Seam for a woven industrial fabric

A seaming area for a woven industrial fabric, a fabric comprising seaming areas, methods of making the seaming area and a seam, where the fabric comprises at least first and second sets of warp yarns 300 interwoven with weft yarns 240,250 in first and second layers and having free ends. At the seaming area, warp yarns 300 of a first group pass around and in contact with the fabric edge, and warp yarns 200 of a second group pass around a spacer to form a loop 235 protruding from the fabric edge. Free ends of each warp yarn of the first set are bonded 360 to the fabric body, i.e. to surfaces of warp yarns of the first or second sets, or of the weft yarns, or both. The bonding, either by radiant energy, adhesives or chemical means, provides a strong seam which is produced quickly and economically.