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Reseña Libro: Costuras para Fichas Técnicas

You are a fashion designer and need help managing the technical development of your garments. You often receive prototypes that are different from what you expected. On the one hand, the measurements need to be adjusted (fitting comments). On the other hand, you have

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Costuras ISO, ASTM y ABC Seams... ¿qué son?

Quite often, we receive questions from you about this matter: are your seams the same as ISO seams?, are your seams registered under ISO/ASTM regulations?, can I use your seams instead of the ISO’s?… These are some of the questions that you’ve been asking. So,

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Por Qué Usar una Ficha Técnica

As the garment industry has become less structured and more globalized, the need for detailed and precise specifications has increased. Tech packs have become an essential document during the development and production stages of textile products. A few months ago, we talked in a

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PESPUNTES: Tipos, Funciones, y Usos

Teacher, what is the difference between Stitch and Topstitch? This question is more common than what we think, either for students or professionals in the textile industry. And it is not surprising that it is confusing due to a topstitch is a type of

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En qué consiste una Ficha Técnica?

Tech Packs are mainly a communication tool. As we said in the previous article (see here), a Tech Pack is a document with all the information needed to make a design into a real product correctly. What information is in a tech pack? There

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Costura, Puntada, Pespunte… Qué Son?

Does it happen to you that you stay thinking when people talk about seams, stitches, and topstitching? If answering this question takes you more than 3 seconds, you should read this article. Poor explanations and wrong interpretations are the source of 73% of the

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Técnicas para Estabilizar una Costura

Sometimes, when sewing, it is necessary to stabilize the seam to avoid it gets stretched. If we don’t do this, the finished measurements of the garment might vary. Stabilizing seams is required either for wovens or knits. The areas that must be stabilized are

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Tipos de Costuras y sus Usos

Location, location, location… “the location of your property is an essential factor in determining its value.” This famous real estate mantra clearly reflects today’s subject: The location of each seam is an essential factor in determining the correct choice. In previous articles, we discussed how

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Cómo se Clasifican los Defectos de Prenda

Before starting a garment inspection, we have to know what is a defect and its level of relevance. This depends on the characteristics and location of the defects. So to do this, we need to have a Garment Defect Classification document.  But, how do

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Tipos de Costuras y sus Propiedades

Selecting seams is a critical part of the design process. This not only concerns the aesthetic part of creating garments, but is also closely related to its functionality and the economic-productive aspects of the style. To select the appropriate seams, we must know their

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Cómo Evitar los Defectos de Costura.

Avoiding stitching defects is one of the most basic aspects to consider when making clothing. This might happen due to the following factors: the fabric quality type of thread the conditions of the needle  the maintenance of the sewing machine the stitch density These

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