Home Ask The Expert Sylvia answers your questions hi Sylvia can u tell me that when i prepare specimens to perform Seam Slippage or Strength on fabric so which side is necessary to align shorter side of specimen or long side of specimen because some time there is a skew in the fabrics ???

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hi Sylvia can u tell me that when i prepare specimens to perform Seam Slippage or Strength on fabric so which side is necessary to align shorter side of specimen or long side of specimen because some time there is a skew in the fabrics ???

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SHOAIB SIDDIQUI
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Friday, 03 October 2008
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When cutting the specimens from you sample fabric you need to line up the longest dimension with the warp or weft threads depending which direction specimens you are preparing then fray down the short end of the specimens, fold the specimen across the short end parallel to the threads in direction of the seam to be sewn (see section 9 of EN ISO 13936-1:2004). It is important that your seam is made parallel to the fabric weave. Note - you will get varying results when the seam is not parallel.

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