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Fabrican is an instant spray-on fabric technology. The spray-on material is made from polymers and natural or synthetic fibers.The spray is delivered from a compressed air spray gun or aerosol can and dries upon contact with the air, creating a non-woven fabric that can be applied to many surfaces (including water). [1]
Spray paint being applied to a piece of equipment An LVLP system spray gun. Spray painting is a painting technique in which a device sprays coating material (paint, ink, varnish, etc.) through the air onto a surface.
Man's shot silk suit, purple warp and green weft, c. 1790 (altered c. 1805). Los Angeles County Museum of Art . Shot silk (also called changeant , [ 1 ] changeable silk , changeable taffeta , cross-color , changeable fabric , [ 2 ] or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade") [ 3 ] ) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of ...
Covering the same announcement Prita Ganapati, writing for Wired magazine referred to the result as "spray-on fabric". [3] The Guardian referred to both "spray-on bandages" and "spray-on fabric". Scientific American referred to both "spray-on clothing" and "spray-on clothes". [1] Torres described the fabric as similar to felt.
Interfacing is a common term for a variety of materials used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics in sewing. Interfacings support the fashion fabric ("shell fabric") of the garment and may be selected to change the hang of the fabric in some portions of the garment; for instance, a shirt collar has an interior stiffening from interfacing.
In properly printed fabrics the colour is bonded with the fibre, so as to resist washing and friction. Textile printing is related to dyeing but in dyeing properly the whole fabric is uniformly covered with one colour, whereas in printing one or more colours are applied to it in certain parts only, and in sharply defined patterns. [1]
Seated woman sewing a kimono, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, in the early 19th century. Different cultures have developed diverse sewing techniques, from methods of cutting fabric to types of stitches. Sewing has an ancient history estimated to begin during the Paleolithic Era. [4] Sewing was used to stitch together animal hides for clothing and for shelter.
A rare Gem-brand sewing machine produced by the White Sewing Machine Company, circa 1887. A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. [1] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. [2]