I needed to use a pique shirt (not jersey knit) for uniform shirts that will be worn through the summer season. Because I needed to embroider them, I wanted to use a more "substantial" shirt rather than a thinner shirt which might appear lumpy because of the stabilizer behind the fabric. I chose these shirts because of their weight (6.5 oz), and was truly delighted when I saw the first shirt come off my machine -- the embroidery is nice and solid (I'm using one piece of 2.0 oz cutaway stabilizer), and the finished shirts look as good as shirts produced by the big factories. This is my new go-to shirt for embroidery! My customer was happy.