Riki/ The Befuddled Dumbass

Cutting - in my opinion, the most labor intensive part of the process. The amount of time/effort needed varies depending on the pattern and if seam allowance is included or marked separately, but no matter what this process can not be done by machine. Each and every panel and piece of fabric that goes into a garment must be cut by hand by a person.

Pinning/clipping - pinning (or clipping) is the stage at which you align the pieces you are going to be stitching together and hold them together with — you guessed it! — either pins or clips. This can not be done by machine.

Stitching - the actual sewing. This can be done by a sewing machine, but that machine still needs to be operated by a human being.

Ironing/pressing - two words that mean the same thing. The iron itself is a machine, but once again, it needs to be operated by a human being.

Finishing - depending on the technique you use, there are certain finishing techniques that can only be done by hand. But, let’s assume we’re talking about fast fashion, which is usually just finished with a simple overlock/serger. Once again: these machines need to be operated by people.

These are just the basic steps to making a garment, and don’t include textile arts that I am not as knowledgeable about, such as weaving, knitting, and crochet. Also, it is important to note that there are a lot of things that can only be done by hand, such as certain stitches and decorative techniques.

Also, the machinery being operated in textile factories is not equivalent to a domestic sewing machine. We’re talking about one of these guys:

See that gray cylinder under the table, behind the knee pedal? That’s the motor. These machines can sew through your fingers bones and all and not even stop. The people in these factories and sweatshops are operating heavy machinery, and are subject to all the risk that comes with that in addition to all of the work I mentioned above.

New movie starring Jacob and Issa Rae. 🥰

PEACE AND JOY ON PLANET EARTH

having museums full of reproductions would be even cooler than having museums full of sacred artifacts because when modern craftspeople are able to replicate those artifacts, it’s usually because they still make the same items the same way today

this means that you could have description tags emphasizing that such-and-such item has been made by these people in almost the same way for hundreds of years

City Boy #1 by Greg Park and Minkyu Jung.

City Boy #2 by Greg Park and Minkyu Jung.

I'm not particularly interested in the ship, to be honest. I'm not super familiar with Eddie--it's been ages since I read TT03--, so I'm just judging this by how they've been written together in New Titans so far. It's very trope-y, the bad boy and the goody-two-shoes, and the only thing between them causing friction being their attitudes doesn't grab me in the face of JayJon, where the friction was ideological and very real.

So if JonEddie were to get together, I'd only really be interested in it in a rebound way. In a Jon just wants to get his mind off things and Eddie's hot way. This isn't good and they aren't good for each other and maybe they're even aware of it. But that wouldn't be super fair to Eddie's character since it's be very centered on Jon.

I'm not particularly interested in the ship, to be honest. I'm not super familiar with Eddie--it's been ages since I read TT03--, so I'm just judging this by how they've been written together in New Titans so far. It's very trope-y, the bad boy and the goody-two-shoes, and the only thing between them causing friction being their attitudes doesn't grab me in the face of JayJon, where the friction was ideological and very real.

So if JonEddie were to get together, I'd only really be interested in it in a rebound way. In a Jon just wants to get his mind off things and Eddie's hot way. This isn't good and they aren't good for each other and maybe they're even aware of it. But that wouldn't be super fair to Eddie's character since it's be very centered on Jon.