Sewing Commandments are not new. I googled it. I put what made me laugh the most here.
The Ten Commandments of Sewing
(The first Ten are Too Good to Mess With)
© 2011 Joan McKenna
10-2-10
I have attached additional Commandments to the original 10 Commandments, which will help you start, and accomplish a safe and honorable sewing experience. #11 – 20:
XI Safety First
XII Respect Thy Grainlines
XIII Seam Lines are Second Chances for Perfect Fit
XIV Thine Iron is Thy Friend
XV Listen to Critiques & Opinions, Then Choose Thine Own Path
XVI Mastery Cometh through Experience
XVII Mistakes Present Opportunities for Creativity
XVIII Expose Thyself to Historical & Technical Sewn Product Inspiration
XIX Size all Patterns with Thy Client's Name
XX First Sewn Product Collections Should be Kept Small & Manageable
SAFETY FIRST*: This instructor would rather yell and have you quickly stop what you are doing, than see you get physically hurt. I do not want ANYONE to suffer bodily harm in this classroom.
Other Ten Commandments from Google: 12-30-10
Quilting Forum – General Chit Chat
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SEWING
Thou shalt put away no ironing board before its time.
Thou shalt not expect meals, clean laundry, or a sparkling house when sewing calls.
Thou shalt walk through this room as if treading on needles and pins.
Thou shalt not use my fabric shears.
Thou shalt not covet my sewing machine.
Thou shalt stick no unthreaded needles in the pincushion.
Thou shalt always remember a stitch in time saves nine.
Thou shalt not touch my organized mess.
Thou shalt remember that each item sewn is stitched with love and care.
Thou shalt praise God often for all creative talents.
Janlynn 12''X16'' -Ten Commandments Ccx From K-mart
http://www.secretsof.com/ has a version to embroider as a quilt. Could NOT download the words.
http://www.quiltbug.com/ Quilters Ten Commandments
Thou shalt not do buttons.
Thou shalt sew 1/4" seams.
Thou shalt leave no bolt unturned.
Thou shalt not rip - only un-sew!
Thou shalt not envy they neighbours stitches.
Thou shalt never pass a quilt shop.
Thou shalt cook and clean but once a week.
Never quilt tomorrow what you can quilt today.
Thou shalt not covet they neighbors stash.
Thou shalt not reveal funds spent on quilting supplies.
www.quiltersbee.com QUILT TEACHER’S TEN COMMANDMENTS
by Cindy Thury Smith 1999
1. Thou shalt not ridicule a student’s choice of fabrics nor their colors; a student’s taste should be reflected in their work.
2. Thou shalt not require excessive expenditures for a class; thou dost not know a student’s financial situation.
3. Thou shalt provide students with clearly written and illustrated handouts. Thou shalt be able to explain a construction step with more than one method (written, verbal, visual).
4. Thou shalt provide value for their money; at least one other variation of the quilt in addition to the standard design.
5. Thou shalt be on time, start on time and provide time for questions.
6. Thou shalt circulate amongst the students, checking progress, even if thy feet dost hurt.
7. Thou shalt find something positive to say about each student’s work. Thou shalt not have a “My way or the highway” frame of mind; creativity comes in many forms.
8. When a student makes a good suggestion, thou will announce it to the class and give credit where due.
9. Thou shalt allow some time after class to help anyone who sews at a more leisurely pace.
10. Thou shalt show numerous samples; and if thou dost not have numerous samples done, make suggestions for other applications of the pattern.
MURPHY’S Laws of Sewing
The author of these Murphy’s Laws of Sewing is anonymous. She surely must have been around us. We’ve had just about all of them happen – at least once.
For those of you that are new to sewing – don’t get discouraged! Things really do get better, and that dance outfit really does look nice. No one really sees those mistakes unless you tell them.
