Lesson 10:
Types of Fabrics
Cotton - regular cotton fabric
Silk cotton - used for blouses. Lots of varieties available ranging from 45rs to 500rs.
Silk - used as sarees
Spun - which will get loops on wash.
Satin -shiny softy. Good for smoking works and party frocks
Velvet - furry fabric used for yoke or borders.
Brocade with thread - chanderi or cotton with thread weaved design
Brocade with zari - chanderi or cotton with zari weaved design
Silky Brocade - soft silky with zari weaved
Rawsilk - rough textured shiny
Santoon - soft shiny like satin
Polysilk - type of silkcotton with more cotton mix
Crepe - soft smoothy. Seen as Mysore crepe silk sarees
Poplin - thick cotton used for petticoats and shimmes
Long cloth - lighter than poplin used to do salwar pants and frocks. Good for embroidery works
Mul cotton - thin cotton. Used for baby dresses & napkins.
Jute - jute bag texture rough and dry
Lenin - handloom material with mix of silk and cotton
Reyon - a variety of spun. Mostly used for top and patiyala bottom
Tussar- variety of soft silk flowy
Buttersilk - paper texture silky
Chanderi - silkcotton variety. Will be stiff.
Net - thin transparent with holes.
Hacoba - eyelet cutwork fabric. Pure cotton
Chicken work - shadow work fabric
Printed crape - soft printed used for salwar suits top
Crushed crape - crushed will have lines texture. Salwar suits +& sarees available
Handloom cotton - pure cotton. Little rough texture.
2*1 cotton thicker than mulcotton. Used as linning cloth for all dresses
2*2 cotton - thin quality cotton used for blouses
Chiffon - dupatta material
Georgette embroidery saree material. Rough texture
Viscose - thin chiffon with crushed texture
Garden - Material crushed Georgette variety. Comes as garden saree
Kalamkari - hand block print and hand painted fabric
Ikkat - weaved handloom cotton
Agrakh - Jaipur block print
Batik - poplin fabric with block prints
Bandhini- mulcotton tied and designed
Lehria - chiffon fabric tied as lines design
Chettinard cotton - handloom cotton used as sarees
Bagalpuri - jute mix silk fabric. Used as dupatta or saree
Hope I covered most of using fabrics
Happy sewing
Thank you
Types of Fabrics
Cotton - regular cotton fabric
Silk cotton - used for blouses. Lots of varieties available ranging from 45rs to 500rs.
Silk - used as sarees
Spun - which will get loops on wash.
Satin -shiny softy. Good for smoking works and party frocks
Velvet - furry fabric used for yoke or borders.
Brocade with thread - chanderi or cotton with thread weaved design
Brocade with zari - chanderi or cotton with zari weaved design
Silky Brocade - soft silky with zari weaved
Rawsilk - rough textured shiny
Santoon - soft shiny like satin
Polysilk - type of silkcotton with more cotton mix
Crepe - soft smoothy. Seen as Mysore crepe silk sarees
Poplin - thick cotton used for petticoats and shimmes
Long cloth - lighter than poplin used to do salwar pants and frocks. Good for embroidery works
Mul cotton - thin cotton. Used for baby dresses & napkins.
Jute - jute bag texture rough and dry
Lenin - handloom material with mix of silk and cotton
Reyon - a variety of spun. Mostly used for top and patiyala bottom
Tussar- variety of soft silk flowy
Buttersilk - paper texture silky
Chanderi - silkcotton variety. Will be stiff.
Net - thin transparent with holes.
Hacoba - eyelet cutwork fabric. Pure cotton
Chicken work - shadow work fabric
Printed crape - soft printed used for salwar suits top
Crushed crape - crushed will have lines texture. Salwar suits +& sarees available
Handloom cotton - pure cotton. Little rough texture.
2*1 cotton thicker than mulcotton. Used as linning cloth for all dresses
2*2 cotton - thin quality cotton used for blouses
Chiffon - dupatta material
Viscose - thin chiffon with crushed texture
Garden - Material crushed Georgette variety. Comes as garden saree
Kalamkari - hand block print and hand painted fabric
Ikkat - weaved handloom cotton
Agrakh - Jaipur block print
Batik - poplin fabric with block prints
Bandhini- mulcotton tied and designed
Lehria - chiffon fabric tied as lines design
Chettinard cotton - handloom cotton used as sarees
Bagalpuri - jute mix silk fabric. Used as dupatta or saree
Hope I covered most of using fabrics
Happy sewing
Thank you
Nice info...which is your fav shop to buy fabrics in Chennai. Good quality with affordable price?
ReplyDeleteSri your info about clothes are very detail this is the first time I getting to know the type of materials by it's name beautiful information.
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