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Sewing and Clothing Repairs: Mending, Alterations and a Small Alterations Service

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About this book

A practical, South African guide to mending and altering clothes by hand and by machine, and to running a small alterations service from home. Twelve chapters follow a Mamelodi grandmother who alters her grandchildren's school uniforms and then her neighbours', a Grassy Park office worker who learns to shorten her own jeans and alter her sister's matric dance dress, a Pietermaritzburg student mending his work clothes and his late mother's jersey, and the retired Woodstock factory machinist who teaches them: what mending saves and earns, and a starter kit from R0; fabrics, fibres and care labels; the seven hand stitches; buttons, hems, split seams, tears, darning and patches; choosing a second-hand machine, threading, tension and seams; measuring and fitting customers respectfully; trouser, jeans, skirt and sleeve hems, and letting down; taking in, letting out, darts, elastic and school uniforms; zips, buttonholes and pockets; formal, delicate, church, traditional and work garments; and running the service: job cards, storing customers' clothes, collection, complaints, POPIA, pricing by time, records, home-business rules and SARS. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, a kit list, fabric, care-symbol, stitch, needle and machine-fault guides, a measurement chart, a price guide, a job card and receipt, a record sheet, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a mending portfolio, safety rules for the class, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Why Mend: Clothes, Money and a Small Service
  2. Chapter 2: Fabrics, Fibres and Care Labels
  3. Chapter 3: Hand Sewing: Stitches and Tools
  4. Chapter 4: Everyday Mending by Hand
  5. Chapter 5: The Sewing Machine
  6. Chapter 6: Measuring and Fitting
  7. Chapter 7: Hems and Lengths
  8. Chapter 8: Waists, Seams and Fit
  9. Chapter 9: Zips, Buttons and Closures
  10. Chapter 10: Special Garments
  11. Chapter 11: Running a Small Alterations Service
  12. Chapter 12: Money, Rules and Growing
  13. Appendix: Kits, Guides, Charts, Templates, Glossary and Where to Get Help

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