The way of life of Thai people has involved utensils or things which
made of bamboo since the ancient time. Rural Thai people use bamboo for building houses, making
handicrafts, basketwork and household utensils. At present, thick bamboo is used and developed to
many new products especially the textile products. Three purposes of this research were these: (1) to
investigate the background of Thai textile production, (2) to investigate current situations and
difficulties of Thai textile production and (3) to investigate the use of thick bamboo fiber for producing
and developing Thai textiles.