SGIA Journal Graphic November/December 2016 - 41
feature
Finishing Options for Textiles
My previous SGIA Journal articles Are
You Finished Yet? (November/December
2015) and Are You Finished Yet - Part
2 (January/February 2016) focused on
vinyl banners and rigid substrates, and
overlooked the textile side of things -
much to my chagrin! It certainly wasn't
an intentional oversight, and this article
will take a look at some of the finishing
options that are currently happening
in this arena. More specifically, we will
address cutting, sewing or welding as it
relates to soft signage and banners (digital
graphics printed on a textile or fabric-based
material), and to some extent, garments.
According to our most recent Industry
Benchmarking Report on SGIA.org,
37.4 percent of the companies surveyed
offer sewing or seaming as a service, 69.5
percent of the companies surveyed have
cutting/trimming/routing/die-cutting
equipment, and 31.6 percent have sewing/
seaming equipment.
The definition of "sewing" that is
offered by the Textile Exchange is a good
one - where sewing involves fastening
of fabrics, leather, furs or similar other
flexible materials with the help of needle
and threads. The examples in this article
will touch on traditional sewing and will
also introduce the idea of welding certain
fabric seams as an alternative to consider
when the appropriate fabric (polyesters)
are used.
It is interesting to note that two of
my personal experiences with fabric/
textile finishing have been to observe
the process still being done without the
use of automated cutting equipment. A
large manufacturer of dye-sublimation
garments said, "We do a lot of blank
apparel that is not printed. So the cost
structure of stacking layers and layers of
material on a cutting table just costs less
money to do. And it is not an inaccurate
process. You print a marker and cut a
According to our
most recent Industry
Benchmarking Report on
SGIA.org, 37.4 percent of
the companies surveyed
offer sewing or seaming as
a service, 69.5 percent of the
companies surveyed have
cutting/trimming/routing/
die-cutting equipment, and
31.6 percent have sewing/
seaming equipment.
By Ray Weiss, Digital Imaging Specialist, SGIA
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