Thread Consumption Methods For Apparel Merchandising, in today’s competitive marketplace, there is a need for tight cost control. A realistic estimation of potential thread requirements for particular garment styles or contracts will not only end up saving money, and warehouse maintenance. As, if you buy sewing threads more than you require that will be a matter of extra warehouse maintenance. To understand sewing thread consumption we also need to understand the Seam and Stitch analysis. I will try to write or present it if possible. Several factors determine the extent of thread consumption in any sewn product, such as stitch type, seam type, material thickness, number of layers, construction and SPI (stitches per inch). However, these factors are not constant with the different style preferences. Hence, thread consumption is never standard for sewn product categories such as shirts, trousers and footwear. There are some ways people may generally use to calculate the amount of threa...