textile fabrics

Describes the different fabrics we use for clothes: where they come from, how they're made, and when it's best to use them. As readers use scientific inquiry to learn how to tell which fabric to use and why, an activity based on real world situations challenges them to apply what they've learned in order to solve a puzzle.

Examines the supply and demand development of plastic and its synthetic by-products of vinyl, polyester, Lycra, nylon, rayon and Teflon. Looks at how plastic has revolutionized daily chores, the retail industry, and the music industry. Explores the use of plastic from injection molding technology to plastic surgery.

Getting tired of wearing the same old accessories over and over again? There's an easy and inexpensive fix for that. Try making some new headbands, scarves, or jewelry with just a few pieces of fabric or by refreshing some stuff you already have. Don't know how to sew? That's no problem. Each activity in this book provides easy step-by-step instructions to make your own accessories without ever having to pick up a needle and thread.

For readers who may be more interested in fashion than in math, this book highlights how math is useful and necessary for designing clothes, purchasing materials, sewing, and altering clothes, and running a fashion business.

Outlines the skills needed to be a costume designer, and what the designer does during and after the performance.

Discusses a number of inventions related to fashion.

Introduces young readers to the processes involved in producing the materials used in clothing and turning them into such garments as cotton jeans, a silk dress, and rubber boots.

Explains how plants like cotton, flax, rubber, and straw can be used to make clothing and other things we wear.

"Learn about the ... new technology behind e-textiles and find out how to create e-textile projects of your own"--Provided by publisher.

Text and photographs look at one hundred different designs from around the world focusing on furniture, graphics, car design, textiles and other topics.