How to Make a Dress | Dressmaking Classes
Lesson 4 – A Guide to Fabric Textiles
Here is a quick history of fabric, because the different fabrics you choose to work with will make a difference on your final look! There are so many different kinds of fabric to choose form. Many range in price, and durability. Our best advice for you is to start with woven fabrics in solid colors or simple prints, these are the easiest to work with.
In this course you will learn:
- Brief intro to textiles
- Warp – parallel to the selvage
- Weft – perpendicular with the selvage
- Bias – diagonal to the selvage
- Wovens – Fabrics woven on a loom, little stretch
- Knits – have more stretch
- The different uses between wovens and knits.
Knowing your warp, your weft, and your bias is very important. Refer to this image for a detailed close up.
