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100% Cotton
The cotton fabric has been pre-treated (often pre-shrunk or sanforized) to minimize or prevent shrinking after washing.

Technique: Screen printing involves pushing ink through a mesh screen with a stencil to transfer a design onto a surface.

Some ideas of how it is made.

• Use a mesh screen (usually polyester or nylon, stretched over a frame). The mesh count (e.g., 110–160 for fabric) determines how fine the detail can be—lower counts for bold designs, higher for fine details.
• Coat the screen with a light-sensitive emulsion (e.g., using a scoop coater) in a dark room to avoid exposure. Let it dry completely.
• Place a design (printed on a transparent film) onto the emulsion-coated screen. Expose the screen to UV light (using a light box or exposure unit) for a set time (usually 5–15 minutes, depending on the emulsion). The light hardens the emulsion where the design is transparent, leaving unexposed areas (your design) soft.
• Wash the screen with water to remove the unexposed emulsion, revealing your stencil.