hi. I just bought Sandra Betzina's excellent book, Fabric Savvy. In it, she refers to the layout of the fabric. In some cases she says "With nap" layout, in others, she says "without nap". I haven't been able to find on the internet what does this mean, and I'd love to know!
2007-01-23 15:22:02 · 3 answers · asked by pinkranger_2000 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Hi:
Napped fabrics are those like corduroy, velvet or directional prints. Feel corduroy and velvet - if you rub your hand over it, there will be a direction that it glides over, and the other where there will be a little resistance - like petting a dog or cat. The nap also will usually shine in one direction and not really the other.
You want to make sure you cut your pieces out the same way so that you don't have something like the front of your garment with the nap in one direction, and like the back or arm with it facing the other way. Hope that helps and makes sense.
2007-01-23 15:44:22 · answer #1 · answered by artistpw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With nap and without nap simply means whether or not the fabric has nap. A fabric without nap would be a woven cotton, poloyester, etc.
A fabric with nap would be terry cloth, corduroy, velour, velvet... anything with a dimensional quality to it.
Fabrics with nap can make a difference in how you lay out the pattern peices because you have to lay out all the peices so that the direction of the nap is the same. For instance, on a pair of pant, if the nap was going "up" on one leg and "down" on the other, you'd have a funky looking pair of pants. :)
2007-01-24 03:43:40 · answer #2 · answered by DishclothDiaries 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Artistpw gave you good information, I'd only like to add that more fabrics then velvet and corduroy have a nap. Rub your hand across the fabric to see which direction is the smoothest.
2007-01-23 20:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by Pat C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