A covering for an architectural feature includes a woven material. The woven material is made at least partially from binder yarns to form a woven fabric. The binder yarns are heated after the fabric is woven to a temperature sufficient to cause the binder yarns to bond and fuse to adjacent yarns at crossover points. The woven material is inherently resistant to fraying and/or unraveling.

A light-shielding fabric for a curtain-type vertical blind may include a single light-transmitting portion (130) capable of transmitting light, a first light-shielding portion (110) disposed at one side of the light-transmitting portion (130) and attached or coupled to the light-transmitting portion, and a second light-shielding portion (120) disposed at the other side of the light-transmitting portion (130) and attached or coupled to the light-transmitting portion, in which a front surface (110a) of the first light-shielding portion (110) and a rear surface (120b) of the second light-shielding portion (120) have a first color (A), in which a rear surface (110b) of the first light-shielding portion (110) and a front surface (120a) of the second light-shielding portion (120) have a second color (B), and in which the first color (A) is different from the second color (B).

A covering for an architectural feature includes a woven material. The woven material is made at least partially from binder yarns to form a woven fabric. The binder yarns are heated after the fabric is woven to a temperature sufficient to cause the binder yarns to bond and fuse to adjacent yarns at crossover points. The woven material is inherently resistant to fraying and/or unraveling.

The present invention discloses a light-colored full-shading blind fabric, including shading warp yarns and shading weft yarns which form a plain weave with the shading warp yarns, where they are both made of shading core threads, each shading core thread includes a polyester core thread with a color that is 1/12 standard depth scale greater than that of a knitted product and a matte PVC coating layer coating the polyester core thread, a contact surface between the polyester core thread and the matte PVC coating layer forms melt bonding, and the shading warp yarns and the shading weft yarns are woven to form gaps with apertures less than 1%. The light-colored full-shading blind fabric and a preparation method therefor can achieve the effect of reflecting solar radiant heat, maintaining room temperature provided by light-colored blinds, absorbing visible light and forming full shading provided by dark-colored blinds.

A sheer fabric for use in a fabric panel is disclosed where the sheer fabric is formed from a plurality of yarns having a denier from about 25 up to 35, wherein the plurality of yarns are configured and arranged as a plurality of diagonal structures each forming a diamond-shaped opening, wherein the sheer fabric has an openness factor of about seventy five percent (75%) and greater. In one or more embodiments the sheer fabric has properties that resist the formation of puckers, including in an embodiment an improved elongation percentage upon application of a force, and in one or more aspects, an improved variability of the elongation percentage upon application of the force. Additional and alternative properties of the sheer fabric are disclosed. The sheer fabric finds application in a fabric panel or assembly that can be used as a light-controlling covering.

A composite yarn comprising a continuous multifilament core yarn incorporated in a matrix, is characterized in that the matrix comprises at least one polymer material and at least one reinforcing filler, the reinforcing filler being formed from functionalized particles, said particles having a median size (d.sub.v50) of less than 40 m. A process for manufacturing such a composite yarn, comprises at least one step of depositing, by coating or extrusion, a matrix comprising a polymer and a reinforcing filler, onto a core yarn. A textile surface comprises at least one such composite yarn.

A composite yarn comprising a continuous multifilament core yarn incorporated in a matrix, is characterized in that the matrix comprises at least one polymer material and at least one reinforcing filler, the reinforcing filler being formed from functionalized particles, said particles having a median size (d.sub.v50) of less than 40 m. A process for manufacturing such a composite yarn, comprises at least one step of depositing, by coating or extrusion, a matrix comprising a polymer and a reinforcing filler, onto a core yarn. A textile surface comprises at least one such composite yarn.