We've evolved from a business that was geared towards
garment sewing in the 70's and 80's to a full fledged quilt shop in the 90's and early 2000's.
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!
I don't have the patience for
garment sewing, but do attempt a pillow cover or drape now and again.
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.
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Not exact matches
Back then, because of U.S trade regulations, only the
sewing of jeans could happen in Mexico — the
garments were typically cut and finished in El Paso, Texas.
If a piece sells at least 200 units, The Cotery's back - end operation springs into action, handling preorder payments from customers, sourcing fabric, contracting with
garment factories to
sew the orders and shipping the finished products to buyers.
When I bought an Aviator Nation shirt, a tag
sewn into the inside of the shirt featured a note from the founder that read, «This
garment is rad.
No one
sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old
garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
I heard he was dissatisfied with the amount of gold filigree
sewn into all his
garments and his personal communion chalice wasn't encrusted with quite enough jewels.
To «take up the Cross» meant literally to
sew a red cross on one's
garment, and to go off to war against the Turk in Palestine.
Prior to production, Sonoma Design, Apparel and Promotions ensures customer satisfaction by sending its clients the design
sewn on the fabric chosen, if embroidered and a digital version of the design on the color of
garments ordered, if screen printing was used.
Pockets, plackets, yoke, collar, cuffs - this is the most complicated
garment I have
sewed and I did it!
A
garment forms three - dimensional space around the body, and to perceive it and mold it by
sewing provides an excellent form of brain gymnastics.
The seamless supportwear range is knitted all - in - one into a 3D seamless
garment using a specialist knitting machine called SANTONI, they are not cut and
sewn from a fabric in order to ensure a seamfree appearance.
Learning to
sew seam finishes will assure you that your
garments are going to be strong and last through extensive laundering.
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.
I also really like that they have tagless onesies so I can
sew my own label in the
garment.
But we are very much aware that there was nothing to warrant accuracy since the concoction was a deliberate
garment of deceit, hurriedly
sewn without considering the size of the wearer.
And finally... (2) The gaffe - prone Mayor of London Boris Johnson has fought a losing battle with a
sewing machine at a clothing factory before declaring the finished
garment a «codpiece» - ITV
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!
And if you don't
sew, this is even better since you can buy finished
garments to try dyeing yourself.
However if you cheat like I did and send your
garment off without speaking directly to your tailor, you might end up with
sewn shut pockets!
I've hand
sewn sleeves onto a tunic and turned a scarf into a
garment (
sewing machine is broken).
Explore 100s of
garment, accessory and home dec
sewing kits that each include beautiful, high - quality fabrics and a perfectly paired pattern.
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.
A bit of background information: All of Piol's dresses are cut and
sewn in New York's
Garment District using high quality materials from Italy, Japan, and France.
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.
Not gonna lie, when I got to the end of 2017 and started looking at what I
sewed throughout the year... I was a bit depressed to still be looking at a fabric stash instead of
garments hanging in my closet.
The
garment seems to be well - made and
sewn nicely.
Ideally, I like to get it right before I buy the fabric,
sew the
garment, and prance around in front of the camera... but hey... it's a process.
I was happy that our first challenge was a
garment that was easy for me to get excited about
sewing.
Your comment has got me thinking about the
garments I had to
sew in high school.
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, Gretchen of Part Time Lion Tamer, pledge to
sew at least 5
garments / projects from vintage patterns.
I, Dixie O'Dare, pledge to
sew garments from at least 4 of my vintage patterns.
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.
To reinforce this agreement, the store
sewed a special label into the
garments that linked the two companies together.
In
sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a
garment, bedding, or other textiles as a form of trimming.
Front welt pockets (
sewn closed like all finely tailored
garments).
I used to get hand - me - downs from the cool older girl across the street and the thing I liked the most about these Villager things (besides the
sewn in label that said «The
Garment Belongs to Helen Cleary» was that they always used some kind of contrasting trim or lining and colorful buttons.
If you are not comfortable
sewing collar and button detailing — don't use your best fabric when accomplishing this
garment for the first time.
Patch pockets (
sewn closed like all finely tailored
garments) and removable hood.
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!
A good year or two ago, I'd actually just come to the point where I figured I'd end up making one myself some day when I got a
sewing machine and had polished my skills enough to know how to add quilted stitching to a
garment.
About Blog This blog is to show my
sewing projects with comments and / or short
sewing lessons on particular aspects of
garment constuctions.
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.