#and yeah if I were including the labour cost at NZ minimum wage it'd be incredibly expensive but that is why the slave labour is bad! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lady-wildflower · 11 months ago

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boy it's me the self-taught seamstress. this is not just a hobby this is also just a useful skill to have, making your own clothes is cheaper after a certain level of quality and they'll fit you better, being able to repair them instead of replacing them is better for you, the environment, and your wallet. overcome the allure of cheap badly-made slave-produced polyester and join us.

you can even get antique sewing machines for less money than modern ones because they were built like tanks in enormous numbers- (I am forcibly dragged away from your brain)

I don't know who needs to hear this, but

YOU DO NOT NEED TO START A NEW HOBBY!

STEP AWAY FROM THE TEXTILES!

YOU DON'T NEED MORE YARN!

THAT FABRIC IS NOT CALLING TO YOU! LEAVE IT ALONE!

#even with expensive fabrics if you can afford the time to make your own clothes the clothes will cost you less money #i'm planning to make a 100% wool tweed coat before winter arrives #a comparative coat if I bought it would be $400 NZD even on sale #even with the tweed costing $65 a metre I can make it for half that #and it'll be made to my measurements #and yeah if I were including the labour cost at NZ minimum wage it'd be incredibly expensive but that is why the slave labour is bad!#the only reason the cheap shit can be cheap is because it's sewn by slaves for nothing who are forced to prioritise speed over quality #clothing is a quality artisanal good and fast fashion is a fucking scourge

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