Machines
Used for making buttonholes
Buttonhole Machine
Measured by counting the number of lengths of thread found within one inch
Stitcher Per Inch (SPI)
It prevents edges from rolling and curling.
Edge Stitch
Classifying the seams helps create a standardized system to help communication between companies.
Classes of seams
A section of a shirt or a dress where your arms fit. Can provide interest and construction details to any garment
Sleeves
Used for hemming. Almost invisible and looks like small little “bites” of thread on the outside of a hem. Can only do a blind hemstitch.
Blind Hem Machine
This stitch prevents the fabric from stretching along with bias and curved edges.
Staystitching
Helps prevent a seam from changing or stretching while stitching. It’s made by sewing with the grain of the fabric.
Directional Stitching
Created by overlapping two or more pieces of fabric. Common with suede and leather
Lapped Seams
A band of material around the neck of a shirt, dress, coat, or jacket, either upright or turned over, and generally an integral part of the garment. Examples: Flat, rolled, standing
Collars
Used to perform specialized stitches to create unique decorations on various fabrics
Embroidery Machine
The most common stitch used by industrial machines, formed by interlocking needle threads with a bobbin thread.
Lockstitch
Stitching visible from the outside of the garment
Topstitching
Used to prevent edges from rolling or curling. Great for knit fabrics
Edge Finished Seams
The end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on.
Cuffs
Also called a serger. Machine-great for knit fabric construction. Similar to the serging machines found in our classroom.
Overlock Machine
Stitch that inner loops the needle thread with a bottom looper thread on the underside of the seam. This stitch is used on most seams in woven apparel. can easily be pulled out or unraveled.
Chainstitch
A narrow stitch close to the edge. It prevents the facing from rolling to the outside.
Understitching
Most common seam construction. Created by sewing two or more layers of fabric together
Superimposed Seams
Constructed by folding fabric typically at the waist to control fullness and create design ease
Pleats
Commonly used for simple construction and produces a lockstitch. Can be single or multi-needle. Also used for seaming, top-stitching, cover stitching, and knits or wovens where wide coverage or greater stretch is required
Lockstitch Machine
Professional-looking hem that looks like two rows of stitching on the top and a serger-like stitch on the back. The benefit of a cover stitch is its stretchability and the covering of the raw edge all in one pass. A cover stitch stretches the maximum stretch of the fabric – think aerobic wear, fleece, sweatshirt fabric, lycra, and super stretchy knit fabric.
Coverstitch
A way of stitching that creates a square quilting grid.
Stitch-in-the-ditch
Made to finish an edge of a garment. Is one piece of fabric encompassing
Bound Seams
Sewn or stitched down folds of fabric
Tucks