Different types of Woven Fabrics

Any fabric made by weaving yarn is called a woven fabric. As the name โ€˜wovenโ€™ itself indicates, this type of fabric uses two or more yarns to interweave or interlace at right angles to one another. The vertical yarns that run along the length of the fabric are called the warp and the horizontal yarns … Read more

Jute cloth & the Golden Fibre it is made of.

Some Jute fiber and fabric facts Jute is known as the golden fiber in the textile industry not only because of its yellowish-brown color, but because it was a high earner of foreign exchange for its exporting countries in the not-so-distant past. Today jute fiber and the coarse brown fabric it makes, is not as … Read more

Voile fabric

What is Voile fabric? Voile is a thin, lightweight, and somewhat see-through plain weave fabric. It can be made of cotton or synthetic fibers. It feels very soft as it is made of fine, combed yarns but has a slightly crisp feel because of its tight weave. It also has a slight luster.     Different … Read more

Different types of Damask fabric & its use in sewing

DAMASK is a heavy-weight woven fabric with shiny jacquard patterns woven into it. The fabric is woven with a combination of sateen and satin weaves – the pattern will be woven in the satin weave and the ground fabric will be woven in sateen weave or twill weave. It is a lustrous fabric with a … Read more

Using Fabric Softeners on clothes

Everyone wants clean-smelling soft clothes – which do not irritate the skin, which will flow over the body without clinging to the skin, and announces to everyone with their sweet fragrance that you are wearing new clean clothes. Soft and fluffy towels are much better than those brittle ones dried out in the sun. Not … Read more

Different motifs on Batik Fabric & clothes made with it

Batik is a term used for a fabric pattern created by printing on a base fabric using a resist material and Batik fabric is a hand-dyed fabric that has been dyed using this resist dyeing process called Batik. The process uses wax and dye to decorate fabric in different patterns. In this fabric, a wax … Read more