1. If you drop something out of your sewing basket, it will be your box of pins with the cover off.
2. Fusible interfacings always fuse to the iron.
3. The seam you meant to rip out is ALWAYS the other one.
4. The fabric you forgot to pre-shrink will always shrink the most.
5. The pattern you wanted to make again will have one key piece missing.
6. Whenever the construction process is going well, the bobbin thread runs out.
7. The magnitude of the goof is in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.
8. Facings tend to be sewn to the wrong side. (Opposite sides attract).
9. The iron never scorches the garment until its final pressing.
10. The steam iron only burps rusty water on light, silky fabrics.
11. Gathering threads always break in the middle.
12. The serger only eats the customer’s garment.
13. If you need 6 buttons, you will find 5 in your button box.
14. When you are in a hurry, the needle eye is always too small.
15. The fabric you forgot to pre-shrink will always shrink the most.
16. Your lost needle will be found by your son, husband, or brother-in-law….while walking around barefoot.
17. Collar points don’t match, and you’ve trimmed all the seams.
18. The sewing machine light usually burns out on Sunday.
19. Pinking shears get dull just by looking at them.
20. The scissors always cut easiest past the buttonholes.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Sunday, November 7, 2010
A Tailor, Called Upon by Designers and Politicians
By ANN FARMER NYTimes
When the trend-setting fashion designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville of Rag & Bone wanted a top-of-the-line men’s wear maker for their hip brand, whose door did they knock on? Martin Greenfield’s. http://www.greenfieldclothiers.com/home.html When the costume designers for the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” sought period garments that could have been lifted straight out of the 1920s, whom did they turn to? Martin Greenfield. And when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and other local notables known for their sartorial flair need a new addition to their wardrobe, whom do they call? You guessed it.
Working behind the scenes for more than 60 years, Martin Greenfield has been an influential face of men’s fashion in New York City — from the era when men wore suits to baseball games to today, when only the fussiest of restaurants demand jackets and ties.
Men’s fashion may be much less formal, but Mr. Greenfield, 82, is still old-school in his devotion to the labor-intensive, exacting and vanishing art of making tailored garments by hand.
“See, I wore out the floor,” Mr. Greenfield said the other day, standing on a weathered sheet of plywood that long ago replaced the worn planking on the second floor of the factory in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he and his two sons oversee 117 workers.
Hunched over tables spread across the vast loft-style space, workers methodically stitched sleeves, pockets, buttonholes and collars into jacket bodices. Dressed in a natty three-piece suit embellished with a pair of striking cufflinks — a tiny measuring tape and shears presented by a satisfied customer — Mr. Greenfield paused to sort through a rack of finished jackets destined for Brooks Brothers and two fashion-forward labels: Freemans Sporting Club and Band of Outsiders. “Look at the beauty of these garments,” he said, pointing out the even stitching and luxurious feel. “Everything is soft.” Every suit, Mr. Greenfield explained, takes about six weeks and the handiwork of 80 to 85 tailors to make.
“He does simply outstanding work,” said Mr. Bloomberg, who credits Mr. Greenfield with making all his suits. Mr. Greenfield first grasped the importance of appearances while trying to survive the Holocaust. When he was 14, he and his father, mother, two sisters and a brother were taken from their home in Pavlova, in what was then Czechoslovakia, and later delivered to Auschwitz. He was assigned to wash clothes in the camp’s alteration shop, and one day he accidentally ripped an SS officer’s shirt, an affront for which he was beaten. The officer threw the shirt at Mr. Greenfield, who mended it and started wearing it instead of the uniforms the other prisoners wore. From then on, he said, the guards and prisoners began treating him with respect. “He looked like a somebody,” said Jay Greenfield, 52, Mr. Greenfield’s oldest son and the executive vice president of the company, Martin Greenfield Clothiers, explaining that his father attributes his survival to that shirt. The rest of Mr. Greenfield’s family perished in the camp, though he did not find that out immediately and spent two years after the war looking for them. After discovering that some of his mother’s siblings had immigrated to America before the war, Mr. Greenfield traveled to New York, where he was met by an aunt, who relied on a photograph to recognize him. In 1947, he was hired by a clothing manufacturer, GGG Clothing, in East Williamsburg. His first assignment was to move batches of unfinished garments from one sewer to another. He advanced to blind stitcher, fitter, supervisor and so on, until he was able to buy the business in the 1970s, starting from scratch with six employees. He did not have it easy after he took over. “Eleven times they’ve broken in,” said Mr. Greenfield, who founded a business development corporation and served on a local preservation board to help revitalize the now-gentrifying neighborhood.
