r/textiles

I bought the sweater on the left 4 or 5 years ago, and I love it. It’s 100% merino wool. I saw the same brand has released the sweater on the right this year, and when I went to read the description before purchasing it, I saw it was 100% rayon. Is there any reason other than cost for this brand to be making fine-knit sweaters from rayon rather than wool? The sweater is currently on sale, but its full price was over $400. I don’t know enough to know if rayon is a perfectly fine substitute or not.

This is a blanket sent to me, but there are no details on how to wash this. Can anyone tell what type of fabric this is?

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Hello I am looking to make a dress like this for a friend but I am struggling to find a polka dot fabric with dots this large, they look to be 8-10cm in size, UK based would be better but I am fine with high shipping costs if that's what it takes

Sharing a short look at fabric rolls prepared for urgent production.

In textile manufacturing, production planning, material handling, and delivery timing all have a big impact on order stability. It is interesting to see how much coordination is needed before fabric moves into the next production stage.

I found this fascinating, each of the little squares are a reflection as you would see from a convex mirror. They're all flexible and stretchy. I would live to find out more about it.

How do I grow this brand and what tips would you give to a new startup and your advice on strategy to scale it

I bought these sheets which I seem to recall were low-thread count percale from Bed Bath and Beyond over a decade ago and they no longer sell this quality of sheets. I purchased a new set directly from Wamsutta and the new set is nothing like the old ones. I’ve bought and returned multiple sets of percale sheets from various manufacturers from mid-to-high end because no one seems to offer this quality of fabric. This fabric is thick, heavy, crisp, cool, and on one side, a little rough like canvas. It doesn’t wrinkle at all. Am I wrong in looking for percale? Is it something else?

So I went to Morocco and Sri Lanka recently and thought I will get into sewing! So I bought all these fabrics and then bought a sewing machine and have done some basic sewing like hemming, shirring, making a makeup bag etc.
But I have these fabrics and I have no idea what they are where to begin and what to do with them!

1. A medium thickness velvet / velour/ carpet like fabric with white on the back (one sided). It seems it would be too uncomfortable and stiff for clothes
2. A satin fabric that i tried to sew with but it’s so slippery!
3. linen - I know there’s a lot of sewing patterns out there for linen but I’m thinking a co ord?

3 meters

4. A stretchy lace fabric. 2 meters.

5. Good quality cotton

6. Cheap cotton

The main ones I’m hung up on are 1, 2 and 4. Does anyone have any ideas of what they would be good for? It’s just all so foreign to me

Thanks 🙂

Edit: not pictured but I also have a cotton ikea fitted sheet I no longer need that I can upcycle. It’s quite rough to the touch

I sat with a tannery rep for an afternoon and every buyer who got burned asked the same useless question.

"Is it genuine?" Genuine leather can still be the cheapest hide on the floor sold at three times its worth. The tag tells you it came off an animal, not which one, and that gap is where the markup hides.

Read the pores. Pores cannot be faked.

Pig: pores sit in groups of three, like little triangles repeating across the surface, coarse and wide open, often punched all the way through to the back. Cheapest of the three, shows up most as lining or budget goods dressed up as something better.

Cow: tiny round pores, packed tight and even, no pattern at all. Firm, dense, takes a beating, this is what you actually want for a bag or a belt.

Sheep: fine pores in small scaly clusters, very soft, very light, stretches loose when you tug it. Great for a jacket or gloves, weak for anything that takes daily abuse.

One backup check. Press your thumb in and let go. Sheep holds the dent longest, cow springs back firm, pig sits stiff between them. If a "cowhide" bag feels feather light and stretchy, you are holding sheep at a cow price.

Map of African textile traditions, each one carries centuries of technique and meaning. Kente, Bogolan, Shweshwe, Kuba raffia, so many distinct weaving and dyeing traditions packed into one continent.

What makes a digital textile printer the best for industrial production? Speed, or consistency?
Day 1 of a 60-day journey: documenting the development of a world-class digital textile printing factory from an empty floor to production.
The foundation of this setup is a Japanese Konica Minolta Nassenger SP-1e, a single-pass digital textile printing machine built for industrial-scale fabric printing with production capacity of up to 150,000 sqm/day depending on fabric, ink and production conditions.
When businesses search for the best digital textile printer, speed is often the first thing they compare.
But in real textile production, the best digital textile printing machine is not only the fastest one.
It is the machine and system that can deliver:
• Consistent quality
• Stable production
• Accurate fabric movement
• Reliable repeat performance
• Lower rejection rates
• Better control at high production volumes
At industrial scale, small problems like banding, shade variation, nozzle issues, belt drift, repeat mismatch and fabric skewing can create major production losses.
A world-class digital textile printing factory is built around more than a printer.
It requires planning, installation precision, process control and production discipline.
I will be documenting this complete journey:
Factory planning
Machine installation
Production setup
First print
Real production challenges and solutions
From empty floor to first production.
60 Days to a World-Class Digital Textile Printing Factory.
For textile manufacturers and digital printing professionals: what factors do you consider when choosing the best digital textile printer for industrial production?
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Does anybody know what these Japanese fabric screens in the background with moons and stars are called?

TIA