Continuing with our free book giveaways sponsored by OPR, today’s freebie is Pocket Apparel Expert: A Practical Handbook on Garment Manufacturing (regularly $39.95 but you can buy it for 10% off by mentioning you found it on Fashion-Incubator). Again, this is a little book, 5.5″X 4″, 310pp with guidance to novices interested in a survey of the trade. Meaning, if you’re not familiar with how a garment or product transits through the process, this will be of interest to you.
Like yesterday, you can enter to win a free copy of this book by leaving a comment on this entry or any other on this site. How easy is that? I love giving away free stuff.
For my part, I’ve had a productive week working on site but I still have quite a bit to do on Friday -my last day here. I return late tomorrow evening and look forward to catching up with everyone. In the meantime I appreciate everyone’s patience and will be speaking with you (such as it is) soon.
I would love it!
Also, I’ve been lurking on your blog for some time and I just wanted to voice my appreciation, it’s awesome to see a blog that focuses on the industry behind the fashion :-)
This would be such a helpful book to have.
Ooh! I would read this book. Thanks for doing the book giveaway, Kathleen.
Ooooooh. oh, oh,oh, me please (jumps up with a hand in the air).
I would love to have this reference book. Thanks Kathleen!
I would love to win that book! I’m starting my clothing company this year! I have so much to learn! :)
I would love to get a copy!
That looks like a neat little book! Thank you for the giveaway!
I do a lot of mending and see a lot of jean zippers with teeth out near the bottom (and we all know why that is). Is there anyhing in this book about adding teeth rather than replacing the entire zipper?
I would love to have this book to understand the transformation of manufacturing garments.
Would love it please, and thank you.
Hola! I hadn’t entered any contest before as it wasn’t a book I really wanted, and I didn’t want to take away a book from someone else should I win. But this is one I am really interested in. Wish me luck!
I would love this book.
Kathleen, thank you for all you teach us.
Would love the book! Thanks.
Carole, doubtful. If there is any way to add zipper teeth, I don’t know it.
Book? Free? HELLO!! :)
What a great book! Thanks for the giveaway!
As a sewing enthusiast, would love a copy about the fashion industry!
oooh, would love to get my hands on this book!
As someone who is dipping their whole leg in this biz instead of just their toes I would love it! I have a greater appreciation for manufacturing than I did before I started. So glad you cover all the stuff Project Runway NEVER talks about.
This book looks great! I would love to add it to my library!
This is a probably a reflection of my recent weeks, but when I saw the title of this post I thought it was a book about pockets….
For Carole – re: zipper teeth – they (both plastic and metal) are installed by machine, so you cannot manually replace them, but you can install new metal ‘stops’ at top & bottom, and you can sometimes replace a broken pull, but it is tricky to line up the teeth! And thank you Kathleen for all your commentary and information, and more.
You are so kind to us Kathleen! Thank you!
More free books? This one would be amazing, too!
*fingers crossed on winning* definitely will check out their book offerings!
This would be very useful as I figure out how to outsource my sewing! Keeping my fingers crossed!!
Hope it is not too late to enter :)
Giveaways are great!
Sure I’d give this a shot!
These giveaways are great.
Just discovered your blog! Would love to enter for the book, if the contest is still open!
Back to reading! :)
Hi, Kathleen-
Your blog gives me such great insight into how to manufacture apparel in a more efficient way. I look forward to reading it every day. This books sounds like a good one, and your recommendation makes it very desirable.
I sure could use this book. Just started doing some manufacturing on a small scale. Love all the information you share with us. Extremely helpful, thank you so much.
Sounds interesting! I would love to have the book Pocket Apparel Expert: A Practical Handbook on Garment Manufacturing. Hoping to win. :D
God bless and more powers to you.
And there we go again with lots and lots of comments. Good :) Obviously I need to check in more often, I seem to be missing all the excitement.
anyways, I checked ou the site, there seem to be a few more books that would be of interest to me, so I guess I will be going book shopping when in July!