As his reputation grew, well-known figures like Paul Newman, Cardinal Edward M. Egan, Colin Powell and Patrick Ewing sought him out for custom-made suits, which cost as much as $2,600. After President Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, the White House requested a tailcoat for the president’s first state dinner. Painstakingly measuring Mr. Clinton, Mr. Greenfield told him: “Anyone would give their right arm to be in my position. But if I don’t do it right, you could ruin my reputation.” Mr. Clinton, he recalled, simply laughed. Later, Mr. Greenfield got a photo of Mr. Clinton wearing the tailcoat. “They sent me the picture because he looked so good in it,” he said.
As comfortable as he is dressing the president, Mr. Greenfield is also versatile enough to work with Mr. Wainwright and Mr. Neville, the designers behind Rag & Bone, who are known for their modern yet classic approach to men’s fashion. Mr. Greenfield celebrated when Rag & Bone was named the 2010 Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. http://www.cfda.com/ “We don’t get to win awards, but we get to enjoy the success,” said Tod, his other son.
They also delighted in watching episodes of “Boardwalk Empire,” for which they hand-tailored 250 period garments with fabric that was used in the 1920s. “It’s hard to follow the plot,” Tod Greenfield said, “because we’re looking at the clothes.” One day, when Mr. Greenfield visited the set of the show in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Steve Buscemi, the actor who plays one of the leading roles, walked up to him and gave him a hug. “He said he never looked so good,” Mr. Greenfield said.
When the trend-setting fashion designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville of Rag & Bone wanted a top-of-the-line men’s wear maker for their hip brand, whose door did they knock on? Martin Greenfield’s. http://www.greenfieldclothiers.com/home.html When the costume designers for the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” sought period garments that could have been lifted straight out of the 1920s, whom did they turn to? Martin Greenfield. And when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and other local notables known for their sartorial flair need a new addition to their wardrobe, whom do they call? You guessed it.
Working behind the scenes for more than 60 years, Martin Greenfield has been an influential face of men’s fashion in New York City — from the era when men wore suits to baseball games to today, when only the fussiest of restaurants demand jackets and ties.
Men’s fashion may be much less formal, but Mr. Greenfield, 82, is still old-school in his devotion to the labor-intensive, exacting and vanishing art of making tailored garments by hand.
“See, I wore out the floor,” Mr. Greenfield said the other day, standing on a weathered sheet of plywood that long ago replaced the worn planking on the second floor of the factory in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he and his two sons oversee 117 workers.
Hunched over tables spread across the vast loft-style space, workers methodically stitched sleeves, pockets, buttonholes and collars into jacket bodices. Dressed in a natty three-piece suit embellished with a pair of striking cufflinks — a tiny measuring tape and shears presented by a satisfied customer — Mr. Greenfield paused to sort through a rack of finished jackets destined for Brooks Brothers and two fashion-forward labels: Freemans Sporting Club and Band of Outsiders. “Look at the beauty of these garments,” he said, pointing out the even stitching and luxurious feel. “Everything is soft.” Every suit, Mr. Greenfield explained, takes about six weeks and the handiwork of 80 to 85 tailors to make.
