Fabric Cutting: It is to some extent complicated to give exact definition of cutting. In garments industry, making of the garments parts by cutting of fabrics from the spread or lay of fabric accurately and fairly as per the drawing of the patterns, is called the cutting of fabrics. The job of fabric cutting is … Read more
What is Natural Dyes? The word ‘natural dye’ refers to all the dyes derived from the natural sources. Its mainly obtained from different plants, animal and minerals resources. It is mostly non-substantive and must be applied on textiles by the help of mordants. Ancient humans used root, wood, bark, grass, berries, leaves, nuts, seeds, flowers … Read more
Fabric cutting is the most important step in garment manufacturing. It is totally different from general cutting. This term, fabric cutting is only applicable for garments manufacturing technology. Garment quality depends on accurate fabric cutting. Besides, fabric wastage also depends on accurate fabric cutting. For fabric cutting process, various types of fabric cutting machines are … Read more
What is Milkweed Fiber? Milkweed fiber is a vegetable seed fiber. It is obtained from the seed’s milkweed plants (genus Asclepias). The plantis a native perennial in North America. The milkweed seed pods produce a silky lightweight fuzz, called silk or floss. Soft, lustrous fibers are yellowish white in colour. It is known as vegetable … Read more
Definition of Nonwoven Fabric: Fabric is manufactured in three ways; weaving, knitting and nonwoven process. Among those processes nonwoven is comparatively latest process of fabric manufacturing. Nonwoven fabrics are one type of textile fabrics or a manufactured sheet made of a fibrous layer, which may be a carded web, a fiber web, or any system … Read more
What is Kapok Fiber? Kapok or capok is a natural, cellulosic fiber. It is obtained from the seed hairs of kapok trees (Ceiba pentandra). Kapok is also called as silk cotton or java cotton. It is smooth, lightweight, unicellular, cylindrically shaped, hollow body, and very buoyant, and twist less fiber. But it quickly breaks down. … Read more