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How to Choose a Sewing Machine: Top Tips for a Newbie Learner

Are you new to the sewing game and cannot afford to spend a fortune on a sewing machine? Do you want to learn sewing without drowning yourself in tears of mechanical frustrations? And most of all, do you not want to be stuck with a nightmarish machine that will waste your time and hamper your […]

Quality Characterisation of Apparel

Quality characterization of apparel is the 2nd edition of the book that entails dimensional and colour fastness properties, durability and surface appearance of apparels along with mandatory regulation on flammability, fibre composition and care labels. Safety issues for different accessories in children garment and safety review of typical garments have been thoroughly covered in this book. The first edition of the book was published in the year 2009.

The novelty of the book is the way the topics are arranged on an actual practical way in which apparel manufacturing units, buying offices, and retailers are facing day-to-day challenges in different activities in their business. This will help the apparel business community to avoid quality-related surprises and cut down rejections. The book would be of immense use for textile/garment manufacturers, buying offices, retailers and the educational cluster of apparel/fashion.

Cost of fabric in Garment manufacturing

Fabric Cost Details Cost of Fibre or Yarn: The cost of the fiber will depend largely on its generic type – cotton, linen, wool, silk, rayon, nylon, polyester, polyester cotton blend etc, and also its quality. The Yarn cost will depend on the count of the yarn — finer the yarn, more expensive it will […]