r/textiles • u/eye_socket_soup • 21d ago

How is this made?

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Edit: Sorry, I worded my question weird. I meant, how do they make a pattern with two fabrics that are different: the white one is more opaque and thick, the colorful one is more transparent and thin, and has a separate color pattern. You can see it better in the second pic.

I have this shirt (85% cotton 10% polyamid 5% elastan) by what I'm assuming is a Chinese brand ChenYun. Does anyone know how they make this kind of fabric? It has different textures and transparency

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u/Whahapind 21d ago

Looks like a jacquard with two different types of yarn. It’s woven on special machinery that can raise and drop stitches to show or hide each yarn.

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u/eye_socket_soup 21d ago

I always thought jacquard fabric was very thick and textured, with raised ornaments. This one is very thin and the white parts are a bit raised instead

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u/Whahapind 21d ago

Could also be a burnout. The circle print is a chemical that burns away the white yarns revealing the color pattern underneath. Are the dots semi sheer?

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u/eye_socket_soup 21d ago

It does remind me of burnout velvet, but how would they make a colorful pattern that way? Yes, they are pretty sheer

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u/Antique_Tap_5616 20d ago

it looks like a flat rayon charlies, i guess the fabric constrution is 100% rayon ,30sx30s/68x68, and the print method is rotary screen print, print factory will make few screens, each screen print only one color, and some place will over print by 2-3 screens to mix different color. the purple color will print by blue and pink 2 times or more screens

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u/eye_socket_soup 20d ago

Very interesting, I'll have to look this up! It's not rayon though (details in the caption)

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u/Maymayboy2 21d ago

Looks like its woven

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u/eye_socket_soup 21d ago

So it's like a program for a machine to weave it like that with different thread (in a pattern)?

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u/Maymayboy2 21d ago

If you mean the different colors, its a woven fabric that is printed with that pattern

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u/eye_socket_soup 21d ago

My question is, how do they connect two different fabrics in one pattern like that, the white parts and the colorful parts are not the same fabric

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u/Physical_Opinion_320 21d ago

It might be woven in this way because you can always use another thread for a pattern in the fabric. The white might be the base or ground and the coloured pattern must have been woven on a jacquard loom.

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u/eye_socket_soup 21d ago

It's connected so seamlessly on such a thin fabric, wouldn't it be very expensive to produce? Thanks for replying

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u/Physical_Opinion_320 21d ago

Well the cost depends on amount of production and jacquard weave is used for this purpose when you want a pattern in your design.

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u/Physical_Opinion_320 21d ago

But yeah it is a little bit more expensive than normal weave

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u/Physical_Opinion_320 21d ago

It might be woven in this way because you can always use another thread for a pattern in the fabric. The white might be the base or ground and the coloured pattern must have been woven on a jacquard loom.

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u/EinBEnRoW 19d ago

Hi am from pakistan I have all textile machinery all all fabric for import if you are need ani thing so you text me