180gsm Coated Nylon Ripstop Fabric | 100% Polyester | SP-040

When it comes to choosing a fabric material for your brand’s winter apparel, you can’t go wrong with our 180gsm Coated Nylon Ripstop Fabric. This high-quality fabric is durable and tear-resistant, making it ideal for jackets and winter vests. It’s also water and wind-resistant, helping your customers stay warm and dry no matter what the weather throws at them.

If your brand is built on quality and performance, you’ll love the apparel made from this fabric material, and so will your clients.

180gsm Coated Nylon Ripstop Features & Benefits

• Great for making wind and water resistant jackets and winter vests 
• Add fleece lining to add warmth or use as is for a soft shell jacket
• Compatible with digital embroidery and other non-sublimation print methods
• High quality tear-resistant material making it great for a wide range of activities

Cut & Sew vs. Sublimation Fabrics

What’s the difference between cut & sew fabrics and sublimation fabrics? Cut & sew as the name suggests means the garment is cut & sewn directly out of the fabric sheet before any printing is applied.

Because the garments must be manually measured before being cut, the minimum order quantity is often higher on cut & sew apparel pieces. After the garments are put together, we then add any logo or branding to the apparel.

Cut & sew jackets and winter vests using fabrics similar to our focus keyphrase would have been common through much of the last 50 years.

Sublimation fabrics like our focus keyphrase are used to make sublimation apparel. All sublimation fabric starts out white and is put through a giant printer that adds all colors and designs in the shape of the garment pieces. This allows for smaller order quantities due to not need to measure each garment piece. Our workers are able to just cut the pieces out along the design and then sew it together.

Sublimation printing fuses with the fabric and has a more sporty feel to it. Because of this, it doesn’t fit the needs of brands whose customers value having their logo sewn onto the apparel or want a more traditional texture.

Sphere Sport: Sportswear Manufacturer Profile 

Sphere Sport is a custom sportswear factory based in Dongguan, China. We specialize in high-end sublimation printing for teamwear brands and premium apparel retailers.

What sets us apart is our focus on adding value to our clients through customizing our products and services to meet their needs. Unlike most factories, we’re eager to help you develop new products and help you accomplish your greater business goals. Our location in the heart of Chinese manufacturing allows us to help brands also source non-apparel products, design unique packaging, and provide bespoke project solutions such as dropshipping and warehousing.

Sphere Sport is made up of a truly international team. Founders Sam Clay and Eric Fan oversee the company uniting Australian customer service with Chinese manufacturing expertise. Our clients appreciate the shared cultural understanding and sports knowledge when communicating with Sam on new products or orders, along with the competitive pricing and quality of the production that Eric oversees.

We’ve also recently added an American Daniel Shultz to lead a team helping to develop and deliver advanced design, marketing, and software services for our clients.

Why Order Your Brand’s Apparel with Sphere Sport? 

• Professional-grade print quality and stitching for great-looking and long-lasting apparel at competitive prices.
• Advanced QC processes customized for each client give you the control to check designs, details, and colors at each point in the process or simply relax and let us take care of it for you.
• Countless garment & packaging customization options and eco-friendly materials. We stock over 100 cut & sew and sublimation fabric options. 
• Fast and cheap new garment development with no minimum quantity or deposit required. You can start developing your garment from items already in our catalog, by sending us a sample or send us specifications for changes based on a similar product we can source locally.
• High-quality production photos of your finished apparel displayed on mannequins emailed to you before shipment. These can be forwarded to your customers and used for marketing and final QC checks.
• After we ship your order, our team tracks its progress at every step until delivery. You’ll receive regular email updates and notice of any delays.
• Additional services designed to meet the specific needs of teamwear brands include graphic design, access to our kit builder, or develop one for you, product sourcing, and more.