Posted by Sheri Sharif on 27th Jun 2020
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Few things beat a great cup of freshly roasted coffee and a pair of American handcrafted jeans. Well, now you can have the best of both worlds; coffee and denim. Maybe you're a self-proclaimed "coffe
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 5th May 2020
Help! A tailor butchered my jeans
"Help! A tailor butchered my jeans," are words often expressed to us from those with coveted selvedge jeans who put their faith in traditional tailors and local dry cleaners. "Can they be fixed," t
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 10th Apr 2020
Tapering selvedge jeans from the inseam explained
It seems needless to say, selvedge jeans should always be tapered from the inseam. However, some people still take jeans to local tailors or dry cleaners, who are not equipped with proper denim sewing
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 3rd Apr 2020
Another level: Bespoke denim work pants
During the summer of 2019, we crafted a pair of selvedge bespoke denim work pants, especially custom made for one of our top customers. Using one of his favorite old twill work pants as a style gui
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 24th Mar 2020
Raw Denim & Coronavirus (COVID-19)
These are truly unprecedented times. As the owner of a small denim brand in a business known for promoting wearing jeans for long periods without washing, I thought I'd provide some advice dealing wi
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 23rd Feb 2020
Let's talk custom made jeans
How did we get into custom jeans? Honestly, we kind of fell into it. After satisfying a few special requests for sold-out sizes and styles, we then started responding to customer requests for special
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 8th Jan 2020
What is chain stitch hemming?
What is chain stitching?Chain stitching is a type of stitch produced by a sewing or embroidery machine. The name chain stitch comes from its looped chain-link-like appearance. In sewing, a chain stitc
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 4th Jan 2020
Avoid original hem alterations
Original hem, what is it? And, why you should stay away from this alteration. You like the washed or worn edge on the hem of your jeans but your jeans are too long and require hemming alteration
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 24th Oct 2019
Specialist: Tapering Carhartt carpenter pants
You love work pants but wish they came with a modern fit for casual wearing. Here we explain the step-by-step process that went into tapering a pair of triple-needle flat-felled chain-stitched inseam
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 21st Sep 2019
A thing of beauty - The black raw denim shirt made in Brooklyn
The black raw denim shirt is a thing a beauty, handmade inside our Williamsburg Brooklyn store. Each piece is cut and sewn by the company's owner and designer. After completion, the garment is autogra
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 13th Sep 2019
Fixing tailor's & do-it-yourself hemming mistakes
At Williamsburg Garment Co., we fix a lot of tailor's and do-it-yourself home sewing hemming mistakes because most people don't realize there is a clear-visible quality difference between denim sewn o
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Posted by Maurice Malone on 19th Jun 2019
Taper jeans for trend, updating style and fit necessity.
The best
way to screw-up a nice pair of jeans: do-it-yourself sewingThere are multitudes of reasons why people have jeans tapered. I remember as a kid in high school before I knew how to se
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