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NOTE: Online video; More needles and thread at www.newhavenregister.com/life It's Monday morning at the Rodrick Gilchrist Fashion , a boutique where fashions are designed and manufactured. Mara Burk sits at one of the industrial sewing machines, carefully sewing a straight line.
..., Pennsylvania engaged in production of industrial sewing machines was denied because the ``contribut...
WHITTIER - No was one was injured and the only damage was to contents in a small fire Monday afternoon at a small industrial building.The fire at T and M Sewing Machines, 12401 Slauson Ave., Whittier, took only about 15 minutes to extinguish, said Ron Cabrera, a battalion chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Cabrera said the fire is under investigation but there were concerns about the inside of the location. Damage was unknown, he added.
Candice Hodgin, 30, of Munford, Tenn., received a sewing machine from a relative, and "I'm just itching to use it," she said. She wants to make fashionable skirts, tailor her jeans, mend clothes and churn out curtains, pillows and other home decor. "I have these fantasies," she said, beaming. Hodgin was one of seven women paying close attention at Shappley Sewing and Vacuum Co., Inc. in East Memphis recently as sewing teacher Linda Johnson held up a pattern and explained terms like "dart" and "seam allowance.
...While sales of industrial sewing machines are down in recent years, sales of...
HURRICANE - The inside of Dale Morton Studio Mascot Costumes in Hurricane is the kind of place you'd want to get lost in if you were a child. Hanging along the wall in one room is a collection of full- body suits with a shelf full of matching masks. You could be just about anything here: a tiger, a reindeer, a robot. Morton's has it all.
... dress shop," he said, showing off the industrial sewing machines. "It's like twice as much space as...
Whether you're a sewing novice, a seasoned seamstress or a tailor seeking the latest sewing machine technology, chances are you'll find what you're looking for at Sanford Sewing Machines. The 1923 Main St. business has been owned and operated by husband and wife team Mickey and Geri Waitt since 1988. Mickey oversees the manufacturing of parts for industrial grade machines, while Geri, who has a background in computer applications, aptly handles the home-sewing end of the business.
Watch Jim Shaffer make a broom g ONLINE wvgazette.com In the world of broom making, Jim Shaffer is the last man standing. Shaffer, 82, shapes and binds dried corn bristles into about 250 brooms a week in his dusty shop. Hes made brooms for 65 years, after he took his first job at Charleston Broom Co. when the factory stood on what is now a Laidley Field parking lot. When business was brisk, the 20 broom factory employees made about 3,600 brooms a week. I started there when I was 17 years old. Some boys I knew worked there, so I quit school and got a job there too, he said. He grew up near the site of the Loudendale shop he built in 1986 when he took over the business from the Goshorn family. His prices are $8 for a household broom and $10 for a heavy-duty one. He doesnt sell enough to m...
... them with rows of stitching on his industrial sewing machine. ABOVE: Neatly trimmed brooms stand...
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