Wool fabrics are soft and beautiful but resilient and hard-wearing fabrics that’s always a must have for fall and winter fashions and home décor fabrics.
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The history of textiles and the use of natural fibres to make fabrics for personal use, can be traced to several thousands of years before Christ.
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Denim fabrics first gained prominence in the late 1800s when a tailor from Nevada, produced the first pair of denim pants. It was mainly worn by blue-collar workers for its hardiness and long-lasting qualities. Now, about 150 years later, denim is so popular, everyone everywhere has at least a couple of items at home made
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Brocade fabrics are quite popular and are used for a variety of items. But what are they best used for? Home décor items or apparel? Brocade is as luxurious to the eye as it is smooth to the touch and millennials grew up to recognise this fabric as the upholstery cover used for couches and
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Velvet fabrics, including velour and velveteen, are plush luxurious nap pile materials that are used to produce elegant clothing, fashion accessories, upholstery covering, wall covering, and other textile-based home furnishings. Velvet is woven with two sets of warp, one for the pile, and one for the back, resulting in a thick lush pile on the
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Damask fabrics are timeless and classic. The material was originally made from natural silk and woven manually on handlooms. It has a beautiful background of a lustrous woven textile, detailed with intricately woven raised patterns and designs. These unique patterns consist of geometric shapes formed mainly with botanical themes but there are damask fabrics that
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