Shaoxing Mujia Textile specifies stitch pitch alongside GSM on its quilted cotton range, because the size of the quilted cell decides warmth. Seven patterns, 340-390 GSM, 140-150 cm, from US$3.65 per metre at 300 m.

Zhuji, China – November 12, 2026 – Shaoxing Mujia Textile has put stitch pitch on the specification sheet for its quilted cotton range, alongside the usual GSM (grams per square metre) figure, on the argument that a quilted cloth’s warmth is set by the size of the cells the quilting creates rather than by the weight of the cloth.

A 340 GSM quilted cotton can be warmer in use than a 390 GSM plain cotton of the same fibre. Weight measures mass. Warmth measures how much still air the cloth can hold against a body that is trying to heat it, and still air is what a quilt is for. On a scale the plain cloth wins; on a person in a room the quilted one does.

The mechanism is the cell. Each quilted quality is three layers: a face cloth, a fill and a back. The quilting stitch binds them and divides the fill into compartments. A cloth quilted at 10 cm pitch holds seven cells across a 70 cm panel; the same cloth at 5 cm pitch holds fourteen. Smaller cells restrict internal air circulation, so the air the body has warmed stays where it was warmed. Two quilted cloths at identical weight can therefore perform differently, and the difference is visible on the order as one number.

The fill is a bonded layer rather than a loose batt. Loose fibre migrates: it clumps at the low points and thins at the high points, and after ten washes the garment has cold patches. Bonding limits migration to the cell it starts in. Adding fill does not keep adding warmth either. Past a certain thickness the fill compresses under its own weight and the air cells collapse, so the garment gains weight and loses insulation at the same time.

The programme runs 340-390 GSM in 100% cotton at 140-150 cm, in seven patterns: Q-01, Q-02, Q-03, Q-04, Q-06, Q-07 and Q-08. There is no Q-05. That pattern was retired and the number was not reissued. A new pattern is a new plate and a fresh strike-off, a trial run made before bulk, so it carries a cost and a lead time.

“A buyer who specifies 360 GSM has specified the weight and left the warmth to the quilting machine,” says Emily Zhou, founder and director of Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd. “The pitch is the number that decides how the cloth performs, and it costs nothing to put it on the order.”

Width is also a relevant specification. A bedspread at 150 cm needs no joining seam down the middle, which removes a labour step and a visible line at the same time. The same width serves quilted jackets, gilets and liners, where the cloth is the insulation itself.

The mill weaves the face and the back in Fengqiao, Zhuji, on 30 Lenado air-jet looms in a 5,000 square metre shed, about five million metres a year. It does not dye and does not quilt. Dyeing and quilting run at partner mills, and the mill holds the pattern approval and the AQL 2.5 inspection, the acceptable quality limit sampling level, on the buyer’s side of the transaction.

Running lead time is about 15 days after colour confirmation, and 300 m per colour is the standard minimum.

Specifications and the seven patterns are on the quilted cotton page, https://mujiatextile.com/quilted-cotton-fabric-manufacturer.html.

About Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd.

Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd. is a weaver of cotton and velvet fabrics in Zhuji, Zhejiang, founded in 2012. It runs 30 Lenado air-jet looms in a 5,000 square metre plant and produces about five million metres of woven fabric a year. Standard terms are 300 m per colour, about 15 days after colour confirmation, FOB China port, with AQL 2.5 inspection and a four-point check on every roll. Company profile and full range at the Shaoxing Mujia Textile website, https://mujiatextile.com.

Media Contact:
Name: Emily Zhou
Company: Shaoxing Mujia Textile Co., Ltd.
Email: shaoxingtextile@coze.email
Phone: +86 151 5752 5252
Address: No.5 Wenchuang Road, Fengqiao Town, Zhuji, Zhejiang 311811, China
Website: https://mujiatextile.com