Shade and awning fabrics create a visual welcome, a branding opportunity, an architectural flourish, and so much more. For manufacturers of shades and awnings, a few well-considered questions before you select fabric for your next project can ensure a much better outcome. On this edition of The Textile Nerd Podcast, Lori and Dan will explore some of the important questions and considerations manufacturers should make when selecting a fabric for business, agriculture, home, or recreational uses with TVF Vice President of Business Development Robert Hinsch.

Fabric prints that pop require more than the right ink and a little luck. Color management is the key to taking a job -- whether it be direct-to-fabric, direct-to-garment, or any other method -- over the top. In the second edition of a two-part series on printing to textiles, Lori and Dan talk about this critical skill with Kornit Digital Presales Applications Manager Matthew Meany. Kornit is a world leader in on-demand printing, and Matthew has spent some three decades helping print service providers and manufacturers get the most out of their work.

The finer points of fabric printing are everchanging and often incredibly complex. An incorrect printer setting, misaligned tension, fouled up fixation step, or any other miscue along the way can spell disaster for a print run. Kornit Digital, a global leader in fabric printing and ink, has been developing technology and methods throughout the years designed to cut out complications and deliver brilliant, consistent prints on-demand. Lori and Dan welcome Kornit Digital Presales Applications Manager Matthew Meany to The Textile Nerd Podcast.