The guidebook · The Works

Zorb, plainly

An absorbent core fabric, sold under its own name and sewn into dozens of others — here's what it is, and the five doors into it.

In one sentence

Zorb is a family of ten absorbent-core fabrics, built to catch moisture or pressure fast and hold it without a show of it, sold directly and licensed into other brands' finished products under their own names.

A moment

On a Tuesday, a sewing circle runs low on core fabric

A volunteer group making reusable pads for a girls'-education charity opens its last roll of Zorb Original and checks the family's other fabrics before reordering — a stay-dry top layer, Zorb's core enclosed in flannel and quilted every six to twelve inches, a ProSoft PUL back, no pre-wash needed before it's sewn.

They've never once bought directly from Wazoodle. The fabric reached them through a maker's own stock, the way it reaches most of the people it ends up protecting.

It doesn't carry Wazoodle's name into that kit. It just works.

Why I made it

Why does Zorb get a page that's only about Zorb?

Because everywhere else it shows up, it's in service of something else's story — a product listing, a licensing application, a maker's own pattern notes. Nowhere does it get to just say what it is, plainly, once. This page is that one place.

What's inside

What is inside it?

1 · HomeZorb's own story, and a door inThe brand's story and products, ending in one form: who's asking, what they're making, which team should answer.Like a front desk that already knows who to send you to.
2 · GenuineReport a listing, or ask to resellTwo forms on one page: flag a listing that doesn't look like genuine Zorb, or apply to become a reseller or distributor.Like the counter where you'd ask, "is this the real thing?"
3 · Sewn for OthersTell what you made, and who it reachedMakers who've sewn Zorb into something for someone else can tell that story here, and say whether it can be shared.Like a maker's notebook, opened with their permission.
4 · LicensingApply to carry the Zorb Inside® markA brand that already builds with Zorb can apply to say so on its own label.Like a stamp of approval, applied for in writing.
5 · The redirectsEvery old address, pointed somewhere realOld links into Zorb's previous site now land on the matching page or section of this one.Like a forwarding address, plain and quiet.

Use it

The site, in the order you'd meet it

  1. Open the home page. Zorb's story, ending in the Contact form.
  2. Open Licensing or Sewn for Others from the menu, if that's what brought you here.
  3. Open Genuine to report a listing or apply to resell.
  4. Fill in a form. Every one checks itself, and a spam check runs quietly in front of it.
  5. Send it. A thank-you message names which team has it, and says one to two business days.
  6. Try an old address, if you remember one. Each lands you on the matching page or section of the new site.

What it won't do

  • Keep anything you type between visits — nothing is saved on your phone or in your browser.
  • Show your message to anyone but the team it's addressed to.
  • Accept a form without a working spam check passing first.
  • Write a listing report, or any other form, for you — every word is yours.

What's real, and what isn't yet

  • Every page and every form are built and tested on the live address.
  • The real Cloudflare Turnstile spam check is wired into every form, not a placeholder.
  • The ten Sakshi fabrics and what's said about each are checked against the claims register before they're repeated anywhere.
  • The zorbfabrics.com domain itself hasn't moved yet; that's Ashrey's call to make.

If you want to try it

Can I see it?

Zorb's own site stands at its own address, open to anyone. Anyone can also read how every part of it works.

See the site How it works →