Sentences with phrase «for garment sewing»

I don't have the patience for garment sewing, but do attempt a pillow cover or drape now and again.

And I've just decided to make a quilt for my Mum and since it's the first quilt I will have ever made, I'm not going to get much time for my garment sewing!

Not exact matches

At the moment I price my work by calculating the cost of all of the fabrics and materials I use and then adding that to an hourly rate for the time I spend cutting, printing and sewing each garment together.

I love to use felted wool fabric from garments bought at Goodwill and so other ideas for green sewing would be lovely.

What a great sewing year, you've made some stunning garments but I have to agree, the bright Spring for Cotton dress is my favourite too!

I have decided to sew only garments with fabric I already own (what - no fabric shopping!?!?!?!) and the only sewing purchases I intend to make this year are for notions, lining fabric or other items that I need to complete one of these projects.

To sew a garment for my «talented other half» every month.

I may have to start re-thinking some of my style choice and I may just have to sew replacements for normal basic garments when they don't fit well anymore.

I was happy that our first challenge was a garment that was easy for me to get excited about sewing.

However, after I thought about it for a while, I decided that even though the fabric itself is not Dutch or West African in origin, judging by the style of the skirt, I am guessing that this garment was sewn and worn by an African lady.

I sew and often this is what's the «quick fix» for many a dress / skirt... the garment needs the volume for the waist / hips, but not at the hem...

I ended up with two garments for the post in the end (you can read why on the original post here) but I wanted to also post about them separately with a bit more on the construction and sewing, since the original post was meant more as a summation and I didn't want to bore the pants off people stopping by for a bit of picture - fun.

If you are not comfortable sewing collar and button detailing — don't use your best fabric when accomplishing this garment for the first time.

I'm linking up with Helena at Gray All Day for Sew it Chic in a Week, her new weekly women's garment link up party!

Even when I wasn't doing any garment sewing for a while there, I was always hemming clothing that I had bought at thrift stores.

Everyones getting pretty clued up on sweat shops and unethical garment factories now, but the dying / cotton production / leather treating for fast fashion brands is just as devestating as the factories where the items are sewn.

I think it's too be expected that those relatively new to sewing -LCB- remember, I've been sewing for over forty years -RCB- are anticipating and excited about the finished make... I mean, producing a one of a kind garment is what initially draws most of us to sewing clothing in the first place.

Your ES garment is cut, sewn, washed, dried, and packed up for you all in our Nashville warehouse.

Crafted from cotton twill and garment - dyed for depth of colour, the regular fit shirt is detailed with an angled, buttoned chest pocket, sewn in shoulder panels and a signature logo patch on the left sleeve.

Let's hear it for all the Mrs. Clauses who lovingly crochet Christmas ornaments, stitch mittens, hats and sweaters, hem garments and sew cozy blankets to warm their families...

I'm all for sewing garments in unexpected fabrics, but I'm not sure I would use fleece for this particular jacket.

I don't pay attention to how much garments for her cost, I only spend my time sewing things that we both like; and she loves this coat.

Classic garments are designed to flatter everyone when properly fitted, and of course that's one of my chief reasons for sewing.

Corded appliqué and inserts, like on the garments pictured above, involve hand sewing and time, making it hard for manufacturers to create them in factories.

As for shoes... there are many mornings where my clothing is chosen based on the shoes I want to wear that day, and I have sewn several garments with the goal of highlighting favorite pairs.

She was supposed to do the sewing, but left to herself she'd make only belle - of - the - ball garments and nothing for everyday.

The garments were then sewn by women sewing their way back into the workforce at the St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center back in Flint, which provides local employment for women.

She uses past experience, family dysfunction and Jewish heritage as the fuel for her subject matter, transforming a broken past into a culmination of paper collage, garment patterns, sewing pins, thread, text, and prose - personal experiences laid bare and forged directly into the work.

«Think about your grandmother differently,» the artist Robert Kushner said to me last summer, reflecting on the years he spent during the mid-1970s cutting, sewing, and crocheting handmade garments — often out of scavenged and second - hand clothes — then staging them as costumes for live performances and runway shows in downtown New York studio lofts and galleries like Paula Cooper and the Kitchen.

Her father was a glove maker, and for a time Grossman joined her parents in the garment industry, sewing darts and gussets until she escaped into art.

No sector is immune, right down to furniture design, the size of pockets sewn into garments, even how many single diners a restaurant needs to plan for each night.»

I've read Annan's blog for years and honestly did not know the wife who was posting pictures and sewing garments was the scientist named Hargreaves who sometimes appears as a co-author with Annan until the article in question was posted.

Then it's off to California for the final cutting and sewing into finished garments.

Patience is a virtue for a sewing machine operator; these professionals must also be able to visualize a three - dimensional garment as it takes shape from a pile of flat pieces of fabric.

Assist production manager in ensuring that all cuts from the cutting service are received on time and complete prior to cuts being sent to sewing contractors for the assembly of the garments.