10.01 – Structural and surface designs

May 2010

Structural designs

• Woven – plaids – created through a woven pattern of different colored yarns– Balanced– Unbalanced

• Yarn – can be knit or woven – using different sizes or textures of yarn to create a pattern

Surface designs• Embroidered designs– using thread and

embroidery machine – design created by a series of stitches

• Embossed designs - A calendering process in which fabrics are engraved with the use of heated rollers under pressure to produce a raised design on the fabric surface.

Surface designs

• Flocked fabric- raised decoration applied to the surface of a fabric in which an adhesive is printed on the fabric in a specific pattern, and then finely chopped fibers are applied by means of dusting, air-brushing, or electrostatic charges. The fibers adhere only to the areas where the adhesive has been applied, and the excess fibers are removed by mechanical means.

• Printed fabric – can be screen-printed with inks, roller-printed with inks, can be one design or all-over print, can be directional or non-directional