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Example sentences for: plies

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But, if nothing else, the temperature effects on fabric, combined with the cost of installation, appear to limit the use of this technology to those applications in which the connection between plies before sewing could be an advantage.
If two plies of flat cloth of identical length are placed on top of each other and sewn together, then the ends of the two pieces will not line up without the intervention of a sewing operator.
She accomplishes this magic by stretching the two plies differently.
Otherwise, the operator turns the machine wheel to get the needle in the up position, lowers the presser foot, sews the beginning of the seam, backstitches to lock the seam, grabs the two plies of cloth near where the seam will end, and guides the cloth through the sewing machine.
This is especially true for knit goods, which are easily stretched and adhere well to neighboring plies in a stack of cloth.