About this course

Fabric Design is a textile engineering course by Muhammad Rizwan Zubair, originally taught at UMT Lahore: 29 interactive modules on structural woven design — design, draft and peg plan (lifting plan), plain weave and its derivatives, twill and satin/sateen weaves, honeycomb, huckaback, crepe and mock-leno, colour-and-weave effects, backed and double cloths, pile fabrics and CAD-based weave analysis — with Google Docs notes and progress tracking. Use the search box and module filters above to find a structure, then open the linked notes.

Lectures in this course

Course Outline; Fabric Construction; Weight of Fabric (worksheet); Introduction to Weave Designs; Twills; Satin and Sateen; Plain Weave Derivatives; Twill Derivatives; Drafting; Computer-Aided Designs I and II; Fabric Analysis; Fancy Designs I and II; Rib and Cord Structures I and II; Stripe and Check; Color and Weave; Cover Factor; Use of Color Design Software; Spot Designs; Crimp; Double Cloth; Random Designs; Presentations; Review and Overview.

Related on this site: ​Weave Design Studio, Weaving Calculations, Textile Costing.