In the past year or so I have found that there are many people with good original ideas, but do not know how to get their idea off the ground. I don't have all of the answers, but what I have will probably be enough. First of all, we really do not have a dungeon in the basement for employees who complain. Some one else rents the basement.

                                        Even as a designer it is helpful to know a little about the production end. Here are some examples of what you might find in a reasonably adequate apparel manufacturing facility.  The 12 machines shown here just scratch the surface. 

                    Over lock                                                      Set up for gathering                                  Setup for baby over lock hem

                 0-Max                                                                  Single Needle                                            2 Needle Cover stitch

 3 Needle Top & Bottom Cover Stitch                       Cover stitch setup for binding                                     Blind Stitch

Feed off the arm for setting binding                           3 Needle multi-needle machine                         4 Needle multi-needle machine  

How to get started...

                                 Associations & Sites 

                                                                   Apparel Design & Manufacturing software

                                                                                                                                       Venders

 

Apparel FYI - Baltimore, MD  jmtillery@aol.com