2. Presentation
• A good presentations supports but does not detract from the
material being presented
1. Design or style
2. Paper
3. Font
4. Mounting your textiles
5. Lettering
6. Consistency
7. Size matters
8. High quality imagery
9. Neatness
10. Glue
6. Satin Weave
A weave with long warp floats
Surface is smooth and has sheen
Has good drape
Fabric has a lot of side to side movement
Could confused with a taffeta which is flatter, stiffer and has less sheen
For your project book use a plain satin not a satin stripe
9. Taffeta
• A variation of a plain weave
• Crisp hand
• Dense fabric
• Can be confused with a satin. Taffeta is flatter
and crisper. Not as drape able as satin. Not as
shiny as satin unless iridescent.
11. Damask Construction
• Warp satin in the ground and weft satin in the figure
• Positive/negative design front to the back. Designs elements
that are warp satin on the face are weft satin on the back
• Warp satin has sheen
• Usually monochromatic
• Simple, single layer fabric, flat
• Drape able
• Traditional designs are stylized poppy flowers
• Can be any fiber
13. Moire
• A finish that creates a wood grain or water
mark pattern
• Usually has a rep weave
• Fabric passes through hot rollers that have
metal rods that depress rep weave
• Moire does not have a repeat but the moire
pattern should have a similar feeling and scale
throughout.
15. Outdoor fabrics
• The most common fabric for outdoor use is
solution dyed acrylic sold under a trade name
Sunbrella.
• Most larger showrooms in the D&D offer
outdoor fabric and they might have their own
section. Ask for help locating.
• Woven fabrics are most common but there are
also some printed outdoor fabrics. You can
use either for your project book.
17. Embroidery
• Topical embellishment
• Unlike woven fabrics with yarns at right angles
embroidery yarns follow the design and can
go in any direction
• CAD embroidery has carrier yarn on the back
usually white
19. Velvet
• Supplementary yarn in the warp direction to
create pile
• Pile can be cut or loop
• All loop is called grospoint
• Can be confused with chenille which is a yarn
or flocking which is a print
21. Linen or union print
• Linen or union refers to the ground cloth.
Linen is 100% linen and union blends
cotton/linen.
• Printed on surface
• Faint image on the back or no image at all
• Ground is textural and has a rough hand
24. Tapestry
• A weave developed to look like tapestry rugs and
wall hangings
• Dense, multi (rainbow) colored warp
• Light and dark weft
• Heavy, stiff fabric
• Typical designs are traditional flowers and leaves.
• Can be confused with fabrics with similar design
that have multi colored weft. Identify the warp to
make sure that it is a tapestry construction.
26. Sheer
• Light weight fabrics used on windows or beds
to filter light, create privacy and insulate
against heat, cold and sound.
• Casements incorporate heavy yarns and have
more texture than sheers.
• Can be any fiber
28. Chenille
• A fuzzy yarn when used in a fabrics has the
look of pile or velvet.
• In both of these examples the chenille is in the
ground.
• Can be confused for velvet or flocking.
• If in doubt, pull the yarn from the fabric. It
looks like a pipe cleaner.
30. Matlasse
• Double cloth or mock double cloth
• Heavy, thick fabric that appears to me padded
• Developed to mimic hand-stitched quilts
• Design looks puffy and you may is a stitched
effect surrounding the motif
