Quality is popular. Many speak of quality. Producers,retailers, and customers-all of them demand quality. And in the sewingindustry, product quality always means seam quality. There is no productquality without seam quality. This applies for all applications and all theareas of the sewing industry.
Clothing
Only few modern comforts have such a direct influence on ourwellbeing as our clothes do, which we wear directly on our skin. No othertechnology virtually touches us in this way. And the art of producing clothesis one of the oldest technologies developed by the human race. Even the people ofthe ice age protected their bodies from the cold with fur and nettings of plantfibres. This protective function of clothing has been the same ever since. Butprotection from cold, heat and the weather are only some of the modern demands.There is also the human desire for beauty. For thousands of years, clothes havehad a decorating function, too.
Now as then, we think of fashion and beauty and of functionwhen we think of clothes. Seams can have a great influence on both. Seams arethe connecting element, they make clothes from fabrics. They are often decorationand have the most various functions. Seams are tear proof, elastic, soft,watertight, weather-proof, easy care, depending on the given requirements. Andthey are always decisive for the product quality.
Home textiles
Almost all home textiles have seam connections. Awnings,mattresses, quilts, upholstery, curtains, bed spreads-they all need seams to givethem their desired form. First priority for seams on home textiles is their holdingand fixing function. Seams on awnings connect individual fabric webs to makeone big awning for protection from the sun. Seams on mattresses connect a pieceof fabric with the desired fleece lining to make a soft bed. Upholstery seamsform individual fabric pieces into three-dimensional covers. If the seams arevisible on the outside of the finished model, they have an additionaldecorating function. Decorative seams on upholstery or decorative top-stitchingon quilts are good examples here.
In the area of home textiles, seam and product quality arelinked closely. A broken seam on a sofa, a rippled seam on curtains, or aweather-related torn seam on an awning ruin a products quality as a whole. Reworkingor repairing such problems is often very time consuming and often veryexpensive, too. This is another motivation for producing quality.
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