odd pictures of recent tailoring activities
Published: Saturday, June 30th 2007
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Well, with one thing and another, I have been very busy of late, so I have not really documented any real 'articles' for my blog. I am correcting this and collecting pictures of my work in progress to use for future articles, so keep posted!
So, I am publishing a few snippets of day to day activities that have been happening at the Merrion tailoring room.
After moving my new workroom around for the 5th time, I have finally got the floorplan cutting table/fitting table/machinery layout correct for my needs.
When you cut and make, as I do, it is important the work 'flows' from one stage to the next with the minimum amount of walking between stages.
This not only saves a lot of time, but also helps keep the handling of each garment down which aids turnout.
I am now getting more and more clients calling to the workroom.
This causes a slight issue, the fitting area, a mirror on the wall, nothing fancy or glamourous is ok but needs to be better really.
Graham and I shall have to give this some thought, there is space in the back, but it is away from the work area and I want to keep the fitting of the garments within the actual workroom.
Picture below shows the now corrected workroom set up. If this picture is compared to previous ones of the workroom I have posted, you will see the changes.
The next pictures show me basting the bottom vent section on one of my American clients jackets. I am basting the linings in place ready to hand fell them, The cloth mitre of the turned up vent can be seen .
The cloth is a super 150's all wool, always a challenge to hand finish without showing through to the right side!
They have been felled, and the jackets completely finished since these pictures were taken.
The next picture shows quite an unusual dinner jacket I made recently.
The customer did not want full silk lapels, but just a small piece of silk, facing off one of the collar tabs, the left one,as below.
The breast welt was silk, it also had silk jetts, and the same small piece ( as per the collar ) of silk was also put on the back centre vent and on the edges of the vent of the jacket cuffs.
The fabric as you can see is a black shadow stripe wool and cashmere blend. The whole job came out rather nice to be fair, and was definitely another first for me!
The next pictures show my son Sean doing a bit of hand felling for me.
Sean was home on leave from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment for a week, so came and helped me out.
I must admit, his hand sewing has suffered somewhat since he joined the Army, no suprise there, but the consequence was I had to re-do a fair bit of the sewing he did, it was tatty, and wasn't good enough.
So, there it is. A lot going on, and a real sense of moving the business forward to enable me to deliver the best suits to our customers at home and abroad.
Drop me a line if you are in need of a first class suit!
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