Functional Properties and Seam Puckering on Cotton Shirt Influenced by Laundering

Abstract

Plain cotton fabrics of various mass per unit area, commercially available for manufacturing men’s shirts, were seamed by applying three types of seams. The seaming was conducted on an industrial sewing machine under the sewing parameters commercially adopted by apparel manufacturers. The selected samples were laundered three times with two different commercially available detergents under the same washing conditions. The seam puckering and fabric properties were analysed before and after the laundering. It was found out that the degree of seam puckering after the laundering was affected by the type of seam and used detergent. The samples treated with a powder detergent showed greater changes in the fabric structure compared to those washed with a liquid detergent.

Keywords

• dress shirt
• safety seam
• French seam
• English seam
• seam thickness