How Modern Printed Fabric is Made
The 17 minute documentary Printed Fabric Production gives us a look at the workings of a modern cotton print factory (filmed in Hong Kong and Zhejiang, China), which prints fabrics for Alvyn Fabrics.
Alvyn Fabrics began its cotton printing business by specializing in making cotton fabric for quilters and crafters.
In the video below, we can go on a virtual tour of their step-by-step production processes used in their flatbed and rotary printing methods, which can print fabric that has up to 16 colors.
Below are some screen shots of the processes shown in the video.
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Following a trip to Indonesia, Alvyn Fabrics shifted their focus from novelty and juvenile prints to batik prints. To see a handmade batik wax-resistant fabric-making process, check out How Batik Fabric is Made.
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