TLE 5 Kinds of Fabric

It refers to kinds of fabric it is soft, fine, thin, and slightly transparent and has plain weave. It is used for baby’s garments, children’s dresses undergarments and blouses.

• Cotton

• Bastite

• Bird's-eye

It comes from the seed hair or the fluff around the seeds of the cotton plant. fabrics made of cotton fibers are light, soft, smooth, and comfortable to wear.

• Bastite

• Cotton

• Linen

It has the quality of twisted weave with a diamond design having a point in the center that looks like a bird’s eye. It is used for baby’s diapers, hand towel or table runners.

• Bird's-eye

• Muslin

• Calico

It is a plain and loosely woven. It is made coarse cotton and dyed or printed on one side and used for aprons and casual dresses.

• Cheesecloth

• Gingham

• Calico

It is light, thin, woven plain, and of medium weight. It may bleached, dyed, printed, or unbleached. Ordinarily used for clothes it may be made into bedsheets, undergarments, table napkins and runners.

• Gingham

• Cotton

• Cheesecloth

It is light gauge, thin plain, and loosely woven and is used for bandages and kitchen curtains.

• Silk

• Cheesecloth

• Percale

It is a firm, smooth, plainly woven material for variously finished clothings, bedsheets, and pillowcase.

• Percale

• Linen

• Cotton

It comes from the stem of the flax plant. Linen is smooth, crisp, and has a natural luster.

• Bastite

• Cheesecloth

• Linen

It is light, fine, thin material used for baby dresses, handkerchief, collar, cuffs, and table linens.

• Calico

• Perlin

• Silk

It comes from a substance secreted by a silk worm. It is much stronger than linen and is valued because of its fineness, luster, and strength.

• Silk

• Percale

• Perlin