Sentences with phrase «seamstress at»

Rosa's personal struggle against institutionalized racism reaches its zenith on the night of December 1, 1955, when, bone - weary after a long day's work as a seamstress at a Montgomery department store, she refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man — and is promptly arrested.

I have this special vintage red velvet maxi that i want to wear on X-Mas Eve — It's at the seamstress at the moment it needs a little repair — I can't wait to wear it --

Not exact matches

The designer has no formal fashion education — he studied architecture and civil engineering — but used the skills he learned from his seamstress mother to obtain an internship at Fendi alongside Kanye West in 2006.

Her expertise as a seamstress came in handy one day when a bride staying at the hotel was forced to order a new dress the day before her wedding.

I'll get back to it soon - I'm a determined seamstress, I am - just as soon as I can look at it without cursing.

Now here's the REAL secret... at these specialty lingerie retailers, there is often a seamstress on staff and guess what she'll do for you... cut & sew your straps to convert your bra into a nursing bra!!!

If you have access to the right fabric and sewing equipment you can certainly make an attempt at making your own Mei Tai, however, we wouldn't recommend it to the inexperienced seamstress.

Military spouse, breastfeeding advocate, natural parent, and seamstress, Amy ran into natural parenting by accident, and now blogs at Amy Willa: Me Mothering, and Making it All Work and Natural Parents Network, in order to share her experience and inspire others to live an authentic life and seek peace in parenting.

Robin at Go With The Flo is an outstanding seamstress and uses scrumptious materials.

My work self — which carries through to home when I'm working Mon - Fri — gets up at 5.45, runs (okay, walks with bursts of running) for an hour, eats three healthy meals a day, files her paperwork once a week, does her laundry twice a week, never pays a bill late or misses a birthday, changes her sheets Wednesday and Saturday, and is on first - name terms with her dry cleaner, seamstress, and cobbler.

In theory that is true, but I think every seamstress has, at some point in their sewing life, sewn something that has turned out terribly wrong.

my grandmother was a seamstress... she made for me a satin and tulle pale yellow dress that i wore at my aunt wedding... I was 8... adorable... sorbet color

And perhaps my seamstress will tuck the jacket in at the waist and make it smaller on the shoulders.

At the moment the seamstress is taking the trousers up a teeny bit more and she will tailor the jacket at the back, the shoulders and make the sleeves more narroAt the moment the seamstress is taking the trousers up a teeny bit more and she will tailor the jacket at the back, the shoulders and make the sleeves more narroat the back, the shoulders and make the sleeves more narrow.

My seamstress is working on it at the moment.

I tend to order things bigger and get them fitted to my body at my local seamstress.

About Blog At Miss Kay Seamstress we have a combined experience of 50 years in bridal wear, professional and very friendly, many of our brides mention that their fittings were one of their favourite occasions on the run up to their big day.

When I was at the seamstress one day, I saw this silk lying there and fell in love.

Not only is she a FABULOUS seamstress, amazing at her craft, and totally sweet, but also she is such an encourager of mine and has become what I like to call a true friend.

I am forever at the seamstress.

I was really excited to receive this dress but unfortunately the fit on me was a bit off at the lower part when it arrived so a seamstress had to amend it for me.

I had the train removed because it looked so big in the pictures.I thought it was a bit loose in the waist so I had that fixed at a local seamstress for a good price.

Thomas Anderson recruited meticulous seamstresses (not all actors) to be in the film and Krieps enjoyed going to an atelier at Central Saint Martins college in London to watch them work: «Two of them were from the V&A.

He commands a small army of seamstresses executing his vision and, at any given moment, one live - in girlfriend subject to Reynolds» fussy and unreasonable peccadilloes and iron - clad routine — until, that is, they just can't take it anymore.

