tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post2450014612396379795..comments2024-03-29T03:29:27.848-07:00Comments on Cation Designs: Interview with a Former Garment Factory WorkerCation Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-54806251364207941482013-06-06T11:34:15.649-07:002013-06-06T11:34:15.649-07:00Amazing story- thank your Mom for sharing. Tell y...Amazing story- thank your Mom for sharing. Tell your Dad that your following has everything to do with your wit, intelligence, geekery, and your problem solving skills that include argument simplifications such as real sewing for a living> hobby sewing> video games. However, this argument implies that sewing ≠ life skill and earning money>engaging in a hobby. While a source of income is a given (necessary), it follows that other non sewing activities such as cooking might follow a similar pattern--- cooking for a living>cooking at home ("hobby cooking" for friends and family). Cooking or sewing on deadlines for companies/clients can certainly take the joy out of the activity (equation?). If your income can buy the services that you desire - here, perfectly executed meals or fabulous well-fitting and stylish clothing, and your hobbies are limited to other pursuits, then earning a living > these hobbies. But not, perhaps, for the hobbies that are ultimately chosen.<br />Besides Walnut and your adventures, your blog provides a teacher's finesse for guidance in navigating design and construction for those sewists who have had no other "Each One Teach One" resource while learning to sew. So, thank you for your time and generosity.Texas Urbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13921506725496803946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-90734233531787628322012-08-17T08:45:06.031-07:002012-08-17T08:45:06.031-07:00I just stumbled on your blog today and have really...I just stumbled on your blog today and have really enjoyed it so far. I just had to comment on this post in particular after reading your Dad's responses. As a non-blogger myself it startles me at at times to realize how many people read/comment on a blog post and just randomly find each other on the internet. Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08739730803473470070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-91331084139483371582012-07-11T18:28:59.806-07:002012-07-11T18:28:59.806-07:00Thanks for sharing this story! I love your dad'...Thanks for sharing this story! I love your dad's comments at the end, too.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756048999067152284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-1221311672507571312012-07-10T14:22:53.106-07:002012-07-10T14:22:53.106-07:00This was a great and touching interview - many tha...This was a great and touching interview - many thanks to your Mom for sharing, and also to you for sharing with the rest of us! It definitely gives me a new perspective on the garment industry, and I appreciate that very very much.Meg the Grandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505371880343451606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-5315653708967133182012-07-10T07:38:21.118-07:002012-07-10T07:38:21.118-07:00Thank you for taking thetimeto do this, and to you...Thank you for taking thetimeto do this, and to your Mum for sharing!ive only just foundyourblog from Tanit-isis and have just subscribed. You can add a Brit to your list too! Don't worry about yourDad, mine gets blogging but my Husband doesn't!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-26538037244641223692012-07-09T12:58:30.259-07:002012-07-09T12:58:30.259-07:00This was a really cool read; garment factories are...This was a really cool read; garment factories are something that I think Western people have a lot of misconceptions about, and I always appreciate being given a bit more understanding about things that we have very little first hand knowledge about :)<br /><br />I love your mum's candor, and your dad's comments too - thank you so much for sharing this! :)Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965640501644567685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-90993350254962265352012-07-09T08:48:01.555-07:002012-07-09T08:48:01.555-07:00An echo of thanks for sharing, and to your mom for...An echo of thanks for sharing, and to your mom for her willingness to offer up her experiences. I love her candid answers. It's quite true that sewing one's clothes is a privilege in many ways now, rather than a necessity (like many "back to basics" hobbies). My mom worked in a very small shop as a seamstress, though as an adult. The hours were long, the pay was little (definitely not a living wage, though not cents per item). There are some similarities, yet many striking differences.Lavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15191348308370886666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-10835740604144121702012-07-01T11:44:18.904-07:002012-07-01T11:44:18.904-07:00Make that two ;) Come for tea, Dora, will you?Make that two ;) Come for tea, Dora, will you?Rainahttp://ajewintherain.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-85946195732360388152012-06-30T23:40:15.413-07:002012-06-30T23:40:15.413-07:00Thank you for sharing this interesting story - and...Thank you for sharing this interesting story - and tell your dad, that I'm from Austria (Europe) and that I really love your blog ... and Walnut! ;)bprinzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599608956300148585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-22882449872177431262012-06-30T22:14:20.467-07:002012-06-30T22:14:20.467-07:00This is an amazing story. I'm pretty dead insi...This is an amazing story. I'm pretty dead inside but I totally started tearing up as I read this, thank you so much for sharing this story, and thanks to your mom for being willing to talk about this time in her life. I am so humbled and impressed with her life and they way she approached it. Thank you. You have the best mom. <br />strugglesewsastraightseam.wordpress.comLeah Franquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486291322862758156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-42326814487880269342012-06-30T11:53:29.804-07:002012-06-30T11:53:29.804-07:00This was fascinating and humbling. Thank you and p...This was fascinating and humbling. Thank you and please thank your mother for sharing. I admire her for talking so candidly and with so little self-pity about what must have been a very difficult childhood. To imagine her attending night school after working all day, or saving her pennies or skipping her lunch break just to be able to spend some precious time with friends... It's heartbreaking and heartening, at the same time. What a strong, clever woman she was and is.