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INDUSTRIAL SEWING INFORMATION & SITES

INDUSTRIAL SEWING INFORMATION & SITES


One of the very best online resources, for learning about the many facets of industrial sewing, I HIGHLY recommend Kathleen Fasanella's website, the Fashion Incubator Lessons from the Sustainable Factory Floor, as well as recommend the purchase of her book, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing. 

Some of the important details you will learn from Kathleen's book, & Fashion Incubator newletters & forums, are the facts that most industrial sewing information are trade secrets, protected by patents  and confidentiality agreements, to avoid "just anyone" starting up their own competing businesses, which is why so much industrial sewing remains "industrial", & secret.  I have become very sensitive to the reality that we are rapidly losing an enormous knowledge base, not just in sewing, but in all manufacturing, & development of inventions, an important foundation in a stable economy, for any country, as our grandparents & parents pass away, taking their experience & skills, as well as knowledge gained through a lifetime of working in manufacturing, and product development, along with the safety of consumer protections, due to the "Free Trade Agreements",which  literally threw open the doors to our economy, giving major advantages to our trading partner countries, without giving any protection for jobs, & companies in America, actually destroying the protective tariffs, import & export taxes, etc., which any gradeschooler has learned are essential to protecting the economy of any country, which hopes to exist longer than the lifespan of the current population.

You can even  take classes  at her industrial sewing lab/classroom, especially to help you determine which machines will work best for your specific sewing business, or interest. 

This next YouTube channel is my favorite industrial sewing tutorial, no words, but incredibly excellent industrial sewing techniques. They sew high end European sports apparel. SEWING by 

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An industrial compensating foot, especially one with an edge guide, makes perfectly spaced seams easy!

Industrial Singer 31-15 Sewing Machine, in an industrial table with clutch motor, industrial bobbin winder, on the right, and kneebar presser foot lifter, a common industrial setup, to save time, and effort, boosting productivity, and allowing machine operators to keep both hands on sewing product

My Yamato Interlock, used to be part of a factory in Lincolnton, North Carolina. When NAFTA shut down the main manufacturing industries, in the U.S.A., machine operators were often given the chance to buy the machines they had used in the factory, as part of their termination package, others were auctioned off.  I bought this from the son, 5 years after his mom passed away. Former factory machines are one of the least expensive options, for purchasing industrial machines, just remember to get machines set up with motors that use the correct power supply, for your location. Mine are all standard 110 U.S.A. electrical, so I can use them in my home.

My Yamato 5 thread Interlock (Coverstitch, in home sewer lingo) came with this folder, which can be used for sewing belt loops, there are specific folders for binding, tshirt necks, and many other special purposes. In a factory setting, machines are set up to do one task, perfectly, 24 hours a day, literally 7 days a week, even when operated by inexperienced machine operators, who may never have sewed before.

Blind hemmer in a cut down industrial table notice the knee bar, and swing away folder, attached. 
A variety of industrial sewing machine feet for the straight stitch lockstitch industrial sewing machines 

Roller feet are very helpful, especially for sewing leather, vinyl, some forms of quilting, and embroidery, and anytime you need to be able to "turn on a dime", like sewing gloves. Some home machines have the single wheel roller foot available, Bernina, and BabyLock, for example, but industrial machines are even more useful, if you have a roller foot available. 


A binder foot, and a fold away hemmer or folder, make quick, perfect work of hems! The fold away feature allows you to pull the fabric out, when crossing a bulky seam (spring loaded folders may keep sewing, if there is room in the folder tip, for the seam in the hem), then slip your fabric back in, and finish the hem, with no ironing, or pinning necessary!

My Singer 660A1 set up for quick rolled hemming



Variety of industrial shirring feet, for quick gathering, ruffling, shirring. The 2 on the right, are home sewing machine shirring feet, Kenmore, and Singer. You adjust the screws on the 2 left industrial shirring feet, to determine the amount of shirring you want. Set stitch length to the longest setting, and tighten your upper tension, to choose how tight of shirring you want. Loosen the tension, for less gathers.













Other links with lots of great information



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Here is a link to a Youtube video, if you click on the Youtube identity hikaponx, you will see several of their excellent industrial sewing machines, in use. Sometimes, seeing a video of the machine you are considering buying, or using, can help you better identify which machine you really need, for the sewing purpose you have in mind. This is specifically true when sewing thick, tough fabrics, or wanting specialty stitches, at high speeds. The link is next.


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