The dinapat design on Abra and Ilocos textiles is produced using the brocade weaving method, specifically the continuous supplementary weft technique employed when weaving pinilian textiles. According to Pastor-Roces (1991), pinilian, or brocade weaving, produces designs with embroidery-like motifs and patterns that float in relief on the cloth’s surface, a distinct characteristic of the dinapat. The difference between dinapat and pinilian textiles lies in the structure of the design: pinilian textiles always have spaces between motifs, whereas dinapat features full designs where motifs and patterns are seamless. Furthermore, dinapat has motifs and patterns “on the entire surface” (Pastor-Roces, 1991, p. 63), or in other words, it “occupies the whole blanket” (Salvador-Amores, 2019, p. 27).

This dinapat from the collection is identified by its four-pointed star with diamond motifs. The panels were stitched together, noticeable through the white line in the middle of the textile. In comparison with other blankets, this dinapat does not have stylized stitching or embroidery.