I had a conversation with someone today whilst I was at the fabric shop (strange place to find me!) who was saying that her daughter was at Bristol University doing Fashion & Textiles but, and this is a BIG BUT, they don’t teach them anything about making clothes, what is that about? Her daughter had [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Sewing summer school
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fashion & textiles students, gap in the fashion syllabus, sewing summer school on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dressmaking – the pitfalls
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bridesmaids, dressmaking, undercharging on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The dressmaker is quite often perceived as someone who will mend, alter, repair, replace and sometimes, god forbid, even make a garment and do it for next to nothing and unfortunately many dressmakers themselves have fallen into the trap of trying to compete with the High Street in order to stay in work and are [...]
Cutting out issue
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cutting board, de-cluttering, not moving on May 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have always done my cutting out on the floor mainly because of table space being a bit limited and it also meas that the fabric didn’t slip around as I could anchor it to the carpet but I have had trouble with my knee since Christmas and haven’t been able to kneel on it, [...]