Ralph sets Nicholas up with a low wage work opportunity at an oppressive boarding school in Yorkshire; meanwhile, back in London, Ralph gets Kate work as a seamstress, but also subjects the young lady to many dehumanizing situations in order to get the investment of rich, old creep Sir Hawk (Edward Fox).

Models and seamstresses bustle about at the start of the day, performing their own pirouettes for the camera, while Woodcock (Daniel Day - Lewis) goes through his morning grooming routine with precision and panache.

I wish the story would have concentrated more on the Cultural atmosphere at the time than on the sexual relationship between Luo and the Seamstress.

And yet, at the end, when the Little Seamstress sets off for the city, she tells Luo that «she had learnt one thing from Balzac: that a woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price» [p. 184].

(For the record, my family does bake its own bread on a regular basis, and having a trained seamstress in - house means that if she wanted to, I could have my own suit sewed at home too!)

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Piled high at one end of the room, the cloth then makes its way to a table where it is marked by squiggles and doodles in blue thread, as if the seamstress had recently departed for a coffee break.

Among the statesmen and presidents at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., there's now a sandwich maker, a seamstress, and a grape picker.

Her retrospective at the Guggenheim translates one title, Fée Couturière, as seamstress fairy, explaining that it also puns on the name of a bird.

Artist: Kelsey Beckett Title: The Seamstress Medium: oil on wood panel Dimensions: 18» x 24» This work is featured in «The Seventh Annual Supersonic Invitational» curated by Zach Tutor - on view January 6th - 28th, 2018 at SPOKE NYC.

In 1970, she went to the United States intending to study law, but instead earned a degree (MA) in Asian History at Lone Mountain College (University of San Francisco) in 1972 where she supported herself as a seamstress and a typist.

Saldaña then inserted her remakes on the rack at Walmart in place of the originals (which were priced at $ 1.50 each), creating a provocative dialogue between her own highly valued artistic production and the vastly undervalued work of the Bangladeshi seamstresses who made the original underpants.

Born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania, to an interior decorator, Henry, and a seamstress, Gloria, Koons moved to New York City after studying painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.

His father was a police district paymaster and his mother a seamstress, and in 1950, at the age of 15, he moved to England, where he lived with an uncle and completed his education.

Often stitching and adhering fragments and strips from earlier painted pieces onto larger canvases, he summons the memory of his mother, a seamstress who parlayed her talent at sewing dresses, hats, and Indian saris into a successful business.

Their pants cost me $ 1 at the thrift store, get worn through within months, repaired at low cost by a local seamstress, and then handed down to the next kid.

Conversely, it noted that a seamstress sewing at home using materials provided by a clothing manufacturer would probably be considered an employee, not an independent contractor.

On appeal, it was conceded that the judge's decision had been wrong as, on the judge's own findings of fact, if the RTA was to be ignored then the claimant would have still been able to earn sums, at least equivalent to those she had received as a care assistant, at the end of the acceleration period as a seamstress.

After those three months, sedentary employment as a seamstress was provided for her by the defendant at a similar wage.

UK About Blog A vintage blog written by Cate, a lover of all things old, a vintage seamstress and crafter and someone who loves nothing more than rummaging at flea markets and vintage fairs.

About Blog At Miss Kay Seamstress we have a combined experience of 50 years in bridal wear, professional and very friendly, many of our brides mention that their fittings were one of their favourite occasions on the run up to their big day.

Seamstress / Alterations; 7 1/2 years of successful sales at Screenflex, of which the last 4 years sold over a million.

About Blog Childrens Boutique Sewing Patterns for the at - home seamstress and small business owner.

UK About Blog A vintage blog written by Cate, a lover of all things old, a vintage seamstress and crafter and someone who loves nothing more than rummaging at flea markets and vintage fairs.

My mum was a seamstress so everything was handmade at home.

I am also a pretty good seamstress so I have made my own slipcovers, duvets, pillow shams, drapes, throw pillows, dust ruffles, etc. and have tried my hand at upholstering small pieces.