| Many people still do not know it yet, but one of the top | | | | clothing, where sewing is done by complex machines |
| ten income-generating home-based and small-scale | | | | that mass produce clothing products by the thousands |
| businesses is sewing. What may have been thought | | | | and in a shorter period of time. |
| of earlier as a lowly housewife's hobby, is actually | | | | Many people sew to mend clothes like torn seams or |
| catching up as one of the best means to generate | | | | simple button replacements. |
| income, be it a full-time or a part-time activity. | | | | Other more complicated mending or sewing problems |
| Before digging in deeper, let us try to understand first | | | | are usually done by a seamstress, a tailor or a |
| what sewing is all about. | | | | dressmaker. |
| Sewing is the act of stitching fabric, furs, bark, leather, | | | | Advanced and artistic sewing applications, usually for |
| as well as other pliable or flexible materials with the | | | | decorations, also include embroidery, quilting, smocking |
| use of a needle and thread. | | | | and shirring. |
| Romina Abrigo Editor of the "Sewing Machine | | | | Other aesthetic sewing applications also consider the |
| Reviews" website -- -- pointed out; | | | | process as a foundation for most needle arts and |
| "…This practice dates back to the Paleolithic times, | | | | crafts like canvas work, appliqu‚ and patchwork. |
| around 30,000 BC and predates the weaving of cloth. | | | | Although many consider sewing as a lowly task and |
| People may not be aware of it, but sewing is one of | | | | one that doesn't require much skill, it is a task that is |
| the most universal practices known to man all over the | | | | indeed most often contrary to what many people |
| world…" Added Romina Abrigo | | | | believe. |
| The most common application of sewing is garments | | | | Sewing is actually a tedious process and one that |
| and clothing, which is unconsciously one day-to-day | | | | requires great artistic perspective and precision, |
| items used by man, followed by household furnishings | | | | especially when it comes to needle arts and |
| like curtains, bed and table linens, upholstery, table linens, | | | | handiworks. |
| shoes, bags and most other flexible materials. | | | | Some designs, particularly three-dimensional shapes |
| Household applications for sewing include manual | | | | require adept mathematical skills and calculations to |
| hand-stitching of torn curtains, linens, garments and | | | | achieve a desired effect. |
| other household upholstery and clothing, while | | | | "…More so with aligning and applying three-dimensional |
| home-sewing machines make it more convenient to | | | | patterns printed or woven into the fabric material |
| do the jobs. | | | | complicates the process. So who said sewing was a |
| Industrial applications for sewing include mass | | | | low-skill job? |
| production of day-to-day household furnishings and | | | | |