Comments on: Home Sewing: Is it worth it? http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/04/14/home-sewing-is-it-worth-it/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sewist http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/04/14/home-sewing-is-it-worth-it/#comment-65 Sewist Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:09:45 +0000 http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/?p=408#comment-65 For those of us, ahem, of a certain age, the memory of clothing available in sizes such as: Child, Pre-Teen, Teen, Junior, Junior-Petite, Petite, Missy, Women’s, Half-sizes, and Plus sizes is but one indicator of what has happened in manufactured clothing. Child, Pre-Teen, Teen, Juniors and Junior Petites have been amalgamated into Child and Junior. --Why did that happen, I wonder? If you do not [have alteration skills] the cost of them for most of us can be equal or more than sewing the item from scratch ourselves. --I once spent $100 to have a $300 Tahari suit altered. (I think it was on sale.) It did look great. Can't fit into it anymore however. --In addition, even if you know how to alter clothing, the clothing has to be alterable, with sufficient seam allowances, etc. Cheap clothing tends to use a little fabric as possible to keep the cost down. Some people feel that learning to make really expensive clothing items such as this is the only reason to learn how to sew. --Could not agree more. Although I'd also like to develop some patterns for basics like t-shirts. I grasped a while a go that fitting is a separate task and potentially overwhelming. I've bought some books, but I'm planning on working with someone this summer to help me with that. For those of us, ahem, of a certain age, the memory of clothing available in sizes such as: Child, Pre-Teen, Teen, Junior, Junior-Petite, Petite, Missy, Women’s, Half-sizes, and Plus sizes is but one indicator of what has happened in manufactured clothing. Child, Pre-Teen, Teen, Juniors and Junior Petites have been amalgamated into Child and Junior.

–Why did that happen, I wonder?

If you do not [have alteration skills] the cost of them for most of us can be equal or more than sewing the item from scratch ourselves.

–I once spent $100 to have a $300 Tahari suit altered. (I think it was on sale.) It did look great. Can’t fit into it anymore however.

–In addition, even if you know how to alter clothing, the clothing has to be alterable, with sufficient seam allowances, etc. Cheap clothing tends to use a little fabric as possible to keep the cost down.

Some people feel that learning to make really expensive clothing items such as this is the only reason to learn how to sew.

–Could not agree more. Although I’d also like to develop some patterns for basics like t-shirts.

I grasped a while a go that fitting is a separate task and potentially overwhelming. I’ve bought some books, but I’m planning on working with someone this summer to help me with that.

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