The part that I also enjoyed was the fact that the authors included a few samples of different cotton blends.

This is a nice touch since it helps with a deeper understanding of each fiber and ultimately a more informed fabric selection.Chances are excellent though, you may not know the name of the kind of fabric you think you want which is why this book’s relatively small size is useful because you can scan it rather quickly to find what you want without getting dragged down into a lot of minutia. The fabric swatch book consists of a guide that has procedures and answers for lab assignments and tables for fabric, fiber content, yarn, weave, knit types, and also the weight, width, method of coloring. But hopefully I’ll get better at figuring out what fabrics are… some of the vendors in the Garment District fib about the fiber content! This all-in-one text and swatch book offers current and high-quality fashion fabric samples alongside vital information like fabric name, fiber content, yarn construction, count, coloration, weight, uses, characteristics, and comparisons to other fabrics. AB - This easily navigable resource provides over 100 swatches of the most recognised and widely used varieties of fabric, including cottons, silks, wools and linens, to encourage consideration of not just the aesthetic appeal of various fabrics but also their structure, feel and weight.

I just bought a scarf as a little birthday gift for myself… I felt a little naughty doing it, but every once in a while, a little gift doesn’t hurt, right? The wonderful fabric swatch book by Lila Lilyat is the most essential for all the people working in the fashion industry. As you can see from the table of contents, these two books really are meant to work together as companions and that's definitely something they've done well. These blends are used so much that seeing and feeling the differences in them would have been really useful. J. Pizzuto’s Fabric Science Swatch Kit meets the technological advances in fibers through fabrications meeting the explicit performance requirements.Great hands-on content but the cover/binding for this began tearing and falling apart from the first moment I took off the plastic wrap and opened the book. The intention is to encourage students and practitioners to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding and basic knowledge of raw materials, together with the processes that make up a fabric. Marnie Fogg is a fashion expert whose experience of the fashion industry means that she is uniquely placed to access original material. With accompanying information on fabrication, weights, construction, as well as yarn windings the book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.