Optimization of the seam properties of woven fabrics with elastane

Recently, clothes produced from fabrics containing elastane are preferred a lot because they make the person feel more fit and comfortable in the clothes. In order to make the person feel more comfortable and comfortable in the clothes, it is very important that the clothes made of flexible fabrics and their seams can stretch. A garment made of elastane-containing fabric can stretch by about 10-30% and recover immediately after release. In the garment industry, stitch type should not prevent the fabric from stretching in garments made of woven fabrics containing elastane. In this study, it is aimed to obtain more flexible stitches by optimizing the sewing properties of the garments made of woven fabrics containing elastane. Thus, the flexibility of the garments will increase further and the flexible seams will contribute to the comfort and fit of the garment. The flexibility of the stitches can be further increased by the ideal use of the sewing characteristics (stitch type, stitch density, sewing thread type and sewing thread label number) to be used in sewing processes of stretch fabrics. For this purpose, three woven fabric samples for women's tops containing different proportions of elastane were selected in this study. The effect of the sewing properties of these fabrics on the stretching and permanent elongation properties of the fabric was investigated as an experimental study and the results were discussed. This study was supported by the "Optimization of Sewing Properties of Clothes Made of Elastane Woven Fabrics" Tübitak 1002 project (Project No: 119M028).