Effects of Laundering on Seaming Attributes of a Fabric for Public Basic school uniforms

Patience Danquah Monnie, Docea Fianu, Efua Vandyck, Cynthia Gadegbeku

© 2021 Patience Danquah Monnie, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Citation Information: SAR Journal. Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 90-96, ISSN 2619-9955, https://doi.org/10.18421/SAR42-07, June 2021.

Received: 24 May 2021.
Revised:   20 June 2021.
Accepted: 25 June 2021.
Published: 27 June 2021.

Abstract:

Quality seams have great impact on the quality of garments. The study evaluated effect of laundering on plain seam in a suitable fabric for Ghanaian public basic school uniforms by varying sewing thread and stitch density to establish suitable ones for the achievement of quality in school uniforms. A total number of 290 specimens were used. Washed specimens were subjected to three cycles of washing using Launder-Ometer (Gyrowash 315) and seam strength, efficiency and elongation were evaluated. Means of the attributes were determined and analysis of variance at 0.05 alpha level are used for hypotheses testing. Sewing thread brand B in 14 stitches per inch (spi) provided greater seam strength, efficiency and elongation before and after washing.

Keywords – Ghanaian Uniform Fabric, Laundering Effects, Seaming Attributes.

                   

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