CONSTRUCTION & STITCHING DEFECTS

CONSTRUCTION AND STITCHINGCONSTRUCTION AND STITCHING

This category should be used for defects made by operations performed on a garment that brings together different materialstogether different materials.

201 – BROKEN / DROP / SKIP STITCHDROP / SKIP STITCH

• Broken / drop / skip stitch is damaged or i l i i l hirregularities along the stitch line.

202 – RAW EDGE / FRAYED SEAMFRAYED SEAM

R d i li i• Raw edge is slipping or raveling edges.

• Frayed seam is seam i h dwith yarn ends.

• Any frayed seam that affects the appearance

d f i f hand function of the garment should be considered defectiveconsidered defective.

203 – OPEN / DELAMINATED SEAM

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DELAMINATED SEAM

• A seam which appears to be open is called open seam.

• A seam that starts to delaminateA seam that starts to delaminate from edges is called delaminated seam.

All d d l i t d• All open and delaminated seams should be considered as defective.

204 – OVERRUN STITCH

• Overrun stitch is any stitching on a seam or hemstitching on a seam or hem that has overrun into the garment, or into an area that gis not supposed to be stitched.

• Any overrun stitch that• Any overrun stitch that affect the appearance or function of the garment should be considered defective.

206 – UNEVEN / WAVY STITCHINGSTITCHING

• Stitching that is wavy, not straight, or loose.

• When the stitching affects the garment appearance or function it should be considered defective.

208 – PUCKERING / PLEATING

• Undesirable uneven surface or gathering of fabric on a garment.

• Any puckering that affects appearance and function of the garment should be considered defecti econsidered defective.

211 – TWISTED / ROPING / UNEVEN HEMUNEVEN HEM

• Twisted / Roping describes hem or• Twisted / Roping describes hem or seam that does not lie flat and has a twisted appearance.

• Any twisted / roping that affects appearance and function of the garment should be consideredgarment should be considered defective.

• Uneven hem refers to wide and hnarrow or uneven hem.

211 – TWISTED / ROPING / UNEVEN HEM

• When viewing a garment keep

UNEVEN HEM

• When viewing a garment keep its shoulders even or pant leg flat. If the hem is exposed from opposite side of the garmentopposite side of the garment around the bottom hem or leg opening, the garment should be considered defectiveconsidered defective.

• Any unevenness that affects the garments appearance may be a reason for considering garmentreason for considering garment defective.

216 – CONSTRUCTION NOT AS SPECIFIEDNOT AS SPECIFIED

• When the construction of a• When the construction of a garment differs from given specifications i.e specification request “v” neck garment hasrequest v neck, garment has “crew” neck, incorrect color combination, high/low pocket or shoulder incorrect placement etcshoulder, incorrect placement etc.

• Any deviation from construction specification should be considered defectiveconsidered defective.

299 – MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION DEFECTCONSTRUCTION DEFECT

• Defects that are not captured by previous construction codes.

• Defects that are not covered by previous construction codes, that appear appearance andthat appear appearance and performance of the garment should be considered defective.

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