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The importer, Australian manufacturer and direct seller;

     ‘ORGANATURE’ IS PROUD TO PRESENT:-

100% NATURAL

ORGANIC* COTTON  

            *certified by SKAL International                                                                                                                                         

BED LINEN        Our bed linen is made from soft satin feel organic cotton percale..

SHEET SETS; or separate FITTED SHEETS, FLAT SHEETS and PILLOWCASES

NOT JUST IN THE REGULAR SIZES;

Also available in Narrow Single, Single Long, Three Quarter, Three Quarter Long and King Single.

OUR FITTED SHEETS; for those who cannot tolerate elastic we make our fitted sheets without elastic  and  are made the same as normal fitted sheets but with extra deep skirt so that they tuck well under the mattress.

                All sizes are also available with elastic and the same deep wall/skirt. We can make special sizes.

OUR FLAT SHEETS; made with one cuffed end, like a broad hem.   All sizes available  or made to your specified size.

QUILT COVERS,  Regular and Tailored. 

VALANCES, Pleated.      All sizes.

BEDS and BEDDING          

PILLOWS   and   QUILTS; Outer casing; satin soft organic cotton percale.       Filling; 100% organic cotton batting. 

PILLOW PROTECTORS    and      MATTRESS PROTECTORS

Made with close and tightly woven thick organic cotton flannel, so tightly woven that it can be used as a barrier against dust mites.

Mattress protectors available in two styles:

1/ Fitted style; without elastic for those who cannot tolerate elastic, or with elastic.

2/ Bag style with zip to fully enclose mattress. All sizes and specials made to order.

MATTRESSES; controlled environment conditions to keep mattresses pure, require the special manufacture of these mattresses  of a specified  quantity   and  we are recording details from interested persons to be able to achieve the quantity needed to have them made for our customers. 

BEDROOMS  

PYJAMAS; Unisex, Kung Fu/kimono style with ties, no buttons.

Available in soft satin percale and flannel.

CHILDREN’S leisure top and shorts, and smocks made from percale; flannel to come.

BED JACKETS made from our soft flannel.

PERSONAL     HANDKERCHIEFS  made from our satin percale.

BATHROOM       Soft Terry towelling and fantastic drying;  

LARGE BATH TOWELS         HAIR TOWELS             FACE WASHERS       BATH SHEETS/ BODY WRAPS            BATHROBES you can cuddle into.

 NURSERY       Soft Terry BABY TOWELS with corner hood.

SHEET SETS; cot cradle and bassinet;  FITTED or FLAT sheets, PILLOWCASES

made from the soft satin Organic cotton percale.

LAUNDRY

IRONING  BOARD COVERS  Our thick flannel, with straps, no elastic.         

Your present ironing  board cover will contaminate your organic products.

.We also recommend you use a separate iron for your organic products.

DUSTING or CLEANING MITS made from Terry towelling.

KITCHEN      Terry  DISHCLOTHS

CLOTHING                             

 Ladies:

BLOUSES, satin feeling soft poplin.

SHORT SLEEVE TOPS, single jersey 150g/m2

BODY FIT TOPS; Long sleeve and short sleeve, ribbing 265g/m2

LEISURE JACKETS and PANTS from sweater fabric 270g/m2

Gents:

T SHIRTS, single jersey 150g/m2

BODY FIT SHIRTS; Long sleeve, round neck or Short sleeve, v neck, ribbing 265g/m2

POLO SHIRTS; Short sleeve with wooden buttons, made from pique 255g/m2

CLASSIC SHIRTS; Classic cut, collar, long sleeves

Available in Oxford, Gabardine, soft 120 – 130 g/m2 woven cotton.

Children’s:

CASUAL TOPS; Long sleeve, made from single jersey 150g/m2

GENERAL  FABRICS, CURTAINS,  CUSHIONS, INSERTS, TABLECLOTHS

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Are you interested in any of these products? Do you want more information?

Do you want to see some photos of the products? Do you want to have a look at and a feel of these healthy fabrics?

For a catalogue, contact ‘Organature’ by email; organature(at)optusnet.com.au , or by phoning 03 56636245 after 2 pm. Please, only if you are really interested as the catalogue is high in production cost and we are trying to keep down our over heads so that we can continue to provide these great products at the lowest possible prices!

Thank you

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Tell us who you received this information from!

Maureen and Peter Byl

‘ORGANATURE’

315 Bartons Road

Buffalo Vic. 3958

BAD COTTON ------GOOD COTTON                          

You think that cotton is NATURAL!

Cotton is a natural fibre, but…….just because it states “cotton” it is not always totally natural .There are more chemicals used on cotton then on any other crop!

Chemicals are used to grow, harvest and process cotton, they are used to make the fabric ‘easy care’,’ wrinkle free’,’ down proof’, etc.