“He does simply outstanding work,” said Mr. Bloomberg, who credits Mr. Greenfield with making all his suits. Mr. Greenfield first grasped the importance of appearances while trying to survive the Holocaust. When he was 14, he and his father, mother, two sisters and a brother were taken from their home in Pavlova, in what was then Czechoslovakia, and later delivered to Auschwitz. He was assigned to wash clothes in the camp’s alteration shop, and one day he accidentally ripped an SS officer’s shirt, an affront for which he was beaten. The officer threw the shirt at Mr. Greenfield, who mended it and started wearing it instead of the uniforms the other prisoners wore. From then on, he said, the guards and prisoners began treating him with respect. “He looked like a somebody,” said Jay Greenfield, 52, Mr. Greenfield’s oldest son and the executive vice president of the company, Martin Greenfield Clothiers, explaining that his father attributes his survival to that shirt. The rest of Mr. Greenfield’s family perished in the camp, though he did not find that out immediately and spent two years after the war looking for them. After discovering that some of his mother’s siblings had immigrated to America before the war, Mr. Greenfield traveled to New York, where he was met by an aunt, who relied on a photograph to recognize him. In 1947, he was hired by a clothing manufacturer, GGG Clothing, in East Williamsburg. His first assignment was to move batches of unfinished garments from one sewer to another. He advanced to blind stitcher, fitter, supervisor and so on, until he was able to buy the business in the 1970s, starting from scratch with six employees. He did not have it easy after he took over. “Eleven times they’ve broken in,” said Mr. Greenfield, who founded a business development corporation and served on a local preservation board to help revitalize the now-gentrifying neighborhood.
As his reputation grew, well-known figures like Paul Newman, Cardinal Edward M. Egan, Colin Powell and Patrick Ewing sought him out for custom-made suits, which cost as much as $2,600. After President Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, the White House requested a tailcoat for the president’s first state dinner. Painstakingly measuring Mr. Clinton, Mr. Greenfield told him: “Anyone would give their right arm to be in my position. But if I don’t do it right, you could ruin my reputation.” Mr. Clinton, he recalled, simply laughed. Later, Mr. Greenfield got a photo of Mr. Clinton wearing the tailcoat. “They sent me the picture because he looked so good in it,” he said.
As comfortable as he is dressing the president, Mr. Greenfield is also versatile enough to work with Mr. Wainwright and Mr. Neville, the designers behind Rag & Bone, who are known for their modern yet classic approach to men’s fashion. Mr. Greenfield celebrated when Rag & Bone was named the 2010 Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. http://www.cfda.com/ “We don’t get to win awards, but we get to enjoy the success,” said Tod, his other son.
They also delighted in watching episodes of “Boardwalk Empire,” for which they hand-tailored 250 period garments with fabric that was used in the 1920s. “It’s hard to follow the plot,” Tod Greenfield said, “because we’re looking at the clothes.” One day, when Mr. Greenfield visited the set of the show in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Steve Buscemi, the actor who plays one of the leading roles, walked up to him and gave him a hug. “He said he never looked so good,” Mr. Greenfield said.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Welcome to Fall 2010 !!!!
I have a fun packed semester planned for everyone! You will be learning a lot of interesting things. I add as much as I can to the links on the right side of the blog, but find I do not write to the blog regularly. I just don’t have the time. Yet, I will be in touch with all of you on a weekly basis. I will keep you informed as to what is happening in the classroom. The following are just some of the links I have collected this summer. Start there. See where you can go on the net to learn interesting and fun sewing techniques. Save them all !!!! You don’t know when you will need to use one.
Also, become familiar with the Class Etiquette Guildlines written below the blog.
From Threads Magazine: Advanced Techniques
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15686/create-an-illusion-mesh-edge
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15270/the-fortuny-shirt
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15505/how-to-make-stripe-insertions
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15177/carlas-opera-coat
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/14850/organza-beaded-feather-edge
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/13182/circular-ribbon-flower-redux
For New Sewers:
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=wxbygbcab&v=001lHVgzoeiv3yMtRM2zY2jvBVmOYPYX6tunPjYln-G9-I2hqpA1LQPYkezzmbf7KkDO_fMqU-z6U-k4b1HsQ9hyX5Br-UDvZN8uN1hRndevXQ%3D SEW-lutions.
