75 Pockets

     The machines in this video are totally brilliant in a mad scientist kind of way but a little frightening in what they're doing to consumer expectations.  I wonder what the human/machine production ratio is 10 : 1? At any rate, this video sheds some light on what's behind the new standard.

Reinventing

Another blog for the internets: this one for sharing what I've come across trying to learn as much as I can about the needle trade. I hope you find it useful.

Here's a video I came across the other day. It's all about factory made jeans. I make jeans, too, but only a handful at a time. Do they take me 15 minutes to make? Try the better part of a day each depending on style, number of pieces and how many small distractions are pulling at my pant legs. Am I slow? Not at all -I'm just not fully automated.