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Custom Velvet Fabric

Buy your velvet fabric online. We offer a range of velvet materials, varying in weight and appearance. Get inspired by our sumptuous velvet, made and printed in the UK, and design your own velvet material for your next project. Velvet material is a luxurious fabric with a soft and plush texture, commonly used in formal wear and upholstery. Wholesale printed velvet fabric provides a unique and personalised touch to all your products with bulk discounts.

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What is velvet fabric?

Known for its softness and opulence, velvet material has been a favoured fabric for clothing and upholstery for decades. But what is velvet? Velvet is a heavy, rich, and sumptuous textile that has been woven since the Middle Ages and is renowned for being associated with royalty.

Velvet is a woven warp pile fabric. No, it is not a fibre like silk, cotton, or cashmere; the term refers to the weave. It is a woven, tufted fabric with cut threads distributed evenly along the ground material. Characteristically, it has a short, dense pile.

The quality of the textile is determined by the density of the pile tufts and the way they are anchored to the base fabric. There are many kinds of velvet, and some of the most renowned include:

Marbled velvet – a beautiful, marbled effect created by the pile going in all directions
Velvet shimmer – a reinforced woven back that's strong with a shimmering face
Plush velvet – thick, warm, and sumptuous with a very soft brushed face
Cotton velvet – made using cotton yarns for both the pile and the ground. Less luxurious but more hard-wearing
Antique velvet – woven with occasional slub weft yarns to produce an uneven surface
Brocade velvet – a velvet material where the pile is sheared at different lengths to create a pattern
Crushed velvet – a normal, solid velvet with a pile that has been pressed or crushed in different directions

How is it manufactured?

When considering velvet manufacturing, the question of “what is velvet” is once again important. As the name refers to a certain weave, velvet is a woven fabric.

It is woven as a double cloth on a specialist loom that can weave two thicknesses of the textile at the same time. The two pieces of material are cut apart to create the distinctive pile effect. These two lengths of fabric are wound on individual take-up rolls.

It is a complex process, which indicates why it is renowned for being an expensive and luxurious fabric. Velvet can be made from natural fibres like cotton, wool or linen or synthetically from rayon, polyester or viscose.

Purposes of velvet fabric

Velvet material can give any room or wardrobe an instant luxurious aesthetic. Cotton velvet is a very popular choice when it comes to clothing. From skirts, blazers and coats, velvet is an excellent choice, especially for autumn and winter fashion.

Thanks to its durability and elegance, velvet is a popular choice for upholstery and interior décor. Home furnishings such as cushions, bed coverings, drapes, curtains, and furniture upholstery are given a deluxe and gilded air when made in velvet.

Properties

Smooth and luxurious, with many different variants, velvet is one of the world’s best-loved fabrics. It is heavy and durable with a lustrous sheen. However, many properties depend on the type of material or fibre used to make the velvet fabric:

Silk velvet has a shimmering, almost fluid surface. It also has a soft and more flexible drape
Synthetic velvets made from acetate or rayon mirror the strong sheen, but the drape is not as natural and fluid

In general, velvet is:

Luxurious
Heavy
Soft
Elegant
Comfortable
Warm
Structured

Advantages of velvet fabric

Velvet is a versatile fabric and can be used for both interiors, upholstery, and clothing. It is soft and opulent and is seeing increasing popularity in both areas.

Originally, the ground fibre was made from cotton, and the pile fibre was silk. However, nowadays, the pile and ground fibres are woven in several different types of fibres, which makes it a far more universal and affordable fabric.

This is a key advantage of velvet fabric. What was once a textile used by the affluent few is now made with lots of fibres to make it more affordable.

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