Garment defects can arise from defective fabric, poor workmanship, handling issues, or faulty trims and accessories. Common defects include shade variation, seam puckering, and broken stitches, while trims can be defective due to wrong color, size, or insecure attachment. The document also references previous articles discussing fabric and embroidery defects in detail.

2. Garment defects can be caused due to the use of defective
fabric, workmanship defects and handling defects, and due
to the defects in the trims and accessories being used in
the garment.

3. Fabric defects
In our previous articles (Woven Defect & Knit Defects) we
have discussed the defects that can occur in knitted and
woven fabrics, their causes and possible remedies in
depth.

4. Workmanship & handling defects

5. 1. Shade variation

6. 2. Seam puckering:
Bunching of fabric in a
seam is seam
puckering

7. 3. Open or broken
seams: Openings or
unstitched parts in
seams

8. 4. Broken stitches

9. 5. Skipped stitches:
Irregular stitches along
the seam

10. 6. Wavy seam:
Wavy Seam occurs
when the seam is not
straight

11. 7. Misaligned buttons
and buttonholes

12. 8. Untrimmed threads:
Extra lose thread
appearing along the
seam

13. 9. Out of tolerance sizing:
The dimensions or
measurements
of the garment parts are
not within the tolerance
limits defined by the
buyer

14. At times the use of wrong colour or size of trims or embroidery or
wrong placement of the same can also make the garment
defective.
The defects that can appear in embroidery have been discussed in
depth in our previous blog of this series “Embroidery Defects”
(LINK)
Trims & Accessory defects

15. 9. Broken Trim: Use of
broken or inoperable trim
or if the trim is insecure

16. 9. Wrong trim: The trim
used differs in colour or
size, or might be missing
when compared against
the buyer’s specification

17. 9. Trim Bleeding

18. Visit www.stitchdiary.com
to read the full article on Garment Defects

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http://www.slideshare.net/InTouchQuality/garment-defects-58264246
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