Fabric Design

Question 1

Design in fabrics

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Fabric Design

Question 2

Designs are those which result or are produced in the process of making the fabric

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Structural Design

Question 3

Designs which are placed on the fabrics after they have been made

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Applied Designs

Question 4

Structural designs are made possible through these

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1. Yarn type and arrangement

2. Weaves, knits, and variations

Question 5

Done to add colors and designs to the fabric surface, making the fabric more appealing to the consumers

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Printing

Question 6

• Type of print
• Oldest method of printing design on fabrics
• Carving the design on a wooden, rubber or metal block then the block is pressed down firmly by hand on the fabric until color is transferred

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Block Printing

Question 7

• Type of print
• The design is cut on a cardboard, wood or metal then color is applied, penetrating only the cut portions
• Limited to only one color and often used for printing narrow fabrics

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Stencil Printing

Question 8

• Type of print
• One of the fibers used in the fabric is burned, leaving a lacy or shear and heavy design
• Eyelets can be made through this process

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Burn-Out Printing

Question 9

• Type of print
• Color is discharged or removed from the fabric, creating a design
• Employed where a light design is required against a dark background because the chemicals for removing the colors produce an off-white color in the design
• Polka dots pattern on a dark ground

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Discharge or Extract Printing

Question 10

• Type of print
• A.k.a. Cylinder Printing
• Machine counterpart of hand-block printing
• Designs are engraved on rollers
• Widely used for vast quantities of fabrics
• Faster and relatively inexpensive

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Roller Printing

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• Type of print
• This creates a design which appears on the face and back of the fabric
• Equally clear outline on both side of the fabric
• To detect the difference, a yarn can be unraveled

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Duplex Printing

Question 12

• Type of print
• Paste is stamped on the fabric creating a design then immersed in a dyebath leaving the design unattached
• Batik printing is an example of this

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Resist Printing

Question 13

• Type of print
• Same as developing a photograph
• Fabric to be printed is covered with chemicals that are sensitive to light

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Photo Printing

Question 14

• Type of print

- Fabric passes between rollers which permit a caustic solution to contract certain areas of the fabric

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Plisse Printing

Question 15

• Type of print
• Warp yarns are printed
  using rollers before woven into fabric
• Fine white or neutral colored filling yarn are used so the design printed previously will not be obscured
• Soft and somewhat vague effect
• Used for expensive cretonnes and upholstery fabrics

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Warp Printing

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• Type of print
• Widely used method of fabric printing
• Design is first drawn on silk, nylon or metal screen then lacquer coating is applied to all part of the screen
• Screen is put on top of the fabric to be printed and the dye paste is sprayed, painted or rubbed back and forth with a rubber paddle called squeegee
• This process must be repeated for each color to be used

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Screen Printing

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• Type of print
• Cylindrical screen that rotates in a fixed position as compared to screen printing
• The squeegee is placed within the cylindrical screen and they are designed for roll-to-roll printing on fabric ranging from narrow to wide format textiles

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Rotary Printing

Question 18

• Type of print
• Process of transferring prints from pre-printed release papers to fabrics
• Fast process and applicable to piece goods or volume yardages

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Transfer Printing

Question 19

• Applied design other than printing
• Simplest method of fabric designing
• Designs are put in the fabric by painting the color directly to the cloth with a brush.
• Slow and laborious

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Free-Hand

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• Applied design other than printing
• Applying one piece of fabric to larger piece of material
• May be a single or numerous pieces forming a design when stitched down
• Done to add depth, design or contrasting colors to the bigger material

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Applique’

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• Applied design other than printing
• Raised designs found on the surface of the fabric
• Can be produced through use of special machines which press the designs in the fabric while it is under conditions of heat, moisture and steam

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Embossed Designs

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• Applied design other than printing

- Tiny pieces of fiber called flocks are made to stick to the fabric

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Flocked Designs

Question 23

• Applied design other than printing

- Cut out designs held to the fabric surface by the use of glue or adhesive

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Glued or Pasted Designs

Question 24

• Applied design other than printing
• Referred as having ‘water appearance’
• The fabric to be designed is under conditions of heat, pressure and moisture.

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Moire Design