#fabric qualities

[elimu-assistant]

Four Essential Qualities for Choosing Apron Fabrics

Explore the four essential qualities necessary for fabrics used in aprons, including stain resistance, durability, lightweight nature, and color considerations. Learn how these factors contribute to effective and functional aprons. Questions: List down four qualities necessary for a fabric used for an apron. Answers: Should be Stain Resistant: Apron fabrics should ideally be stain resistant to…

[blatantescapism]

To be fair,

the lyocell process uses a different chemical soup than the rayon process.

Compared to rayon, lyocell soup is less toxic, more reusable, and more energy efficient.

So lyocell *is* environmentally better, even before you consider the effect of using different plants as the source of cellulose. And in addition to being less harmful to the environment, it’s safer for the factory workers.

So if you’re committed to using a cellulose fiber, it’s better to get lyocell for those reasons.

but, yes! The final material will behave exactly the same, because it’s all cellulose.

You cannot iron or machine-launder seacel or tencel or lyocell, for the same reasons that you can’t use heat on rayon.

But when you see all the advertising saying how lyocell is antifungal, cooling, biodegradable etc. etc.,

(and the exact same thing is true of rayon),

that isn’t really *about* lyocell versus rayon.

It’s about lyocell versus POLYESTER.

because obviously cellulose can never replace natural fibers,

but it CAN do everything polyester does, plus all these things that polyester can’t!

Lyocell could completely replace polyester forever, and the world would be a better place!

But, critically, polyester is

1.) dead cheap

2.) part of the Big Oil empire.

Back when rayon was first invented, people were making the exact same talking points.

But Big Oil was like “well, if you don’t care about the environment, we’re the dramatically cheaper option… and if you DO care about the environment, here’s all these scary facts about the nasty rayon Chemical Soup! And your precious cellulose supports the logging industry! Checkmate, haha!”

and so, nothing changed.

Now we have lyocell, which has the exact same qualities and is more Idealogically Pure.

Right now it isn’t that common or popular, because it hasn’t found its niche. It can’t compete with luxury fibers!

But if we all just looked around and saw how fucking much polyester fiber there still is in the world,

and realized that all of it could be replaced!!! with lyocell, or with something else,

we could just STOP USING POLYESTER FIBER and it would be a major win for the planet.

No more polyester fiber

“Bamboo is antifungal”

Because it’s rayon

“Eucalyptus fabric is cooling!”

Yeah, because it’s rayon

“We make clothing called seacell out of seaweed!”

Yeah I looked on your website it’s made by the lyocell process, which means-

-wait for it-

It’s fucking rayon!!

Listen. There is a list of actual plant fibers that are directly made into fabric: cotton, linen, ramie, some hemp. I’m sure I’m missing a couple.

But if you’re wondering “huh how did they turn that plant material into fabric,” 99% of the time? It’s RAYON.

All rayon is made by putting plant material in chemical soup, dissolving out everything but the cellulose, and turning the cellulose into filaments/fibers.

The source of the cellulose has zero effect on the eventual fabric.

Rayon made from bamboo or eucalyptus or seaweed is not any better than rayon from any other sources.

Don’t let companies mislead you!

[starfiresky]

I wanna show you the coolest thing ever:

My grandma made all of this from scratch and SURPRISED me with it!!!!!

The red is fabric is textured and the edges of the collar actually go up naturally. It doesn’t look real!!!

She even added Oblivion on the zipper pull because she knows that’s my favorite keyblade 🥺

To make things more incredible:

SHE PAINTED EVERY. SINGLE. SQAURE ON. And it looks and feels PRINTED.

I am never taking this thing off. I can never repay my Grandma. 😭😭😭 I have never in my entire life seen a more perfect replica of Roxas’s fit. Everywhere I had looked online they just didn’t look the best. This one looks real, like it was pulled out of the game, and it’s actually so comfortable (I can see why Roxas wears it every day in Twilight Town.) I didn’t use any filters on these photos, the colors are actually that perfect.

[manderleyfire]

SYDNEY: Good? RICHIE: Yeah. Great.

[feenmies]

more rannettposting haiii

[soft--dogs]

finally trying to work on one of my long-time dreams of learning how to sew plushies n dolls n stuff... i've messed around before with making a few things but i really want to learn for real! and it's probably good to just know basic sewing techniques in my adult life lol anyway i just ordered some minky and fur and eyes and noses :3c excited for it to get here and start messing around making lil guys ^w^ i also bought a few patterns to start learning simple techniques and the basics and whatnot. one day i want to make plushies of ppl's sonas and characters! but for now, i still need the materials. and i don't actually know how to do anything yet xD

[tero-ga]

Sooooo I've been learning a new hobby in past month because I really in need of a new hobby. I'm in absolute love in the world of embroidery hdhshshshs, so here's a Heismay fanart with this new skill hehe

Help Palestinian in need by donating here!!!

[nocturusvulpus]

I stayed up late and spent god knows how much to just get this damn boyfailure twink jester, but seeing his stupid face makes it worth it.

[smolldust]

Tesscyn drawing I made awhile ago and never posted

version with her canon colors:

[matoitech]

off model cvs checkout blue plush and rare collectors item bootleg elle plush

[onesizedgirl]

Naur because why the costumes in r*p are so horrendous good god what was the budget? Three peas and a leather boot?😭

[raapija]

Lance and his new merch for his home GP 🫶

[heart-forecast]

Remilia Scarlet bjd !! ( source ! )

[46-reasonable-hamsters]

slay king. i guess

[bvnnyface]

Fearnie’s done :)

[starakex]

I've mentionned him in passing in the last costume log blog post as some ill-fated first attempt at a fursuit head, so it's only fair I actually showed him off at some point: here's Uncle Uncanny the Nargacuga in the flesh.

I started him in late 2020 as a little technique-learning project during a time where cons were dead and costume motivation was an all-time low. It's a funky little Nargacuga head all made from scratch! He's lined and everything, and I'd be crazy to call him bad because I know objectively he's a very handsome boy for a first attempt, but he always looked a little... funky. Despite all the flaws though, he was so dang fun to make that he paved the way for the Wurmple partial and other future projects, and was an invaluable learning experience! I'd never bring him out though because the actual WEARING experience is a hot mess. Like, the materials are so bad he's periodically falling apart despite never taking him out to an event. He's so hard to breathe in, too... So back to storage you go! Speaking of, good lord please periodically check your costume storage to make sure everything's a-ok. He's been in the same dry closet as everything else for years and for some reason the plastic bag he's been stored in was just casually FLAKING APART in a sticky, blooming mess (while everything else was just fine, including some other ANCIENT pieces in similar bags) . My hands feel so gross and smell like copper but he's survived just fine, thankfully. Seriously, though. Check your storage.