STI and it's affiliate companies Brentwood Textiles, JBS Leather and Magnolia Home had an awesome week at Showtime in High Point, North Carolina! The design teams work hard for months and months to bring their new patterns to life and...
When STI introduced Revolution Performance Fabrics three years ago, by far the easiest path would have been to apply a PFC (Poly Fluorinated Chemical) finish. The combination of the inherent cleanability of polypropylene combined with a finish that “beads” water and...
Spring has finally sprung in North Carolina! The warm temperatures and sunshine make us all want to spend more time outdoors, but what affect does the sun have on your indoor furniture? and do you know how much sunlight your...
There are so many issues with PFC chemicals, that I’ve decided to address them one by one in a series. I’m starting the series discussing the extreme persistence of these chemicals, because this issue effects the entire planet, not just...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2500.0"] Revolution/STI Design Team seeing all their designs come to life in High Point! [/caption] This Spring's 2018 Furniture Market was a great success for Revolution fabrics! All of our customers showcased some beautiful pieces of furniture....
We weave a lot of plains and textures... I’m not sure how simple it is. It can be more difficult at times to come up with an awesome basecloth.
First, it starts with the yarn. There are multiple yarn options:
- straight yarns... fine and coarse. The smaller yarns require more picks per inch.
- boucle yarns, fancy yarns... again be small or larger.
- chenille yarns... cut pile yarns in different sizes
You can use these yarns solid, pick and pick or mixed.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2160.0"] Photo: Brentwood Textiles on Precedent Furniture [/caption] We love our partners! We got news yesterday that one of our partners was having better than expected success with one of our fabrics... they needed more FAST! It is...