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Vertical panels in a skirt or dress; enhances the fit of a garment.
A triangular piece of fabric inserted into a skirt to make it wider.
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Glycol ether
A class of chemicals including many variants used as water soluble solvents in a variety of cleaning products, latex paint, water-borne wood finishes and other applications. Members of this class...
Read about Glycol etherLooms Major Motions
These are shedding, picking, and beating-up. Minor motions on looms are the take-up, let-off, and pattern. The first three motions are linked together as follows: a. Shedding Motion: The separating...
Read about Looms Major MotionsHammered Satin
Hammered satin is a type of textile that features a distinctive surface texture, created by a special finishing technique that compresses the fabric in a way that produces a puckered or dimpled...
Read about Hammered SatinDull
a) Descriptive of textile materials the normal lustre (q.v.) of which has been reduced by physical or chemical means. b) The colour quality, an increase in which may be compared with the effect of...
Read about DullCalico
Cotton fabric with a low-count, plain weave. It originated in Calcutta, India, and is one of the oldest cottons. Calico is rather coarse and light in weight. The pattern is printed on one side by...
Read about CalicoBicomponent Yarn
A yarn with two different staple or filament components: A plied yarn constructed of two different singles yarns. A core-spun or other wrapped yarn. A filament yarn combining two types of filaments....
Read about Bicomponent YarnChlorine Retention
Some resin treatments or finishes given cotton, rayon, nylon or blended fabrics, may cause goods to retain varying amounts of chlorine when laundered or bleached with chlorine. This can cause...
Read about Chlorine RetentionDamask
Made from linen, silk, rayon, cotton, synthetics, wool, worsteds and is woven on a Jacquard loom that has an alternating satin and matte texure. Originally made of silk, that came to us from China...
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