<br /><br />P.S. Tell your father you have at least one reader in Israel. :)Dorahttp://www.dorawrites.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-23344459028084140502012-06-29T11:37:36.624-07:002012-06-29T11:37:36.624-07:00Really fantastic post...thanks so much for intervi...Really fantastic post...thanks so much for interviewing your mum....she sounds like a great lady (and btw. love your dad's comments...made me chuckle).Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668255845241284664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-14519146503293471132012-06-29T07:59:00.929-07:002012-06-29T07:59:00.929-07:00excellent interview!!! there is so much to glean ...excellent interview!!! there is so much to glean from knowing that aspect. thanks for sharing :)Read What I Sewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081022311815989674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-77472681293347601362012-06-29T06:46:26.541-07:002012-06-29T06:46:26.541-07:00Thank you for posting this Cindy! (and thanks to y...Thank you for posting this Cindy! (and thanks to your sounds-pretty-great Mum for sharing). I've done a lot of reading about conditions in garment factories and your mom's account is thankfully not as harrowing as some I've heard, but still, makes you thankful we are not chained to our sewing machines for 10 hours a day because we HAVE to be.Heather Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273803885711033973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-16945142082029918042012-06-29T05:24:55.133-07:002012-06-29T05:24:55.133-07:00I worked in a sewing factory in Canada. To my kno...I worked in a sewing factory in Canada. To my knowlege there was no stealing but I could be wrong on that. The ladies were pretty tight and wouldn't let me into their group (so it isn't likely they would have told me if they did steal). That was a worst thing...I was lonely. The other worst thing was sewing the same thing over and over and over and over. I was "sew" bored. I think that killed sewing for me for 25 years! My job was to sew the little cuffs that go inside ski pants. We used to call them mouse skirts. Interesting to see the differences between China and Canada. There would have been no under aged workers. The laws are tough...sinply hiding them in the bathroom wouldn't have worked and you would need more than a non photo ID!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-23980884171371339192012-06-29T05:15:11.646-07:002012-06-29T05:15:11.646-07:00This was really interesting! Thanks for sharing.This was really interesting! Thanks for sharing.Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984301306389767638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-45687809796754922282012-06-29T02:04:40.634-07:002012-06-29T02:04:40.634-07:00This was so interesting and thank you so much to y...This was so interesting and thank you so much to you and your mum for this! XxxX http://thesecondhandrose.blogspot.co.ukSecond Hand Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937657828552984478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-56412183267710933872012-06-29T01:02:50.919-07:002012-06-29T01:02:50.919-07:00Thats an awesome interview :-) Its so cool that yo...Thats an awesome interview :-) Its so cool that you can ask those questions. I wonder if the industry your mum learned in has changed a lot since she was young.Eszhttp://kittysdrawings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-20949588818447636932012-06-29T00:15:19.212-07:002012-06-29T00:15:19.212-07:00Thank you to both you & your Mom for sharing t...Thank you to both you & your Mom for sharing this story - a fascinating read; I hung on to every word!<br /><br />Does your Father read newspapers? Tell him it's like a well-written newspaper article, but much more interesting, fun to read, and with color pictures to boot! ;-D He probably won't get the interactive thing, so no need to go there....Jillybejoyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010866113928621691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-31795241493870362162012-06-28T22:08:30.168-07:002012-06-28T22:08:30.168-07:00That was such a great read - much respect to your ...That was such a great read - much respect to your Mother for what she has achieved and wow, working 10 hour days at the age of 13!!Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02665152222823096026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-72372829188683939882012-06-28T21:50:02.663-07:002012-06-28T21:50:02.663-07:00That is FASCINATING! thank your mom so much.
I in...That is FASCINATING! thank your mom so much.<br /><br />I interviewed my grandma about sewing for my blog... I'm not sure she understands what it was for, either. :)Tanit-Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824217102632813598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-17737003243468207412012-06-28T21:42:01.295-07:002012-06-28T21:42:01.295-07:00I love it! Thanks for sharing this interview with ...I love it! Thanks for sharing this interview with you mum, it was very interesting to read. My mum says the same thing, that sewing hobby is better than playing video games or going out drinking... but i do love a drink!! hhehe!!!!!<br /><br />It was so good of your mum to work to support the family, at the age of 13! wow!!!!Neenohttp://www.sewmelove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-6853405476751891202012-06-28T21:35:14.406-07:002012-06-28T21:35:14.406-07:00Wow, what an amazing interview! How cool to have a...Wow, what an amazing interview! How cool to have a first hand account of something that seems so far away and nebulous to us here. It's also so cool that you translated it all! Man, it would be so cool to be bilingual...aleahhttp://notimetosew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-16978287333000108322012-06-28T18:47:34.633-07:002012-06-28T18:47:34.633-07:00What an interesting view of how life was (and prob...What an interesting view of how life was (and probably still is in some places). Thank you for sharing your mothers story! I really enjoyed reading it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02456486463304030202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-67728410815793815582012-06-28T18:17:25.010-07:002012-06-28T18:17:25.010-07:00make that Please thank youR Mom.make that Please thank youR Mom.ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.com