| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | stitching the facing back on to a gown after I have |
| Let me tell you a story. When I opened my first | | | | taken the straps up, I am only sewing a section of |
| clothing alteration shop, I started out with a | | | | say 2 or 5 cm. With my domestic machine I lock |
| borrowed over locker from my sister in law, and my | | | | off at the beginning, sew the seam and lock off at |
| very old mini Elna sewing machine. I remember an | | | | the end. With an industrial machine, you have to slow |
| Asian gentlemen walking up to the door of my shop | | | | it down because it would sew too fast, and you |
| and saying to me You can’t do clothing | | | | wouldn’t get the machine sewing into the |
| alterations on that machine! You need an industrial | | | | seams as you need to. |
| sewing machine! As the business grew, I got | | | | People who use industrial machines, and have worked |
| more domestic machines, and when I opened my | | | | out how to stitch in this way I admire. My hat goes |
| second shop, I put domestic machines in. I did buy a | | | | off to you. Personally I could never control the |
| semi industrial blind hemming machine, but I can tell | | | | monster. |
| you we had an exceptional reputation for superior | | | | The other reason I like domestic machines is the fact |
| workmanship. We had customers coming to us from | | | | that they can do zig zag and many other types of |
| the other side of Sydney. So I had domestic sewing | | | | stitches. Most industrial machines can only sew |
| machines in all my shops, except one. That one I put | | | | straight stitch. You can get industrials machines that |
| 2 industrials in but the shop was sold soon after to | | | | do other stitching, but why have so many machines |
| people who believed in industrial sewing machines. | | | | when you can have one. |
| My favorite domestic sewing machine is the Janome | | | | Yet another reason is the fact that the domestic |
| My Excel which isn’t expensive and does | | | | sewing machine has an arm on it for sewing sleeves |
| everything that I need to produce high quality | | | | and hems with ease. The industrial machine has a flat |
| clothing alterations. | | | | surface to work on. This means you have to try and |
| Industrial sewing machines were designed for factory | | | | lay the fabric as flat as possible to sew correctly. |
| work. In particular piece work. The machines were in | | | | With the domestic machine you can slip the hem |
| rows and the seamstresses using were sewing just | | | | over the arm of the machine and stitch around with |
| one particular part of a garment, and another person | | | | ease. |
| was sewing another part of the garment. They are | | | | All my step by step manuals will be on how to do |
| very fast, so for piece work they are excellent. I | | | | clothing alterations on your domestic sewing machine. |
| actually find them too fast. Let me explain. If I am re | | | | |