Sounds like an interesting read.
I am researching until I know exactly how this goes and what I need to do. I would love to have this book, I am afraid I cannot afford it!.. I am going to start my own brand and I must have this! I don’t have an income right now so yeah:(
Would love to have a new book on the trade. Would it be good for micro-scale manufacturers?
This would make a great addition to my collection of books :)
Learn something every day on this site.
I’d like to win something so useful as this book. I’m slowly working my way through the archives – I love learning from this site.
I’ve read a few books on pockets – it would be great to see what this one has to offer!
Mmmmm another possible prize to celebrate going back to school. To distinguish this comment from my other I am happy to say that I have learned lots over the year since I discovered this incredible blog. I like the way you think Ms Fasanella, the dialogue that you inspire and how you spark thoughts in my brain on sooo many topics.
In the 70’s I worked in a sweat shop, Munsingwear, in Mpls, MN. Actually loved it, learned to operate industrial machines and improved sewing skills and speed. Now I have my own small, one person, alterations shop out of my home and from time to time am approached by local designers wanting to know if I would sew some of their garments for them for their on-line sales. I find these small start up companies often don’t have a clue of what it takes to bring a sewn product to market, after all, how hard can it be to cut out a garment, sew it up and collect the money from the customer?!
That said, I would LOVE to have this book!
You state you worked in “a sweat shop”. By this do you mean you worked in a factory under deplorable, unsafe, morally reprehensible and illegal conditions? Or do you mean you worked in a sewing factory? Perhaps it is more a case of this?
These days I think it is counterproductive to our interests to say “sweatshop” when we mean sewing factory because we are terribly, terribly short handed (I don’t know anyone who has all the skilled labor they need). Skills-wise we’ve been hollowed out and using a pejorative to describe the craft doesn’t encourage young people to enter the field. Sure there are tons of people who want to be fashion designers but increasingly fewer people are interested in providing critical support services. If we can’t encourage tradesmen, we’re doomed.
Kenna,
Kathleen didn’t say she recommended the book.
Kathleen,
John’s story that you linked to moved me to tears. It sounds like he was a wonderful person and did a lot for his community and his employees!
I am very sensitive myself to the term “sweatshop” and it bothers me when people misuse it or casually use it to describe what in reality is a sewing factory. Our fit mode casually used the term in a discussion while we were waiting to start our fit session, and then she had to sit through a rant :-) where I explained what sweatshop really means and why the term shouldn’t be used without thinking, and why it’s an insult to describe a factory as a sweatshop etc. etc.
Linda – this is not intended to be a reprimand to you. From what you wrote I gather that you casually used the term without realizing what you were actually saying, but yes, sweatshop should not be used out of its real context which is what Kathleen described above, so it’s worth exercising caution before we use the word.
I don’t think this offer is an endorsement or a review by Kathleen or Fashion Incubator, I think it’s just a book being passed along to whomever might like it. Kathleen doesn’t endorse books or products lightly, she puts a lot of thought into what she does endorse.
I get so much wonderful information reading your blog and articles. I have recommended it to many of my stitcher/designer/needle and thread puller friends.
Keep up the great work
Sounds interesting
t’would be a good read! Thanks.
This book sounds great too!
Another book that sounds interesting. Thanks for all you do, Kathleen.
I would just love a copy of this book. It would help me in my future endeavors.
I would love a copy of this book. And thanks for the blog Kathleen, I really enjoy reading it.
I would love to read this book. If I am lucky enough to win it I will cover the shipping costs.
I’d like to enter the drawing. The book looks interesting, thanks!
But Kathleen, you know what we really want is a book -you- write about pockets :-). Well, OK, I’d settle for this one, thank you :-).
Ooo, definitely looks interesting!
Would love to have the book. Kathleen, love your website, book and forum.