My sewing repairs business

Clothing Repair and Modest Alterations

by Kate

Short on time?  Don’t know how to sew?  Don’t want to pay dress shop prices?

Bring me your mending pile!  I can usually do small repairs and hems within one or two days, and I endeavor to do quick, quality work.

 My abilities include:

Hemming	Repairing seams and holes	Heightening necklines
Baby products	Shrinking skirts and shirts	Adding slips to skirts
Replacing buttons & fixing misc.	Making toys, stuffed animals, t-shirt quilts	Closing wrap dresses, adjusting sleeve length
Emblems and patches	Lessons & camps- all ages	Gifts for kids & families

Call 314-692-8184 or email KFriedman18 @ gmail dot com

24/6 drop off/pick up at my house

Pick-up, drop-off, and supply shopping service available for a fee

Good to know for customers

-I offer complimentary fittings and consultations.

-If you provide the thread for your garment (even the little baggie of extra that comes attached to garment) it will expedite the job and ensure that I have the closest color match possible.

-Regarding significant alterations- Be cautious about buying garments that will need significant alterations.  While garments can be taken apart, cut down or lengthened and then reassembled, that is a very major renovation which may not be worth your money in the end.

-I can do custom work at an hourly rate + cost of materials

-I like to offer very quick turn-around time on completing a job, but sometimes this is not available.

 

Summer 2013 Sewing Camps & Work

My awesome campers made a variety of interesting projects.  Meanwhile, I only got around to keeping up with the mending and little repairs and a few special lessons/jobs/projects like the tie-dyed tie below!  The campers made several stuffed animals, a pop-open chick-in-shell, pillow cases, pajama pants, and of course a few fun pin-cushions.

play money that is SO much cooler than the flimsy paper stuff! 

Surprise!  It was a nice conceptual challenge to understand how this chick "came to be."  And in this case, we know which came first. 

Update on my creative work...the fabric side of things!

Sewing work past, present, and future

Learn to Sew with Kate

Workshop #1, January 8, 2012 8:30pm

Welcome and thanks for coming!  I’m so glad you are here.  I plan to teach you a lot of practical skills and enable you to carry out some of your own clothing repairs at home after this workshop.  I hope you will want to come again to continue learning and having fun.  I am always open to your questions and suggestions.

Agenda:

·         Brief introduction to sewing supplies and how a machine works

·         threading a needle

·         types of hand-sewing stitches (backstitch, blanket stitch, overhand/whipstitch, running stitch, blind hem stitch)

·         types of buttons and how to sew them on; other types of attachments (hooks and eyes, snaps)

·         ways to close a gap (repairing a rip, hole)

·         examples of basic repairs

·         hemming (if time allows)

Tot Towels! by Kate So many uses, just wash and re-use!