Swatches. Swatches. Swatches. A little bit of procrastination and a little bit of exhaustion i am having tonight doing cards for my textiles class. BUT i suppose it is somewhat fun learning every fabric, yarn, and material there is to know to make fabulous clothing. I learned that there is Plain weaves, Rib weaves, Basket weaves, Twill weaves, Satin weaves, Applied designs, ( WAIT THERES MORE!!!!) Jacquard weaves, Double Cloth weaves, Pique weaves, Leno weaves, Pile weaves, non-wovens ( AM I BORING YOU YET OR?) Dobby weaves, warp and weft Knits . I think i left out a few but by now you probably get the point that there is so much to know about one simple fabric such as the amount of yarns effect the strength and drape or the twist on a yarn determines how strong it is. Did you know that if you bleach fabric it weakens it and it is called Tendering? I am kind of enjoying doing this at 1:00 in the morning but perhaps for my break i shall pull out the sketchbook and work for a few more projects.
~Excited!~
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