Appearance Performance of Fusible Interfacing Fabrics Attached to Home Sewn Cotton Blouses

A wear study was conducted to evaluate the appearance performance of five selected fusible interfacing fabrics of either a light or heavy weight, nonwoven, 50/50 nylon-polyester, or 45/45/10 nylon-polyester-rayon, each with a polyamide adhesive agent applied by the pinpointing method; or a 100 percent nylon knit with a polyamide adhesive applied by spray coating, attached to the front areas of 70 shirt-style, 100 percent cotton blouses and having a durable press finish. Thirty-five women wore the same two blouses for 25 eight-hour periods. Three textile technicians rated both the interfaced and the fabric side of the front areas of the blouses on a scale of one (least desirable) to five (most desirable) for the appearance parameters of blistering, puckering, strike-back, strike-through, and delamination after five, 10, 15, 20, and 25 times of wear and laundering. Analysis of variance and Duncan's multiple range test were used in the analysis of the data. The appearance performance of the blouse front areas interfaced with the 100 percent nylon knit fabrics was equal to or significantly (p < 0.05) more de sirable irrespective of fabric side or number of wear and launderings than those blouse front areas interfaced with the other fabric types.