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Sewing and Alteration Specialist

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INTRODUCTION
Alteration is the process of the changing of a pattern, garment or design to improve the

outcome of the appearance or fit. It can also mean making modifications to already existing

garment to provide a better fit.

You regularly hear the expression "alterations" in sewing when it alludes to taking a business

article of clothing and transforming it to improve the presence of the fit. Proficient needle

workers will frequently give adjustment administrations to the general population,

notwithstanding, on the off chance that you realize how to sew, you can change your own

business pieces of clothing for an altered fit. Changes can make a piece of clothing look more

couture because of the specially fit to your body type.

There are Different types of alterations which may include:

1. Hemming with a blind stitch

2. Taking in a seam

3. Letting out a seam

4. Adding darts

5. Lengthen tor shorten the body of a top to better fit your body type

6. Modifying an actual pattern to include your own preferred design elements or modify

to better fit your body type.

HOW TO START SEWING AND ALTERATIONS

First, you need to check your equipment. Alternations can be performed by hand with a

thread and needle or alter a garment or object with your home sewing machine. (Niinimäki,

K., & Hassi, L. (2011). Alterations can be performed on any sewing item or project to

improve the look and fit or change the appearance of the original design whether store

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brought or created. Specialty sewing machine feet can help with specific alterations to

achieve a better outcome and professional look. For example, a blind stitch presser foot can

help sew a project so that the stitches do not appear on the right side of the fabric. It can be

purchased at your local quilt shop or on line. Be sure to check your machine’s manual for any

special shank requirements.

Second, you need to choose your location. Alterations can be performed to areas of the

garment of darts, hems, or bodice size of a garment for a better appearance. You can begin

from home in case you need to save money on overhead, however you should be certain you

are encircled by enough organizations and homes to supply you with a consistent inventory of

clients. In case your house is secluded from crowded territories, consider opening a shop

nearer to expected clients. Sewing and adjustments organizations will in general be extremely

nearby, implying that clients will not travel huge spans for your administrations. You may

also market yourself online, remember promotion and distribution are critical to every

business.

Also, you should market your organization by possibly partnering together with different

organizations. Visit neighbourhood clothing administrations and cleaners and offer to give

them 10% of each request that gets through a reference from them. Post flyers on

announcement loads up at laundromats. Offer apparel stores your change benefits; their

clients may require custom fixing and fitting. This can improve the garments store's

administration while furnishing you with new clients. On the off chance that you have a solid

vehicle, you can offer a pickup and conveyance administration.( Jack, A. B. (1957)

Lastly, hold clients. Continuously develop rehash clients. Do this by circling back to a call to

check whether a client was happy with your work. Additionally, offer to fix any issues with

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your work at no additional charge. Offer discounts to rehash clients, and convey postcards

consistently to advise them that you like their business.

HOW TO MAKE MY IDEA UNIQUE

1. AVOIDING COMPETITION

The vast majority consider business to be merciless rivalry. What's more, you do regularly

hear business specialists talk about winning piece of the pie and outflanking their adversaries.

Nonetheless, Peter Thiel says making super fruitful organizations like PayPal and Facebook

is truly about staying away from rivalry and making normal monopolies. (Camerer, C. (1985).

I may be fruitful in achieving these by, doing the sewing and alterations so incredibly well

that no any other rival can offer a replacement. I will ensure a follow up to my clients and

offer after sale services to them for their satisfaction. I may also offer unique designs to my

clients with advanced processes in making their clothes like automating the processes of

sewing and alterations for a more appealing product.

2. I WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS

Thiel says truly great businesses do something totally new. They offer something unique that

has never been offered before. It’s about going from nothing to something, from 0 to 1. As

examples, Thiel says Microsoft, Google and Facebook fit into this category. All the sewing

processes I employ will be automated like in 3D printing, and ensure the production becomes

something that is appealing to the clients. The delivery time of the product to clients will also

be timely like I will be delivering their orders early than expected, for example, an order that

was to be submitted at 12:00 I will ensure it reaches the client at 11:40 to 11:55. This will

give them enough time to do other things or even admire the product.

3. I WILL START THE BUSINESS SMALL

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Hopeful start-up authors frequently come to Peter Thiel's organization searching for

subsidizing. Also, they regularly wrongly say their new business thought is focusing on some

enormous market. For instance, they may guarantee that if their sun-oriented board

organization can win only 1% of the worldwide energy market, at that point it will be

inconceivably effective. Be that as it may, Thiel says this is some unacceptable methodology

since enormous business sectors are not brimming with a promising circumstance, but rather

benefit crushing rivalry.

All things being equal, our business thoughts should begin with a little specialty market.

Offer an exceptional answer for a gathering of individuals who aren't being served at this

point. That is the way we can make an imposing business model, and just later should we

grow our prosperity into bigger and bigger business sectors.

4. I WILL LOOK FOR SECRETS

In Zero to One, Peter Thiel says:

Whenever I interview someone for a job, I like to ask this question: “What important truth do

very few people agree with you on?” I guess the hardest part of responding to this question is

that the answer should be unpopular, which means the person being interviewed needs to

show courage along with intelligence. Yet Peter Thiel says a good answer to this question will

provide the best window that we can get into the future.(Thiel,2014)

5. I WILL PLAN CONCRETELY

Thiel says for a long time the prevailing mentality in America was "clear good faith." This

implies individuals made unmistakable arrangements to improve the future, including striking

undertakings like the moon arrival missions or the 40,000-mile-long Interstate Highway

System. (Peter Thiel,2014)

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In any case, at that point in the 1980's another demeanour took over which he calls

"inconclusive good faith." This implies individuals accept the future will be better, however

they don't really accept that we can anticipate how to improve it. For instance, in current

account the fundamental thought is that we can't actually anticipate anything so we ought to

enhance our speculations also known as "not set up our assets in one place." Lundqvist, M.

(2007).

In business, an unmistakable demeanour implies we can imagine what our future resembles,

at that point transform that into a reality. That is the manner by which Apple got incredible,

they envisioned new items like the iPod, iPhone and iPad and afterward delivered them

without any preparation.

CONCLUSION

There are infinite untapped business opportunities out there, but a lack of innovation has kept

many entrepreneurs from unlocking the potential that awaits. Zero to One explains how the

true secret behind successful start-ups lies in the pursuit of truly unique visions with tenacity

and determination.

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Niinimäki, K., & Hassi, L. (2011). Emerging design strategies in sustainable production and

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Jack, A. B. (1957). The channels of distribution for an innovation: The sewing-machine industry in

America, 1860-1865. Explorations in Economic History, 9(3), 113.

Camerer, C. (1985). Redirecting research in business policy and strategy. Strategic Management

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Thiel, P. A., & Masters, B. (2014). Zero to one: Notes on startups, or how to build the future.

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