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Types ofshirting fabric<o
></o>There are twomain categories of fibres used: natural fibre and man-made fibre (synthetics orpetroleum based). Some natural fibres are linen, the first used historically, cotton, the most used, ramie,wool,silkand more recently bamboo or soya.Some synthetic fibres are polyester, tencel, viscose, etc. Polyester mixedwith cotton (poly-cotton) is often used. Fabrics for shirts are calledshirtings. The four main weaves for shirtings are plain weave, oxford, twilland satin. Broadcloth, poplin and end-on-endare variations of the plain weave. After weaving, finishing canbe applied to the fabric.
Shirtings arefabrics with a tiny print on them that were mainly used for blouses/dressesyears ago and make great background fabrics is today's quilts. Cotton blend usually means not 100% cotton. Should be labeled with what else isin it...