BUF 2246, Textiles, provides the knowledge of fibers, yarn, textile construction, finishes, and embellishments in the fashion environment. It overviews the types of textiles, its construction, and quality. Understanding textiles plays a crucial role in types of textiles that interplay with fashion buyers, merchandisers, and retailers for contemporary fashion garments and home furnishing. Students learn strategies and techniques to determine fiber sources, structures, properties, and fibers categories. Students gain an understanding on characteristic structures between natural and manufactured fibers; as well as learning to distinguish the different textile constructions, including knit, woven, or weaves and explore various textile dyeing, printing, and finishing methods.
DB1#1: Weaving Project
DB #2: Weaving Project
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