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It seems that clothing companies are cheaping out on production costs lately. Like, how much does thread cost? You can’t spend an extra five seconds to use a stronger stitch pattern?<\/p>\n

I’ve had three pairs of pants split on the seams, one at the seat of the pants and the other two along the leg. And it just seems as though they used a single thread stitch, one of those ones where you pull a thread and the whole thing comes apart?<\/p>\n

So, while it’s an easy fix, it’s inconvenient to notice a sudden split after taking the clothes out of the dryer.<\/p>\n

I mean, I’d rather a split seam than an actual hole in my clothes, but still. Use a stronger stitch, clothing makers. Your sewing machine can do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems that clothing companies are cheaping out on production costs lately. Like, how much does thread cost? You can’t spend an extra five seconds to use a stronger stitch pattern? I’ve had three pairs of pants split on the seams, one at the seat of the pants and the other two along the leg.…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Split seam<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-6704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-1K8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6855,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/12-days-of-xmas-lucky-embroidery\/","url_meta":{"origin":6704,"position":0},"title":"12 Days of Xmas: Lucky Embroidery","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lucky Embroidery It was luck, finding the tattered old embroidery book with its black and white print of ink drawn embroidery patterns. 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