Do any of you sew for work? Especially self employed?

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If so what do you do or make? I need a new line of part time work and am thinking of doing something to do with sewing?
Or do you think it's a daft idea? I don't need a huge wage just a couple of hundred a week maybe?
I'm pretty creative.

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Line? Type 🙈

Can you do repairs?
If you're good at fixing/ altering things - replacing broken zips and things like that - you could offer a 'wardrobe revamp' service - helping people sort out the clothes they already own and saving them from buying more.

I'm saying this because I would happily pay someone in my local area to fix some of my clothes!

Prom dress/wedding dress alterations are fairly good income if you have the skills.

I know the Queen’s dressmakers are all self employed seamstresses (my auntie used to make her coats but has since made costumes for stage shows and TV series - Bridgerton was her favourite).

My friend makes very complex bags. She gets all the fabric off her friend who is an interior decorator.

They aren’t cost effective if she buys her own fabric.

Its very hard to make actual profit if you have to buy fabric etc to make anything from scratch. You will end up earning far less than minimum wage for your time.

I think you can earn a bit offering repairs & alterations

How good are you? There’s a huge market for bridal alterations

Could you run workshops? Maybe the adult education centre?

Alterations are so boring to do though. I can make anything, but l’d never do alterations.

There are several ladies in my town who do general repairs and / or bespoke work.

One does minor work (hemming, shortening, repairs, taking in etc) for cash, she is retired so probably just cash in hand and she doesn't advertise. We use her a lot as she enjoys the challenge of my husband's motorbike gear and constant minor repairs that need to be heavy duty and functional but they aren't aesthetically pleasing tbh 😂

Another does bespoke kids bridesmaid dresses, bespoke curtains, bridal and prom alterations so she's probably full time and she does advertise locally.

A few others are popping up now, all WFH and all self employed doing things like memory bears / soft toys / memory blankets, minor clothing alterations.

There's one lady who does leather work and she is hugely oversubscribed with the local motorbike community but of course she has specialist equipment to manage the thickness of motorbike leathers. She is booked out for weeks in advance and is hard to get hold of.

Thank you for all the ideas. Some to mull over.