MIL-STD-849B
fabric.
3.4.8 Folder. A device used as an attachment to a sewing machine to guide and fold
3.4.9 Gage. The measured distance between needles on a sewing machine. Also referred to as the capacity of a folder.
3.4.10 Hand tack. A stitch produced by hand sewing.
3.4.11 Loose stitches. Thread that does not lie smoothly on the surface of the fabric.
3.4.12 Margin. The space from the outer row of stitching to edge of the fabric or fold of the fabric.
thread.
3.4.13 Missing stitches. Space between stitches in the same row in which there is no
3.4.14 Needle damage. The partial or complete yarn severance or fiber fusing caused by the needle passing through a fabric during sewing.
3.4.15 Overedge. The stitching around the outer edges of fabric that prevents the edges from raveling or fraying.
3.4.16 Overfold. An excess of material causing the edge of an inner fold to double, wrinkle, or pleat.
3.4.17 Overlap. The distance one material, thread, or cord extends over another material, thread, or cord.
3.4.18 Pleat. A fold sewn in fabric.
3.4.19 Runoff. Stitching not on seam or fabric.
3.4.20 Skipped stitches. Threads that are not interlocked.
3.4.21 Stitch splicing. Used when a bobbin has run out or similar during sewing;
characterized by stitch overlap on one end
3.4.22 Stitch repair. A section of stitching is removed and replaced due to defective stitching; characterized by stitch over lap on each end
3.4.23 Stitches per inch. The number of needle penetrations per linear inch where the threads are interlocked.
thread.
3.4.24 Stitching. Sewing, normally by machine, to join two or more pieces of fabric by
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