Comments on: They can’t make what I designed http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/ How to start a clothing line or run the one you have, better. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barb Taylorr http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/comment-page-1/#comment-22252 Barb Taylorr Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:50 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/03/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/#comment-22252 In regards to whether coverstitch or zig zag look better on a scalloped edge... I wouldn't be surprised if the samples they were looking at that were zigged zagged were originally done that way simply because that contracter did not have a coverstitch machine. Then again, you can usually make sharper corners with a zig, so maybe that was the reason. In regards to whether coverstitch or zig zag look better on a scalloped edge…
I wouldn’t be surprised if the samples they were looking at that were zigged zagged were originally done that way simply because that contracter did not have a coverstitch machine.
Then again, you can usually make sharper corners with a zig, so maybe that was the reason.

]]> By: Rocio http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/comment-page-1/#comment-22242 Rocio Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:25:47 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/03/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/#comment-22242 I can see by the date of this post that it was written when renting specialised machines by the day was still an option These days, the few places that still left and offer specialised equipment for rental require a minimum 3 month commitment (which needs to be paid up front) Regardless, it's still nice to be a full package provider based in Los Angeles where we do have a number of options to enable a wider range of capabilities I can see by the date of this post that it was written when renting specialised machines by the day was still an option

These days, the few places that still left and offer specialised equipment for rental require a minimum 3 month commitment (which needs to be paid up front)

Regardless, it’s still nice to be a full package provider based in Los Angeles where we do have a number of options to enable a wider range of capabilities

]]> By: Beverly http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Beverly Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:17:26 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/03/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/#comment-2282 We use zig-zag and a 3 step zig-zag all the time. We could not apply elastics without them, but my situation is different. We do bras, and panties, and nothing but. We use zig-zag and a 3 step zig-zag all the time. We could not apply elastics without them, but my situation is different. We do bras, and panties, and nothing but.

]]> By: Josh http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 Josh Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:02:19 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/03/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/#comment-2281 Seems like someone could open up a shop that only does zig zag work and create a job for themselves. Seems like someone could open up a shop that only does zig zag work and create a job for themselves.

]]> By: graham http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/comment-page-1/#comment-2280 graham Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:55:29 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2006/03/they_cant_make_what_i_designed/#comment-2280 Ha ha. I know this one well. I do some work with mylar fabrics that must be sewed with a zig zag if you want the product to really last. During my last production run, we went through over two hundred contractor shops in and around Istanbul, and not one had a zig zag machine. They just don't exist, or at least they don't exist in normal places. We had just bought a bar tack machine, so we weren't in the financial position to buy another machine. I wish we could have. My experience with contracters in Turkey is that they will definitely hold onto a machine for you, and not use it. They might call you up and ask if they can use it for a customer, and then pay you for it. YMMV, but that's my experience. Ha ha. I know this one well. I do some work with mylar fabrics that must be sewed with a zig zag if you want the product to really last.

During my last production run, we went through over two hundred contractor shops in and around Istanbul, and not one had a zig zag machine. They just don’t exist, or at least they don’t exist in normal places. We had just bought a bar tack machine, so we weren’t in the financial position to buy another machine. I wish we could have.

My experience with contracters in Turkey is that they will definitely hold onto a machine for you, and not use it. They might call you up and ask if they can use it for a customer, and then pay you for it. YMMV, but that’s my experience.

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