Designation:D4965–96(Reapproved2002)StandardTerminologyofSeamsandSeamFinishesUsedinHomeSewing1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4965;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologyprovidesauniform,easilyunderstoodlanguageforthedefinitionsanddescriptionsofseamsandseamfinishesusedinhomesewing.1.1.1Theseseamsandseamfinishesmaybeproducedonaconventionalsewingmachineorbyhand.1.1.2Thesetermsanddefinitionsarenotnecessarilyappli-cabletotheapparelmanufacturingindustry.1.2Thisterminologyprovidesacommonbaseforuseinthepreparationofeducationalmaterialsandpatternguidesheetsforhomesewing.1.3Otherseamtypesorfinishesmaybemoreappropriateifequipmentotherthantheconventionalsewingmachineisavailable.1.4Forothertermsassociatedwithtextiles,refertoTermi-nologyD123.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextileMaterials2D1353TerminologyofBasicSewingMachineStitches23.Terminology3.1Definitions:backside,n—intextilematerials,thesideofthematerialthatfacesinnermostinthecompletedproduct.(Ant.faceside,rightside.Syn.wrongside.)boundseam-finish,n—inhomesewing,aseamfinishinwhichanothermaterialisusedtoenclosethecutedgesofoneormoreseamallowances.(CompareHongKongseamfinish.)(SeeFig.1.)DISCUSSION—Aboundseam-finishismadeby(1)enclosingthecutseamallowanceedge(s)inanotherfabricand(2)machinestitchingthroughallthicknessesclosetotheedgeofthebinding.Materialusedmaybestripsoflightweightbias-cutwovenfabricorlightweightknitfabricsuchastricotornet.Iftapeorbindingisused,thewiderfoldsideofthetapeorbindingispositionedunderneaththeseamallowance.Usuallyeachseamallowanceedgeisenclosedindividually;however,seamallowancesmaybeplacedtogetherandtreatedasone,suchasthearmscyeseamallowancesofanunlinedjacketoronaboundneckline.clean-finishseamfinish,n—inhomesewin...
