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How To Sew With Stretchable Fabrics?

Spandex fabric is used in any consumer or industrial application in which elasticity is desired. Since its inception, this type of fabric has become more and more popular, and these days, it is present in thousands of different types of garments, and it is used by consumers all over the world. Pure spandex fabric may be used to make incredibly stretchy or fully form-fitting garments. When spandex fabric is added to cotton, for instance, this fabric becomes much more elastic, and spandex can also be used to add elasticity to traditionally rigid fabrics like polyester. Even if small amounts of this fabric are added to other textiles, these fabrics become much stretchier; since spandex can stretch up to eight times its original size, the elasticity imparted by adding this fabric to other textiles can be determined by dividing this stretching potential by the percentage in which it is included in a garment.