What are seams? In sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches. Prior to the invention of the sewing machine, all sewing was done by hand. Seams in modern mass-produced household textiles, sporting goods, and ready clothing are sewn by computerized machines, while home shoemaking, dressmaking, quilting, crafts, haute couture and tailoring may use a combination of hand and machine sewing. [1] In clothing construction, seams are classified by their type (plain, lapped, abutted, or French seams [] ) and position in the finished garment (center back seam, inseam, side seam). Seams are finished with a variety of techniques to prevent raveling of raw fabric edges and to neaten the inside of garments. All basics seams used in clothing construction are variants on four basic types of seams. Plain seams French seams Flat or abutted seams Lapped seams A plain seam is the most common type of machine-sewn seam. It joins two pieces of fabric together face-to-face by sewing through both pieces, leaving a seam allowance with raw edges inside the work. The seam allowance usually requires some sort of seam finish to prevent raveling.
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What are seams?
In sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches.
Prior to the invention of the sewing machine, all sewing was done by hand. Seams in modern mass-produced household
textiles, sporting goods, and ready clothing are sewn by computerized machines, while
home shoemaking, dressmaking, quilting, crafts, haute couture and tailoring may use a combination of hand and machine
sewing.[1]
In clothing construction, seams are classified by their type (plain, lapped, abutted, or French seams []) and position in the
finished garment (center back seam, inseam, side seam). Seams are finished with a variety of techniques to prevent raveling
of raw fabric edges and to neaten the inside of garments.
All basics seams used in clothing construction are variants on four basic types of seams.
Plain seams French seams Flat or abutted seams Lapped seams
A plain seam is the most common type of machine-sewn seam. It joins two pieces of fabric together face-to-face by
sewing through both pieces, leaving a seam allowance with raw edges inside the work. The seam allowance usually
requires some sort of seam finish to prevent raveling.