Bella + Canvas 1013BE - Women's Micro Rib Muscle Crop Tank - Solid Red Blend

The Bella + Canvas 1013BE is the Women's Micro Rib Muscle Crop Tank, a 5.4 oz 52% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton / 48% polyester tank knit in a soft 1x1 micro rib with a fitted stretch cropped muscle cut, the women's rib crop a decorator reaches for when a ladies' run wants a fitted, textured rib crop with dropped muscle armholes and a heathered CVC hand rather than a flat opaque jersey crop. It is the tank for fitness and studio brands, festival and summer merch, boutique and streetwear lines, and any women's program that wants a cropped muscle rib with a soft blended ground. The body is a 5.4 oz micro rib of 52% cotton with 48% polyester at 32 singles, a fine 1x1 rib that hugs the body and stretches, with a cropped body, dropped muscle armholes, a bound neck, side seams and a tear-away label. The size range runs XS through 2XL, in seven colours: Solid White Blend, Solid Natural Blend and Heather Athletic on the lighter side, plus Solid Navy Blend, Solid Red Blend, Solid Black Blend and Solid Kelly Blend, every solid a 52/48 blend with Athletic Heather knit a touch leaner at 90/10.

The 1013BE decorates as a 52/48 micro rib crop, so three factors drive the plan: the 48% polyester, the fitted rib texture and the cropped body. The poly content means dye migration is the controlling risk on the dark grounds, the 1x1 rib ridges telegraph through a fine print, and the cropped body and dropped muscle armholes leave a shorter, narrower front panel, so art belongs sized down and centred higher on the front clear of the armhole edges. Keep art bold and simple with a flexible ink or film that flexes with the fitted stretch rather than a wide, detail-heavy graphic. For DTF, the transfer bonds clean at standard heat-press settings across every colour, the most consistent, universal route on this blended rib and the way most decorators run it. For DTG, the blend takes the ink with a soft, slightly muted finish, printed with a white underbase on the dark colours and a controlled deposit, since a heavy direct print stiffens the rib stretch and the poly can migrate. For screen printing with plastisol, run a white poly-blocking low-bleed underbase on every colour and a reduced cure to hold back migration from the 48% polyester, with a soft flexible ink so the print moves with the rib. For embroidery, keep a small, light front or upper-chest design over a cut-away backing, since the fitted single-layer micro rib has little structure to hold a dense stitch. For vinyl, a stretch HTV at a modest size presses cleanly and flexes with the rib. Water-based and discharge are not a route, since the 48% polyester will not discharge cleanly. Sublimation does not apply, since the cotton-dominant body is piece-dyed.

• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• Style: 1013BE (Women's Micro Rib Muscle Crop Tank)
• Fabric: 52% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton / 48% polyester, 32 singles, 1x1 micro rib (Athletic Heather 90/10)
• Weight: 5.4 oz/yd2
• Construction: 1x1 micro rib, cropped body, dropped muscle armholes, bound neck, side-seamed.
• Fit: Women's fitted stretch cropped muscle
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL
• Colors available: 7 colours (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: treat the 1013BE as a 52/48 micro rib crop, so default to DTF as the universal route across every colour, run a white poly-block low-bleed underbase plus a reduced cure under plastisol, and print DTG soft with a white underbase on the darks. Because the rib telegraphs, the fit stretches and the cropped body leaves a shorter front panel, size art down and centre it higher on the front clear of the dropped armholes, and skip water-based and discharge, since the poly will not lift. Cross-shop the Bella + Canvas 1019BE Women's Micro Ribbed Racerback Tank and the Bella + Canvas 1012BE Women's Micro Ribbed Scoop Tank for the same micro rib in a racerback or scoop cut, and the Bella + Canvas 1010J2 Women's Micro Ribbed Baby Tee for the sleeved tee in the same fabric. TheClothingSpace stocks the 1013BE at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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