Seamstress - Blog Posts

After much swearing and crying over the pattern instructions, the body of my ‘Dernhelm’ shirt is done (minus the collar and hem bc I need to go buy matching thread for that). The sleeves are almost done too, I just need to hand sew the cuffs, and I will be able to attach them to the shirt. And after that it’s only 10 hand sewn buttonholes! (I never made buttonholes by hand so it will be… interesting)

Don’t mind the awfully clashing skirt, it’s my equivalent of sweatpants

Some Things Are Just Wrong.

It should be illegal to be a seamstress. Like, if you just want to sew as a hobby, that's fine, but look at children who are forced to work in sweatshops all day. You know no one would be in that industry if they had any other choice. It's really a public safety issue when you think about it, because all those people in a room with all those blades and needles - that's bloodborne illness waiting to be spread. Not to mention it's just another example of demeaning and exploiting women, because it's almost always women. The people we really need to go after, though, are their employers. I don't know what's worse, that they pay the seamstresses for the "labor" they provide, or that the employer forces the seamstress to cede a portion of her payment in return for facilitating her "work." I can't believe some people seriously call it "work," like it's legitimate. Just because you provide a service and get paid for it doesn't make it work, and we all know it. -Some of the inanity that sex workers have to deal with constantly.