High quality textile satin fabric refers to the weave of the fabric rather than the material. Satin is one of the three major textile weaves, along with plain weave and twill. The satin weave creates a fabric that is shiny, soft, and elastic with a beautiful drape. Satin is a type of weave and not a material. Textile satin fabric entails that the cloth has been weaved in a particular pattern that leave one side of the cloth dull, while the other shiny.