Study on Different Types of Sewing Defects on Knit Garments

Abstract

Bangladesh, a highlighted name in Ready Made Garments sector. Behind of this, there are so many reasons such as huge number of manpower, cheap labor, skilled workers etc. Though we cannot produce much value-added products but we are showing our expertise in conventional garments making. Sewing is undoubtedly major part of garments making. When we are providing garments to our buyers, we must maintain some qualities or standards. Sewing quality is a mentionable among these. This quality is hampered by sewing defects. We do sewing with machine operated by human, it’s not hundred percent defect less. So, it’s a common affair about defects. That’s why we look for solution. First of all, find out and named the defects then cause of defects and remedies of these defects. This study was about find out what types of defects are so common in our apparel industry. All of these reports are collected from Knit Concern Group and JM Fabrics Ltd. At Knit concern Group we have found Uncut Thread as most occurred defects about 27.75%, followed by Broken Stitch 10.45% Joint Stitch 8.22%, Raw Edge 7.85%, Skip Stitch 7.59% ,Dirty Spot 6.95%, Others 5.84% ,Pleat 5.57% , Open Seam5.41%, Reject4.83%, Uneven Stitch3.93%,Oil Mark 3.61%, Point Up down 0.955%, Puckering0.74% and Needle Hole 0.32% This scenery is little bit different in JM fabrics Ltd. There we have found Skip Stitch 19.76% Broken Stitch 19.45%, Oil Mark 13.37%, Uncut Thread 11.85%, Pleat 7.90% , Open Seam 7.29%, Reject 6.08%, Dirty Spot 4.86%, Poor Joining 4.56% and Uneven Stitch 1.22%. We tried to highlight some observed defects. This will let us be careful on production and make us conscious about defects those are going to be happened.