                               THIS IS BAD COTTON!

The environmental effects of the cotton industry are very destructive. The cultivation of cotton is known for its intense application of powerful chemical pesticides and sometimes chemical defoliants.

Before being made into fabrics, garments, bed linen, towels etc. the cotton is usually treated with an array of chemicals, which are also used before and after picking of the cotton to clean plant residue out of the cotton.

Chemicals are used to treat fabrics for closing the weave, so that feather down and wool do not ‘creep’ through the outer covering material for quilts, also to make fabrics fire resistant and to enable the fabric to take heavy metal and AZO dye.

Furthermore clothing and bedlinen is treated with chemicals to make them easy care, non iron, wrinkle free.

Descriptions such as ‘handpicked’, ‘green’, and ‘unbleached’ and lately the use of the words “best practice” are often misleading and give no guarantee of an environmentally sound growing of the cotton or the weaving, processing and production of fabrics and garments.

Most chemicals applied during growing, processing and ongoing production are permanently in the fabrics and there is growing evidence that these chemicals are affecting our health.

   GOOD COTTON =     100% ORGANIC COTTON!

Organic cotton processing uses no such harsh chemicals during cultivation or manufacturing into yarn, fabrics, garments, bedlinen etc.

Defoliants are NOT used to reduce the plant matter before, during and after picking of the cotton and are not used to clean the cotton.

‘Organature’ purchase certified* organic cotton fabrics, organic cotton linter and organic cotton clothing from ‘Bo Weevil’ in the Netherlands to manufacture our ‘made in Australia’ bedlinen and bedding range. .*Certified organic by SKAL International.

The company Bo Weevil was set up at the end of the 1980’s by organic food wholesalers.

These wholesalers wanted to draw attention to the adverse environmental impact of cotton production and impress upon consumers the value of organic products, not only for their own health but also for the health of the planet as well as for the cotton producers. It was the first serious step towards the development and marketing of certified organic cotton and organic cotton textiles.

The objects of Bo Weevil are to stimulate, initiate and manage projects in the field of organic fair trade cotton products. Organature will continue this fair trade with the products being offered.

Bo Weevil guarantees the ecological production of the cotton and the cotton textiles, with control by SKAL International, an independent and internationally acknowledged inspection and certification body for organic production, using the registered trade mark     ‘EKO’ ®.

SKAL carry out a minimum of two inspections per season.

Bo Weevil supply the textile industry with baled cotton, linters, yarn, fabrics and finished articles under the registered trademark    “ECOTTON” ®.

All processing aids and selected means are biodegradable and free of heavy metals, AZO dye, formaldehyde and other harmful substances.   

Bo Weevil products are made of 100% cotton from certified organic agriculture (according EEC regulation no. 2092/91) by applying modern science at a sophisticated level to ensure a natural balance, without adding chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The fabric is treated only with selected means which combined with a special mechanical finishing treatment preserves the natural characteristics of the cotton and is kind to the environment.

Fabrics for Organature to manufacture in Australia, and clothing are transported from The Netherlands by air.

This rapid method of transport avoids possible contamination by other product in the shipping containers during a long sea passage.

The goods come to Organature with thick packaging and labels on the outside warning against contamination of the contents. Air freight assures the receipt of goods within 3-5 days and thus the goods arrive in the purest condition.

Organature organic cotton products are not fumigated upon arrival in Australia.

Organature do not use chemicals.  Organature use wooden buttons and conventional cotton thread, cord, binding and trimmings.

Australian labelling laws permit the use of a percentage of synthetic material, such as polyesters, in a product and the label can state “100% cotton” or “all cotton”.

Most quilts and pillows labelled cotton contain polyester mixed with the cotton wadding; some manufacturers use 10% to hold the cotton together and perhaps also to keep the price low. Others use thin polyester lining to be able to manufacture their quilts.

The cotton wadding for the Organature quilts and pillows is temporarily produced onto such a lining, a necessary means of production and is then removed before the final product is sewn together.

Organature quilts and pillows are

        100% NATURAL ORGANIC   COTTON

and do not contain these hidden materials.

The “Nature” of organic cotton;                

After the cotton boll has been picked it is ‘ginned’; a process to remove seeds. This process also removes some of the plant matter. Further processing removes more of the plant particles; it is impossible to remove all.

The result is that you may find the odd tiny dark spots in light colour fabrics and irregular dye marks in dyed fabrics.

The organic cotton filling in the Organature quilts have only gone through early stages of processing of ‘ginning’ and ‘carding’; Carding being the process of teasing out the baled cotton into ‘fluffed up’ blanket. During this ‘carding’ process a little more of the plant particles are removed.

It is impossible to remove all and this results in the dark markings which appear in the quilts and pillows.

When purchasing our product it is with the understanding that the client is fully aware of the above “nature” of the product and accepts this as part of the product.