are separated sufficiently so that the relationship of the filling yarn 21 may be observed the insertion of the relatively large diameter filling yarns 21 is shown as by means of a double pick needle loom where pick goes acorss the width of the fabric and back before the shed changes in this manner the filling is laid in with little or no tension and such tension as exists in the fabric is carried by the warp yarns this is highly desirable for bulking of the filling yarns the filling yarns 21 are inserted so as to be substantially in contact with each other across the width of the woven fabric the number of filling threads per inch of warp length of the fabric will be determined by the diameter of the filling yarn thus if the diameter of the filling yarn is one tenth of an inch 0 1 inch 0 25 cm there will be approximately 10 filling picks or yarns per inch of length of the warp yarns 4 picks per cm bulking of the filling varying this figure it will be obvious that many weave constructions may be used the one up one down illustrated in fig2 being purely exemplary other selected fabric constructions being usable after the insertion of the filling threads 21 the fabric now designated 25 fig2 is passed through one or a plurality of printing or padding stations one of which is shown each may apply its own color to the fabric a part of a vigoureux printer is illustrated in fig3 which includes a dye trough 26 a first.