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A Short Article About Fabric Spreading

    FABRIC SPREADING   The technique known as "fabric spreading" involves spreading many layers of cloth to achieve the desired length and breadth according to the marker dimensions. This involves laying and is done in advance of cutting. In the apparel industry, fabrics are cut one at a time for several items. The practice of stacking textiles according to a marker's length and breadth is called fabric spreading. The shape of the fabrics that is attained as per spreading of fabric, is called the 'Fabric lay'. In the 'fabric lay', there may be fabrics in 2 to hundreds of layers. Fabric spreading may be done manually or it can be done by machines also. 'Fabric Lay' is done mainly for achieving two objects - for fabric saving and for time-saving during cutting of fabric for each garment. As the fabric lay is made by the spread of hundreds of layers of fabrics and it is done on the cutting table, the construction of the table should be str...