Polyester fabric guide
Polyester Joggers Design with AI
Mills make polyester joggers regularly, usually in polar fleece at 200 to 350 g/m².
It is the lightest of the 7 cloths this guide lists for this cut; velour comes next.
Next to velour, it is lighter, firmer, cooler to wear and easier to care for.
Polyester Joggers at a glance
- Cloth to ask your mill for
- Polar fleece
- Typical weight
- 200 to 350 g/m²
- Drape
- Medium
- Stretch
- Slight
- Breathability
- Low
- Warmth
- Neutral
- Care
- Machine wash at 30 to 40 °C
- How common
- Common
- Typical cloth price
- $3-12/yard
Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.
The joggers, in numbers
- Typical length
- 95 to 105 cm, from the waist
- Defining details
- Elastic waist with drawcord, rib ankle cuffs, side or back pockets
- Cloth needed
- about 1.4 to 1.8 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $5 to $24 of cloth at typical prices
Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.
How polyester behaves on a joggers
On a joggers it keeps a clean, even line from shoulder to hem, the hand most tops are graded on.
Cut long, a medium-weight cloth falls in a clean column and needs a deep hem to hang straight.
It is neither warm nor cool, so it works across most of the year.
Care is simple: a machine wash at 30 to 40 °C.
It barely creases, dries fast and keeps its color, but it holds odour and can pill on brushed surfaces.
About polyester
Polyester is a synthetic fibre made from petroleum or, more and more, from recycled bottles. It can be engineered to imitate silk, wool or cotton, and to wick, stretch or shed water.
Recycled polyester is widely available and certified under recycling standards; ask the mill for the certificate, not only the claim.
It is itself the usual lining cloth; a polyester piece is lined only when it is sheer or when the face would cling.
Cutting, sewing and color
A microtex needle and polyester thread; it resists pressing, so seams are set with heat and a clapper.
It is dyed with disperse dyes at high heat or printed by sublimation, so bright colors stay fast.
It has a soft sheen that shows the folds without glare.
A description to start from
A joggers in polar fleece, 200 to 350 g/m², with a medium drape and a soft sheen surface, for most of the year.
If polyester is not quite right
- Heavier: Velvet, in velour
- More drape: Jersey, in French terry
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