What is Machine SPI in Garment Stitching?
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Standard SPI is used to sew a garment as the quality of the seam and strength of the seam depends on the number of stitches used per inch of seam.
In the garment tech pack, in the garment construction section, the buyer mentions the stitching SPI to be used for stitching each seam. In most cases, the whole garment is stitched using the same SPI. But sometimes, SPI may very for stitching different parts of the same garment.
SPI vs Thread consumption and stitching speed
SPI is considered one major garment quality parameter. Normally, 9-12 SPI are used in most of the garments (woven as well as knits). Consumption of sewing threads increases as SPI goes up. When the number of stitches increases in the same length of a seam, the loop formation increases as well which causes more consumption of thread.
SPI setting:
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