Abstract

The quality of the seams is mostly responsible for the overall performance of the clothing in usage. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of different kind of sewing threads on seam performance of woven apparel by comparing between the types of sewing threads on the basis of seam performance on same woven apparel. For conducting the experiment, three popular fabric types- poplin, gabardine and denim fabrics were chosen and three versatile sewing threads were considered for stitching these fabrics. It is evident from the test analysis that the different types of sewing threads have a major and advantageous effect on the seam efficiency of woven clothing. Overall, it was discovered that plain fabric outperformed twill fabric in terms of seam efficiency because of having more interlacements which help it to carry the seam more than the twill woven fabric. The twill woven denim and gabardine fabrics showed better seam strength than the other fabrics at 100% polyester thread whereas the plain woven poplin fabric showed better seam strength at polyester wrapped thread with a polyester filament core. This result of this study thus described the compatibility of the chosen fabrics with the specific threads. As these three fabrics are some most commonly used fabrics in our daily life apparel applications, the result of this study will help manufacturer to select the required thread to stitch the specific fabric as not every fabric has the same compatibility with all of the sewing threads, which will be preventing the unwanted seam ruptures.