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Category
Troubleshooting and sewing defects
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Seam grinning | Seam grin | A visible opening between material edges when the seam is placed under tension. | Nahtklaffen | Bâillement de couture | Abertura visual de la costura | Apertura visibile della cucitura | 接缝张口 | Hở đường may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
May be an appearance issue without complete seam failure.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Seam leakage | Leakage through seam | Passage of water, air or another medium through a seam. | Nahtundichtigkeit | Fuite au niveau de la couture | Fuga en la costura | Perdita dalla cucitura | 接缝渗漏 | Rò rỉ đường may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
State the medium and test pressure; not all leakage means the fabric is not waterproof.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Seam opening | Open seam | A visible opening along a seam caused by slippage, stitch failure, damage or insufficient seam security. | Nahtöffnung | Ouverture de couture | Apertura de la costura | Apertura della cucitura | 接缝开裂 | Mở đường may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
State the failure mechanism where known.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Seam puckering | Seam pucker | Unwanted wrinkling or distortion of material along or beside a seam. | Nahtkräuseln | Fronçage de couture | Fruncido de la costura | Arricciatura della cucitura | 接缝起皱 | Nhăn đường may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
Several mechanisms exist: tension, feed and shrinkage puckering.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Seam slippage | Yarn slippage at seam | Displacement of fabric yarns away from the seam line under load, creating an opening without thread breakage. | Nahtschieben | Glissement de couture | Deslizamiento de la costura | Scorrimento della cucitura | 接缝滑移 | Trượt đường may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
Not the same as seam failure caused by thread breakage.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Sewing defect | Sewing fault | A visible or functional deviation in the sewing process or completed seam. | Nähfehler | Défaut de couture | Defecto de costura | Difetto di cucitura | 缝纫缺陷 | Lỗi may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
A defect may have several possible causes.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Sewing problem | Sewing issue | An undesirable condition that occurs during sewing or affects the finished seam. | Nähproblem | Problème de couture | Problema de costura | Problema di cucitura | 缝纫问题 | Vấn đề may | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
Separate the observed symptom from its possible cause.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Shrinkage puckering | Post-treatment puckering | Seam puckering that appears when thread or material shrinks during care or finishing. | Schrumpfkräuseln | Fronçage dû au retrait | Fruncido por encogimiento | Arricciatura da ritiro | 收缩起皱 | Nhăn do co rút | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
Evaluate after the relevant wash or heat treatment.
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| Troubleshooting and sewing defects | Skipped stitch | Skip stitch; stitch skipping | A missing stitch caused when the stitch-forming components fail to catch or form the required loop. | Fehlstich | Point sauté | Puntada saltada | Punto saltato | 跳针 | Bỏ mũi | ||||||||||||
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Not to be confused with
Do not confuse with an intentionally long stitch.
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