Choose the Perfect Canvas When Have Endless Options

Canvas an extremely heavy duty plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which strength, durability is required. Find the best Canvas in Singapore popularly used for many other purposes such as tents, bags, tarpaulins, covers etc. Also canvas is used widely by artist as painting surface, typically stretched across wooden frame. Clothes, handbags, shoes are such more products used in fashion objects as well.

Canvas is preferred based on the net size. The number of holes per inch of canvas and threads chosen for sewing are based on net count. Thicker threads such as textile wool are used for canvases with lesser net holes. And the finer threads such as cotton, stranded cotton thread are used for canvases with higher net count.

Different types of sewing canvas available in market are Mono, Interlock, Penelope/duo, Rug and Plastic Canvas. All are obtainable in wide assortment of net sizes and colors. From the Canvas Supplier inSingapore find the above mentioned distinct types of products:

1.     Mono canvas is single thread woven canvas where the vertical and horizontal threads are of same diameter and spaced same distance apart. It is certain amount of give to fabric and choice for cushions and upholstery.

2.     Interlock Mono Canvas is single thread canvas is distinguished by having vertical threads bound horizontally around each other locking them in place. This type of weaving stabilises canvas and makes it possible to trim canvas close to finished work without unraveling. They mainly used for printed manufactures. Silk gauze is form of interlock, used for very fine petit-point work.

3.     Penelope/Duo: is double thread canvas where horizontal and vertical threads are woven in pairs which are creating alternating large and small net in same weaving to accommodate both large and small stitches. The canvas is perfect for décor items, and for mix of intricate and quickly stitched large background stitches.

4.     Rug Canvas: is strong cotton, woven, and twisted as threads are having good strength and are inseparable. Comes in different meshes and gauzes sizes.

5.     Plastic Canvas: is stiff material generally used for projects and is sold in pre-cut pieces and various shapes rather than by yard. Beginners find these types of material easy to work with and inexpensive.