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Saw in a store or read in a magazine about fabric with an unknown name? Look for her here! Surely it will become clear to you how to handle it!
Velvet: fabric with a thick, long (2-3 mm), straight pile. Velvet often lays against the pile.
Batiste: Lightweight plain weave of cotton, linen, wool or viscose.
Belset: microfibre fabric with a fleecy and soft surface similar to peach skin, imitation of velor skin.
Boucle: fabric with an uneven, knotted surface, which forms a yarn with thickenings.
Wellsoft: knitted fabric made of polyester with a soft brushed side, mainly used for sewing home clothes (bathrobes, pajamas), as well as for bedding, rugs, etc. It is also called microfiber.
Velvet ribbed rib: collective name of velvet fabrics with longitudinal scars of different widths, from very narrow to wide.
Velours: collective name of soft fleecy fabrics with a dense short pile.
Vichy: two-tone fabric in a contrasting rectangular cage made of cotton or mixed fibers.
Pile elastic: thin jersey with a velvet-like fleece surface.
Veil: transparent linen weave, most often made of cotton.
Knitted fabric: material imitating hand knitting.
Gabardine: dense fabric of cotton, wool or chemical fibers with a pronounced small diagonal hem on the front side, always going from left to bottom right up. Rib gives the gabardine a striped fabric effect.
Glenchek: tissue with a pattern of superimposed cells. Cells may vary in color or tone-on-tone.
Tapestry: motley patterned fabric of muted colors with vague transitions from one color to another.
Double sided fabric: the collective name of fabrics that have two different front sides.
Denim: denim in which only the warp thread is dyed. The weft is white. Due to this interweaving, the front side is most often blue or black, and the wrong side is white.
Jersey: the collective name for a variety of knitted materials, from light jersey polo to thick wool jersey.
Denim: fabrics mainly cotton, often with a small pile. Pre-washed to give a slightly worn-out look typical of jeans.
Drap: soft voluminous fabrics with a long pile.
Duvetin: the so-called fake velvet is a satin weave fabric made of cotton or viscose with thickened weft threads. After dyeing, the fabric is combed and roughened.
Duchess: very shiny high-quality satin made of silk or chemical fibers.
Jacquard: the collective name of all fabrics in the pattern of which various types of weaving of threads alternate. The use of different threads for warp and weft (for example, matte and shiny, light and dark) enhances this effect.
Georgette and crepe - georgette: the fabric of strongly twisted crepe twist yarns has an uneven, finely structured surface. The fabric is soft, flowing to the touch - "sandy".
Artificial fur: collective name for fabrics or knitted fabrics coated with thick pile, which well imitate natural furs and are very different in length of pile and color.Cloquet: crepe two-layer fabric with a "bubble" surface. In the process of finishing, the lower layer of fabric is pulled together, and the upper layer forms uneven swelling. Cloquet cannot be ironed.
Leather: natural animal skins.There are nappa - leather (like) with a smooth surface and velor leather (suede) with a fleecy surface.
Crepe: the collective name of fabrics with a granular, knotted surface, acquired through crepe twisting of yarn, weaving of threads or embossing on fabrics.
Crepe with longitudinal folds: artificial crepe with a bark-like surface.
Krepdeshin: thin fabric with an uneven surface of crepe twist yarn plain linen, has a granular surface.
Crinkle Crash: harvested tissue. Folds are often jammed in a fractional direction and are expressed more or less strongly.
Lace: There are many varieties of lace: embroidered (Plauen), woven (machine), bobbin (Valenciennes) or crocheted (bassin).
Lavable: easy-to-wash light crepe-like flowing fabric, with a smooth surface, made of silk or chemical fibers.
Lame: shiny, iridescent fabric with metal and other shiny spectacular threads.
