1. Designers first design a
cloth on transparency paper using blue ink and CAD (Computer Aided Design)
Technology
2. Material first has to be purchased from the textile mill, which is
normally available in rolls that have about 1000 Yards per roll, the width of
the roll is available in 72" or 90". ( To make 108" or larger cloth,
generally requires a hidden joint.
3. The cloth is cut in to the desired size of 72" WIDE BY 90" Oblong by a
machine cutter that measure the exact size of the cloth. It then has to be
dyed and treated, depending on the color of the actual cloth, it may go
through several dying stages so the color remains fast and does not bleed.
Once the color is set, it is hung to dry.
4. After the cloth has dried, the designers place the transparency film
which was created in step 1 and transfer the ink impression on the cloth.
5. Once the
impressions has been made on
the cloth, it is then passed on to the machine or hand embroidery department
where skilled hands follow ink lines with the appropriate color of
thread, ribbon or lace.
6. The tablecloth is then passed through to the cutwork department where
they will cut on material from the cloth where the designers intended.
7. Depending on the tablecloth it might have to go to the computer or
machine embroidery department where computers stitch a pre-defined
pattern on to the cloth, if the cloth requires to be sprayed with a color,
it is then taken to a spray-paint departed where they use stencils to spray
a floral design on to the cloth.
8. Once the cloth is finally ready, it is
rewashed twice and dried to remove the blue ink stains, before it arrives at
the quality control department, this is where the cloth either makes the
quality inspection or is discarded. The final size of the tablecloth after
all the above processes may end of to be about 1" smaller than it first
started. So a tablecloth that started of as being 72" may be 71" after it is
completed, this is completely normal.
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