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/69245/craft-hope-sock-monkey-download
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/68783/how-to-make-a-shift-dress-patterns-included
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/68847/how-to-make-an-embroidered-pillow
http://www.nancysnotions.com/category/id/101962/102984.do?extid=100807T
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/653/how-to-make-fabric-bound-beads
Free Machine Embroidery From Urban Threads:
http://www.urbanthreads.com/pages?id=634
News from Farthingales:
http://farthingalescorsetblog.blogspot.com/
Farthingales is producing a corset fashion show and you can follow the behind the scene and seams progress.
This is part of our fandango field trip on October 9. Pay for a round trip bus ride at any Sew Pros.
http://www.mlfabrics.net/newsletter/PDF/september.pdf
Marketing your Business:
http://www.marketmeit.com/ryan-kristopher/marketing-like-lady-gaga/
Just Great Sites:
http://www.joggles.com/
http://www.organizedoption.com/
Health:
http://www.realage.com/tips/best-way-to-a-killer-middle
http://www.realage.com/tips/more-amazing-olive-oil-news
http://www.realage.com/tips/peanut-butter-benefits-blood-sugar My Favorite !!!!!!
http://embracethis.co.uk/ Wear your Seat Belt
Is anyone up for a Fandango Field Trip to the Julian Museum? I fell in love with the place this summer. Wonderful trip down the history of fashion.
Remember to watch Project Runway. It’s on Thursday nights on the Lifetime Channel. On Cox this is Channel 38. You get to see how to work together….right or wrong……
Make Money with your Skills.
Also, become familiar with the Class Etiquette Guildlines written below the blog.
From Threads Magazine: Advanced Techniques
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15686/create-an-illusion-mesh-edge
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15270/the-fortuny-shirt
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15505/how-to-make-stripe-insertions
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/15177/carlas-opera-coat
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/14850/organza-beaded-feather-edge
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/13182/circular-ribbon-flower-redux
For New Sewers:
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=wxbygbcab&v=001lHVgzoeiv3yMtRM2zY2jvBVmOYPYX6tunPjYln-G9-I2hqpA1LQPYkezzmbf7KkDO_fMqU-z6U-k4b1HsQ9hyX5Br-UDvZN8uN1hRndevXQ%3D SEW-lutions.
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/69245/craft-hope-sock-monkey-download
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/68783/how-to-make-a-shift-dress-patterns-included
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/68847/how-to-make-an-embroidered-pillow
http://www.nancysnotions.com/category/id/101962/102984.do?extid=100807T
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/653/how-to-make-fabric-bound-beads
Free Machine Embroidery From Urban Threads:
http://www.urbanthreads.com/pages?id=634
News from Farthingales:
http://farthingalescorsetblog.blogspot.com/
Farthingales is producing a corset fashion show and you can follow the behind the scene and seams progress.
This is part of our fandango field trip on October 9. Pay for a round trip bus ride at any Sew Pros.
http://www.mlfabrics.net/newsletter/PDF/september.pdf
Marketing your Business:
http://www.marketmeit.com/ryan-kristopher/marketing-like-lady-gaga/
Just Great Sites:
http://www.joggles.com/
http://www.organizedoption.com/
Health:
http://www.realage.com/tips/best-way-to-a-killer-middle
http://www.realage.com/tips/more-amazing-olive-oil-news
http://www.realage.com/tips/peanut-butter-benefits-blood-sugar My Favorite !!!!!!
http://embracethis.co.uk/ Wear your Seat Belt
Is anyone up for a Fandango Field Trip to the Julian Museum? I fell in love with the place this summer. Wonderful trip down the history of fashion.
Remember to watch Project Runway. It’s on Thursday nights on the Lifetime Channel. On Cox this is Channel 38. You get to see how to work together….right or wrong……
Make Money with your Skills.
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