Sportek Pro-Stretch Tricot Single-Side Fleece

Enhance your designs with Sportek Pro-Stretch Tricot Single-Side Fleece, a premium fabric that combines high compression with exceptional comfort. Made from an 88% polyester and 12% spandex blend, this fabric offers a soft fleece finish that ensures comfort and performance. The fabric's PFP white base makes it ideal for sublimation printing, providing vibrant, durable, and sharp designs that truly stand out.

Whether you're designing activewear, sportswear, or home textiles, this fabric provides the perfect blend of softness, stretch, and compression. The 270 GSM weight and 60/61 inch width make it a versatile choice for various applications, from leggings and sports bras to jackets, loungewear, and blankets. For guidance on whether this fabric suits your project, visit our how to choose fabric guide.

Key Features

• Content: 88% Polyester, 12% Spandex
• Weight: 270 GSM – provides the right amount of weight for comfort and durability. See our fabric weight guide to understand how GSM affects compression, drape, and warmth.
• Width: 60/61 inches – suitable for large projects and garment designs
• Soft & High Compression: The velvety fleece texture offers a soft feel while the high compression enhances the fit, making it ideal for performance wear. Learn more in our activewear fabric guide.
• 4-Way Stretch: The 12% spandex content delivers reliable stretch and recovery in all directions. See our stretch fabric types page for a full breakdown of how spandex percentage affects stretch and snap-back performance.
• Perfect for Sublimation: The PFP white base ensures excellent ink absorption, delivering sharp, vibrant designs that remain vivid after washing. Pair with our sublimation paper or sublimation transfer paper for professional results.

Why Choose Sportek Pro-Stretch Tricot Single-Side Fleece?

Comfort & Durability: Crafted from a durable blend of polyester and spandex, this fabric offers flexibility, warmth, and breathability with a plush feel. The polyester base provides excellent moisture management and shape retention, while the spandex ensures the garment recovers its form after every wear. To keep this fabric performing at its best, follow the care guidance in our fabric care guide and spandex care guide.

Versatile Applications: At 270 GSM, this fabric sits in the mid-to-heavy weight range – heavier than a standard activewear knit, making it ideal for warm-weather layering pieces, structured loungewear, and insulating home textiles. Our fabric weight guide explains exactly how this weight range performs across different garment types.

Sublimation-Friendly: The smooth, high-quality PFP white surface ensures vivid and crisp color transfer, making it perfect for custom team apparel, branded sportswear, and unique home textile designs. Our sublimation guide covers everything you need to know about base fabric requirements, press settings, and achieving professional results with sublimation transfer paper.

Easy to Sew: Like all stretch knits, this fabric performs best when sewn with a ballpoint or stretch needle and a stretch-friendly stitch. Our how to sew stretch fabric guide covers the tools, stitch settings, and techniques that give this fabric a clean, professional finish.

Ideal Uses

Activewear & Sportswear: Perfect for creating leggings, sports bras, jackets, and more, offering warmth, stretch, and compression. The high compression and 4-way stretch make it especially well suited to cold-weather training layers and structured performance pieces. See our activewear fabric guide for more recommendations on how to incorporate this fabric into a performance line.

Loungewear & Casual Wear: The single-side fleece finish provides cozy comfort, making it ideal for comfortable casual wear, hoodies, and relaxed joggers. Its soft texture and substantial weight give loungewear a premium, polished look and feel.

Home Textiles: Great for designing blankets, pillow covers, and throws, with an ultra-soft feel and durable design that holds up beautifully through repeated washing.

Care & Handling

To preserve the stretch, compression, and fleece finish of this fabric, wash in cold water on a gentle cycle and tumble dry on low or air dry. Avoid high heat, bleach, and fabric softener, which can degrade the spandex fibers and reduce compression over time. Our spandex care guide and fabric care guide cover complete laundering protocols to keep this fabric performing at its best wash after wash.

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