The Textile KitTM

The NEW Eco+ Edition of our best-selling swatch set The Textile Kit contains more samples than ever, and a greater emphasis on sustainability. Its NEW "clickable index" cuts straight through to help you INSTANTLY find what you need.

And now our online products are mobile friendly!

The Textile Kit: Eco+ Edition Our best-seller!

Give your visually-oriented fashion and interior design and merchandising students the tools they need to truly understand basic textiles. The Textile Kit is the swatch set used by well over a hundred different colleges and universities to make the study of textiles come alive, as students learn about fibers, yarns, fabrications, dyes, prints, and finishes. Your students will have all the samples they need for a full semester of basic textiles.

The Best Gets Even Better

Expanded SWATCH SET

• The NEW Eco+ Edition of The Textile Kit swatch set contains 266 samples.
  • Includes conductive thread, reflective cord, Merino wool, angora, camel, cashmere, alpaca, Lenzing Modal® (from beechwood), rayon (from bamboo), true wool felt, Cordura® nylon fabric, Coolmax® polyester fabric, PLA (corn based), azlon (soy based), and MORE!
  • Sustainable examples such as organic cotton vs. certified organic cotton v. GOTS certified organic cotton, organic wool, Piňatex (from pineapple leaf), Repreve® (recycled polyester), closed loop recycling including polyester recycled by melting vs. chemical recycling, Eco Color technology, non-GMO seed cotton, vegan silk, waterless polyester dyeing, recycled blends, fair trade cotton, and SeaCell® from seaweed
  • Many more knits
  • More comparisons (pinwale vs. widewale corduroy), various meshes, various suedes, various tricots, various laces, and more depth (cavalry twill, ITY knit, travel knit, poor boy knit, minky dot, anti-microbial silver finish, laser etched, etc.)
  • The Textile Kit Online
    • Study and Review Questions (SRQs)
    • Table-Top Labs (LABS)
    • Other Resources
• We help YOU keep your students up-to-date on the latest important textile developments, while thoroughly covering textile basics.

Supportive VIRTUAL LAB ASSISTANT™

The Textile Kit Online contains a Virtual Lab Assistant™ to help students easily put their kits together.

• Video of how to assemble their kit
• Virtual images of a finished kit
• Audio description, Text description, and Magnified view of each sample.
• The Virtual Lab Assistant is helpful to anyone, but is especially useful for online students and students who assemble their kits outside the classroom.

NEW: Online Only Edition:TKO1

• For classes that just don’t need the full swatch set.
• This edition of The Textile Kit is digital only.
• Online Swatches
• Online Interactive Index
• 208 Digital Fabric Samples
• 54 Digital Narrow Samples
• Available July 1, 2022
• $37 each wholesale, $39 retail
• Contact Us for a preview: mail@atexinc.com

NEW "CLICKABLE INDEX" for Instant Accessibility

The Textile Kit Online provides the incredible NEW " Clickable Index" that makes the Eco and Eco+ and Online Only Editions of our kit the most accessible set of textile samples available!

The Textile Kit contains ALL the samples your students need for a full semester of learning about basic textiles.

The most comprehensive sample set available, along with the best online support and access. it's like carrying The Textile Kit on your phone at all times! Because The Textile Kit Online is also now mobile friendly.