Thinking about topics to write about, I thought I would write about one of my favorite things - fabric. Really, I love fabric and I am addicted to it. I confess I am a fabricaholic, as most quilters are. My fabric of choice is, of course, cotton! As a matter of fact one of my favorite books is "Cotton, The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber." It was really interesting to learn how much influence a little ball of fluff had on the world. And to learn that at any given time almost everyone on earth is wearing, using or eating something made with cotton! I just love cotton! But, there are many different kinds of fabric.
First of all, you have to understand that fabric is made up of fibers, which after treatment, become yarn. Yarn is used to make fabric. There are numerous types of fibers. However, there are basically two categories of fibers -- 1. natural and 2. manmade.
Within the natural fibers category there are two categories -- 1. cellulosic and 2. protein. Natural cellulosic fibers include cotton, flax (linen), jute, and ramie. Natural protein fibers include wool, silk, mohair, and cashmere.
Manmade fibers include, rayon, acetate and triacetate, nylon, polyester, acrylic and modacrylic, and olefin.
Tomorrow, I will begin to delve more into the characteristics of each of these different fibers and how and why they are used.
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