Multi-layer fabric and coverings for architectural features and methods of manufacture

A method of forming a multi-layered fabric comprising the steps of:

• weaving a first exterior layer of a multi-layered fabric comprising at least a first and second warp sheet;
• weaving a second exterior layer of a multi-layered fabric comprising at least a third and fourth warp sheet;
• weaving in a first stitched region in the first exterior layer a fifth warp sheet and a seventh warp sheet with the first and second warp sheets of the first exterior layer;
• weaving in a second stitched region in the first exterior layer a sixth warp sheet and the fifth warp sheet with the first and second warp sheets of the first exterior layer;
• weaving a first intermediate layer of a multi-layered fabric from the seventh warp sheet separated from the first stitched region and an eighth warp sheet;
• weaving a second intermediate layer of a multi-layered fabric from the fifth warp sheet and the sixth warp sheet;
• weaving in a first stitched region of the second exterior layer the seventh warp sheet and the eighth warp sheet with the third and fourth warp sheets of the second exterior layer;
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• weaving in a second stitched region of the second exterior layer the sixth warp sheet and the eighth warp sheet with the third and fourth warp sheets of the second exterior layer.