Loden: medium and heavy wool fabrics, very dense due to felting, and very socks. Shaggy loden - covered with a long, one-sided pile fabric, cloth - loden - fabric with a matte surface without lint, reminiscent of felt. Loden is often confused with boiled wool: knitwear felted on one side, which is optically reminiscent of a loden. (They confuse it, most likely, because it is so often designated in stores.) It differs from a loden by a more loose structure and, of course, it is not so heavy and dense.
Matlass: double fabric with a relief, as if "quilted" pattern.
Terry cloth: voluminous soft fabric of looped yarn.
Wet Silk: silk fabric, which after washing and rubbing acquired a slightly fluffy “peach” surface. Wet silk is not washed, but dry cleaned.
Moire: rep weave fabric with thin warp threads. It has a wavy pattern that is applied during stamping (calendering).
Muslin: light and loose linen weave, mainly cotton or woolen.
Organza: Transparent hard linen weave.
Pallet: fabric or knitted fabric with sewn sparkling metal plates.
Panne: very shiny velvet fabric with pressed nap.
Papillon: woolen poplin with a small transverse hem.
Pepita: fabric into a small light dark cage.
Percale: thin but dense cotton weave. Silky, soft, like a cambric. It is mainly used for sewing bed linen, ideal for printing and dyeing with textile dyes.
Pique: fabric with a relief pattern resembling a machine line.
Thick taffeta: Medium Density Cotton Linen Weave.
Lining twill: fabric, on which both sides are “front”: one surface is crepe, matte, and the other is shiny, smooth.
Poplin: rep weave fabric, which is formed by very thin warp threads and thicker weft threads.
Reps: fabric with pronounced scars, most often transverse.
Roman Jersey: heavy low-elastic double-sided knitwear, most often made of high-quality natural wool, with front loops on both sides.
Twill: rough cotton fabric with a diagonal effect.
Satin: very smooth, softly falling fabric with a shiny surface.
Searsaker: a fabric in which the entire surface or individual strips resemble wood bark. In real fabric with this name, the effect is achieved due to the special interweaving of threads, in "fake sirsaker" - due to the finishing (chemical treatment) of the fabric.
Cloth: woolen fabric of plain weave, which, thanks to felting and final fleece, acquires a surface resembling felt.Terry / Brushed Woven Knitwear: a cloth of cotton or a mixture of cotton with other fibers.
Taffeta: fabric made of natural silk or chemical fibers. Rigidity
acquired in the process of finishing (chemical treatment), and therefore taffeta is strongly wrinkled.
Tweed: a fabric of coarse woolen knotted yarn, having the appearance of a handmade finish. Warp and weft are often of different colors.
Thermo Velor: fluffy fabric with double-sided nap, very warm, breathable.
Herringbone fabric: twill fabric with pronounced diagonally directed stripes.
Chicken foot fabric: fabric with a fine pattern resembling a cell. Cloths at the corners of cells are typical for tissue.
Rib knit: elastic material with alternating front and back loops.
Tulle: transparent mesh fabric, often with a honeycomb structure.
Shaped: fabric with a small pattern, which is formed by a change in the type of weave. Most often with a matte - shiny effect.
Phil - a - phil: fabric with a small step pattern, which is formed by the alternation of light and dark warp and weft threads.
Flannel: the collective name of fabrics made of cotton, viscose or wool, with one- or two-sided pile.
Fleece: see thermal velor.
Chintz: glossy cotton fabric, the surface of which gives the impression of a grated wax. Thanks to impregnation, it does not get dirty or wet with water.
Shangan: fabric with multi-colored warp and weft threads that create an iridescent effect.
Silk Brocade: jacquard fabric, often made of glossy yarn. Another name for brokat is Italian, meaning embroidered.
Chenille: heavy velvet-like fabric with double-sided nap.
Chiffon: very thin, delicate flowing fabric of crepe twist yarn consisting of silk or synthetic fibers. The chiffon has an uneven surface that resembles a “sandy” one.
Photo: Jan Schmidel; getti images (4), dpa, clip dealer.
Material prepared by Elena Karpova
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