Cotton fabric has been made for the past 5000 years and still remains the most popular fabric for home decor and clothing. It is a versatile fabric made from the staple, soft, fluffy fibers surrounding the seeds of the plant's seed pod called a boll. The fiber is almost pure cellulose and makes a lightweight fiber that dyes readily. It makes a cool, breathable, absorbent fabric that is comfortable to wear, durable, and washable or dry cleanable. Cotton fabric does wrinkle easily and cotton blends are popular because of this.
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Search alternate sections of the fabric store for interesting cotton fabrics for vestment construction. Home decor offers polished cottons that have a finish that can be shiny and damasks have beautiful weave patterns. In the quilting section batiks have tone-on-tone color palettes that look striking on vestments or altar appointments.
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