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This 40-word fabric and fiber word search covers natural and synthetic fibers, textile production methods, and weaving techniques for students in Grades 7–9. Hidden words include polyester, mercerize, sanforizing, and twill, spanning fiber types, finishing processes, and fabric structures. Use it in a textiles or family-and-consumer-sciences class, as a vocabulary review before unit projects, or edit it as a template for garment-construction activities.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Crafts
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated April 2018

Word List

  • FIBER
  • TEXTILES
  • NATURAL
  • SYNTHETIC
  • YARN
  • STAPLE
  • FILAMENT
  • BLEND
  • SPINNERET
  • GENERIC
  • TENTERING
  • SANFORIZING
  • PERMANENTPRESS
  • SIZING
  • MERCERIZE
  • HEATSET
  • NAPPING
  • GLAZING
  • EMBOSSING
  • CALENDERING
  • TWILL
  • SATIN
  • TRADEMARK
  • WARP
  • FILLING
  • GRAIN
  • SELVAGE
  • WEAVING
  • PLAIN
  • POLYESTER
  • COTTON
  • RAYON
  • WOOL
  • SILK
  • LINEN
  • SPANDEX
  • ACRYLIC
  • NYLON
  • ACETATE
  • FELT

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