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Artist takes quilting to new level - Greenwood Commonwealth
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Artist takes quilting to new level

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In Cottonlandia Museum's exhibit The New Age of Art Quilting with Martha Ginn, Ginn, a fiber artist from Hattiesburg, takes this well-known and loved folk ...
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Can someone tell me what the fiber tencel is made from?
Q. I've got a couple of garments made with tencel and I'm wondering if it's a natural fiber or not, I'd like to dye one of them.
Asked by __A_YAHOO_USER__ - Thu Nov 23 20:16:38 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Tencel (Lyocell) is the first new fiber in 30 years, and being made of wood pulp cellulose, it is the first new natural fiber in a lot longer than that. The properties and production processes were unique enough for the US Federal Trade Commission to designate tencel as a separate fiber group. Tencel was developed by Tencel, Inc., and Tencel is the registered trademark of Tencel Ltd. (Tencel, Inc. in the US), for lyocell fibers. Tencel is a manufactured fiber, but it is not synthetic. Tencel begins with cellulose which is processed with a non-toxic, recyclable dissolving agent, most of which is recycled back into the fiber manufacturing process. Tencel can be woven in 100% tencel fabrics (but it still is a bit expensive), or blended with… [cont.]
Answered by Jenni - Thu Nov 23 20:23:05 2006

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