Prints and Patterns That Pop for Home Décor

Prints and Patterns That Pop for Home Décor

Building out a trend-aware line of home décor furniture, accessories, accent, window treatments, and more means maintaining a high level of production responsiveness. One way of increasing that ability to be nimble with market needs is by printing designs and patterns...
Top 9 Applications for Full Dull Fabric

Top 9 Applications for Full Dull Fabric

Here at TVF, we immerse ourselves in textiles. So much so, that we grow fond of certain fabric features from time to time. A favorite among some of the “apparel fanatics” in our Carson, California office is fabric made with full dull polyester yarn. Its...
You + Us: TVF 2023 Trade Show Schedule

You + Us: TVF 2023 Trade Show Schedule

Like many of our customers and contemporaries, our team is diligently preparing for a busy trade show season. Planning to hit the trade show trail? We’d love to connect with you. If you’re a booth, SEG, or signage maker, we’re here for questions you might have and...
Printable Fabrics Put Golf Shirts on the Fairway

Printable Fabrics Put Golf Shirts on the Fairway

A bold, printed pattern on a fresh-looking golf shirt or windshirt is a sunny weather mainstay. If customers want to stay on-trend and wear what the pros are wearing, GOLF.com’s trendwatchers say repeat patterns like micro-stripe, checkerboard, houndstooth, and plaid...
Top 10 Most Dependable Outdoor Textiles

Top 10 Most Dependable Outdoor Textiles

In the battle of outdoor industrial fabrics versus the elements… Which textiles have what it takes!? While that sounds overly-corny and dramatic, what we’re trying to say is some fabrics serve more demanding purposes than others. TVF carries an array of outdoor...
Category Considerations: Industrial Fabric Edition

Category Considerations: Industrial Fabric Edition

When selecting the perfect industrial fabric for your specific application, the considerations are seemingly endless. Let’s begin down a pathway of what to keep in mind as you consider your fabric purchase. After care… Will you be washing the fabric? Scrubbing?...
Textile Testing In-Depth: Why Wyzenbeek?

Textile Testing In-Depth: Why Wyzenbeek?

The venerable Wyzenbeek Abrasion Test has been around for a century and is considered the standard testing method in North America for measuring how a fabric will hold up to abrasion. Though it’s not the only measure of durability for a fabric, it’s a solid indication...
A Peek into the Future of Vinyl Textiles

A Peek into the Future of Vinyl Textiles

We asked Robert Hinsch, our Industrial, Apparel, and Home Décor sales team leader with nearly 40 years of textile expertise, to peer into the future of vinyl fabric innovations. When it comes to vinyl textiles for industrial uses, innovations generally sprout from...
Top 8 Uses for Kenai Vegan Leather

Top 8 Uses for Kenai Vegan Leather

Ripped from the pages of Vogue, showcased on the floors of fine furniture stores, and dangling on the arms of the most fashionable among us, vegan leather (or faux leather) is as trendy as it is versatile. Putting vegan leather to work for apparel and home décor uses...
Print Media Textiles: Replacing Rigid?

Print Media Textiles: Replacing Rigid?

Signage substrates seem softer. It’s both a tongue twister and an ongoing trend TVF’s Print Media Team is noticing… Especially in retail environments. “Demand drives innovation,” says Jeff Nonte, TVF’s vice president of print media sales. “There continues to be a need...
Unflinchingly Multi-Functional Fabrics

Unflinchingly Multi-Functional Fabrics

Fewer than two dozen people can call themselves EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award) winners. Thirteen Major League Baseball players have won the Triple Crown (leading their league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs). Five people have won multiple...