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Is cotton canvas a fabric?
Cotton. Cotton is a plant and every fall the plant is killed so the cotton boles can be picked. Big machines go through the cotton field picking the cotton and it is put in cotton trailers. From the field the trailer is taken to the cotton gin where the cotton is processed, seeds removed, and baled. The cotton then goes to various places to be sold for fabric and other things that cotton is used in.
What is the difference between cotton seed and seed cotton?
Cotton seed: the seeds of the cotton plant. Seed cotton: the cotton fiber with seeds still attached, still needing to go through the cotton gin.
How does a paramecium respond to a cotton fiber?
The paramecium will first go to the cotton fiber and after realizing that it is not a positive stimulus (food), it will move away from the cotton fiber and search for another food.
How does the manufacturing of synthetics fiber affect the cotton farmers?
If more synthetic fibers are available, less cotton fiber will be needed. Less need for cotton means lower prices for it. If prices go down, production of cotton will be reduced until supply and demand reach a balance. If less cotton is grown, the farmers must plant other crops. Synthetic fibers affect cotton farmers because if they can make their own clothes, there's no point in cotton being grown. If more synthetic fibers are available, less cotton fiber will be needed. Less need for cotton means lower prices for it. If prices go down, production of cotton will be reduced until supply and demand reach a balance. If less cotton is grown, the farmers must plant other crops.
Where can I have a picture printed on a large fabric panel - to be on regular cotton fabric used to make quilts?
Wal-Mart is cheaper or you can go to Joann's fabric
What are the elements that go together to make cotton?
None - cotton comes from a plant, not from minerals.
Is cotton evergreen?
No. Cotton is a busy plant that when the cotton bolls open it is killed off to get the raw cotton. This time of year a spray is used to kill the plant and then cotton picker machines go through the fields to pick the raw cotton.
How cotton produces?
Cotton is from a cotton plant. It is grown in huge fields and the plants get fairly large. About this time of year the grower sprays the plant with salt or sometimes a defoliation chemical ( it stinks) and the plant dies. When this happens the cotton bolls open and a machine called a cotton picker can go through the field. If it rains in this time the cotton will turn from white to yellow which will lower the price of the cotton. Once the picker has gone through it will keep going through the filed until it can get no more cotton. The raw cotton is taken to a cotton gin in a big open wagon and processed into cotton bales. The bales are huge and each bale is wrapped in burlap and numbered. The cotton bales are sold at a auction to be made into fabric and other things.
Does cotton come from a cotton tree?
No. Cotton grows on a sort of small bush-like plant. Go to Alabama and see for yourself. (or just go to google images))
How does cotton go from plant to cotton?
Cotton is a bushy plant that is grown in different parts of the United States. In CA we plant our cotton by seed in the early spring and it grows all summer. The cotton plant has a flower that blooms and this flower becomes a cotton boll. The cotton boll is picked in late fall with a mechanical cotton picker. Before this can be done the plant has to be killed and this is done through a chemical application sprayed on the plant. After the plant is dead the machine goes through the field pulling the cotton off the boll. This takes several times to get all the cotton and it is put into big trailers that hold the loose picked cotton. It is then taken to a cotton gin where it is ginned, the seeds removed and baled. The seeds are used to plant the next year for the new crop of cotton.
Do clothes made from supima cotten shrink?
Yes all cotton is subject to shrinkage and Supima is no different than any other cotton. However, shrinkage is really more a factor of the fabric manufacturing than the fiber. Knits will always shrink more than a woven fabric. There are compaction process that can be applied to try to pre-shrink and set the fabric prior to manufacturing of the apparel or home textile item. Those go along way to minimizing any further potential shrinkage.
What fabric is the warmest?
FLEECE or WOOL will be the best because it can keep you warm and dry. Cotton might be comfy but it won't keep you as warm and if it gets wet it will not keep you dry. It will stay wet(cotton). But, the choice is yours so go ahead and pick any fabric you want.
