening a sewing business to sew girl's clothing, since there is nothing modest and very feminine in the stores. If I sew baby or girl's sleepwear, MUST it be from flame retardant fabric, or can I use flannel & cotton? Also: does anyone think there is a paying market for this? Thanks! Bring back, "MADE IN THE USA" !!!
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User: Adrienne
Member since: 07-07-2006 Total posts: 2 
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From: pucktricks
Date: 07-14-2006, 10:54 AM (2 of 5)
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From my understanding if you're going to sell it publicly, then yes it would need to be the flame retardant stuff. As to if there's a market, again yes depending on your area and what you're planning. I would look at the boutique type places in your area to see if there is a market at all. Ticia |
User: pucktricks
Member since: 03-31-2004 Total posts: 570 
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From: MissTaraTara
Date: 07-15-2006, 11:01 PM (3 of 5)
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One idea would be to browse what is available as far as sleepwear in the stores. I say this because a few weeks ago at the mall, there was 100% cotton sleepwear available. I forget the store...rats. I do think there was a disclaimer on the hangtag, though. Also consider the companies who market the organic clothing. I am sure that organic clothing cannot be loaded with flame retardant chemicals...just a thought. If you would like to use the beautiful non-flame retardant fabrics for your clothing, do a little more research. Here is some more reading for you: flame retardant sleepwear (http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/safety/fireresist.html) burn and fire prevention (http://www.luhs.org/depts/injprev/FireBurn/burninj.htm#Children's) government action (http://www.kidsource.com/cpsc/sleepwear.html) consumer product safety commission (http://www.cpsc.gov/) -be sure to have food handy, this site is not too user friendly Hope this helps |
User: MissTaraTara
Member since: 01-24-2006 Total posts: 227 |
From: Celie's Mom
Date: 08-18-2006, 07:13 PM (4 of 5)
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Hi Adrienne! Good luck with your sewing business! I was thinking if you want to make sleepwear but don't want to mess with the flame retardent, you could just call it loungewear. I hope that helps! Cassie |
User: Celie's Mom
Member since: 08-16-2006 Total posts: 1 |
From: ma24qtz
Date: 08-20-2006, 06:30 PM (5 of 5)
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Hello everyone! I am considering opening a sewing business to sew girl's clothing, since there is nothing modest and very feminine in the stores. If I sew baby or girl's sleepwear, MUST it be from flame retardant fabric, or can I use flannel & cotton? Also: does anyone think there is a paying market for this? Thanks! It has to either be flame retardant or tight fitting (with the tags that say garment must be tightfitting etc). You can call it loungewear as someone suggested but I hear that they are cracking down on that too. There was a company - I will see if I can find the name, that sold a solution that you could make your fabric flame retardant. Joanns was carrying some flame retardant fabric in the nursery/kids section last time I was there too. Good Luck 
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User: ma24qtz
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 16 |
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