Know Your Fabrics

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The same blouse design looks completely different in cotton, silk or georgette. Choosing the right fabric is half the work of a good garment – and the part most people find confusing.

Free for now. 35 lessons in 9 modules, with photos from our studio. Each lesson opens short; tap any section to read more. No sign-up – read at your own pace.

Made by Dreams & Designs, a fashion studio, school and supplies store in Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru.

What Will You Learn?

  • Tell natural, man-made and blended fabrics apart
  • Know which cottons and silks suit which garment
  • Choose flowing fabrics and know when they need lining
  • Recognise brocade, jacquard, handloom and zari
  • Buy the right amount and care for each fabric
  • Test a fabric safely, and judge real silk and zari
  • Choose fabric by garment, body and season
  • Understand dyes, prints and finishes

Course Content

Fibres: what fabric is made of

Weaves, knits and the feel of fabric

Cottons and handloom cottons

Silks of India

Flowing fabrics, special fabrics and linings

Testing and choosing fabric

Colour, prints and finishes

Buying, cutting and caring

Fabric and the wider world

From hobby to business: fabric

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