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Our sewing room sits above a quiet lane off Harrington Street, and it runs on daylight, patience and a good pair of scissors.
Every Karoobelle garment passes through four pairs of hands before it reaches a hanger. The cutter lays the cotton or linen out flat overnight so the cloth can settle, then marks the pattern pieces in chalk. Rushing that step shows up later as a twisted seam, so we do not rush it.
The machinists work in small runs, thirty to sixty pieces at a time. That keeps the room calm and lets us fix a fit problem the same week we spot it.
Shirts and dresses get flat-felled seams, which take years of washing without fraying. Knitwear is linked by hand at the shoulder, slower but kinder on lambswool. At the end of a run someone presses every piece and checks the buttons.
Small runs, steady hands
Nothing leaves the room until it has been looked over twice. If a seam puckers or a hem pulls we unpick it and start again, because a shirt at R690 should still be worn in five years.
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The sewing room holds six machines and a long pressing table. Two people work a run from first seam to final press, so the same hands see it through.
The sewing room holds six machines and a long pressing table. Two people work a run from first seam to final press, so the same hands see it through.
The sewing room holds six machines and a long pressing table. Two people work a run from first seam to final press, so the same hands see it through.
Nine pieces, three fabrics and one rule: everything had to work with everything else, from the linen shirt through to the cardigan, without a single item needing dry cleaning.
