Let me be upront on this ; My favourite fabrics for dresses are Jersey fabric, Cotton Lawn, Seer sucker fabric, Poplin, Soft linen with beautiful floral prints, and Double knit fabrics. But there are so many other choises, and the best one depends on the type of dress you are making. Use the tool below … Read more
Tea drinking is a habit. And a compelling one at that. I used to be very appreciative of tea till the day I forgot to drink it one day. I got a whopping headache, the kind which doubled me up and almost made me wish to do brain surgery on myself. And it has been … Read more
Weaving fabric is all about interlacing two sets of threads (yarn) which are perpendicular to each other (vertical thread called the warp and horizontal thread called the weft) in a repetitive style (under, over, under, over, etc) and ultimately making fabric. You can make a woven fabric using powerful power loom machines or using hand-operated … Read more
Learning to weave your own fabric is quite rewarding; imagine making your own fabric – even more so because, making your own hand weaving loom (cardboard) to start hand weaving fabric is ever so simple and easy. If you do this right, you can make small towels, scarves, mug rugs, table mats with the fabric … Read more
The most water absorbent fabrics are microfiber, cotton, rayon, bamboo, and hemp. For baby products like nappies, soft absorbent fabric is a must – cotton, hemp as well as bamboo are popular. For kitchen towels, linen and cotton are used. The absorbent materials at home include towels, which are usually made of cotton, bamboo and … Read more
Denier is a unit of textile measurement as per Wikipedia. It is an international system of measuring the weight of yarns and fibers – a type of yarn numbering system. Denier is a unit of thread. There are many different ways to determine the quality of yarn and ensure stadardization in textile manufacturing. Determining the … Read more