Development of a Sewability Test for Cotton Fabrics

Abstract

The development of the seam efficiency test to measure the sewability of a fabric is described. It is shown that this test, which involves the establishment of a ratio between the strength of the original fabric and the strength of the seamed fabric, is more realistic, reproducible, and sensitive than the previous test, which rated a fabric for sewability on the basis of the number of fabric yarns cut per inch during the sewing operation.