HOW MANY...

Someone asked me twice how many gilets I made... which when you source design pattern cut and make... which include designing and hand cutting and making labels, too, matching the checks from factory offcuts wool, one by one...
sounds like an overwhelming question... which first time around I escaped with a smile, but second time was slightly disturbed...

So from visiting the factory...

to making one's own pressing "ham"

to discussing all elements in details many times with very inspiring and patient Jools 

to reviewing patterns based on real size guies... who depending... can also present shape challenges...

Cutting labels by hand 

and finally punching studs in by hand  

This is how long it takes to make a garment and for those who reduce this whole creative process by counting the time to assemble each piece and count how many garments were made ... 

The Thanet friendly community sharing

A super night at the Thanet... thanks

Kyle was also amazing by choosing a great Youtube channel name for the sewing group meeting once a month, and displaying videos of highlihgts of our class on Wednesday...

  SEWHUB  here we show how to do a "rub-off"  which was officially shown at the School of Fashion Design in Boston, as part of our pattern making classes for the industry...