"A Day in the Life of"... a Tailor — Transcript

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1. 0:04all right my name is Chelsea Hilton I'm
2. 0:07a tailor professionally I've been doing
3. 0:10it for about eight years
4. 0:12on my own I've been sewing since I was
5. 0:14eight so
6. 0:15[Music]
7. 0:18do all sorts of things I alter clothing
8. 0:20mostly I do wedding dresses Formals
9. 0:23men's clothing a lot of hemming of pants
10. 0:26that's the biggest one
11. 0:28honestly it comes easy to me I enjoy the
12. 0:31creativity of it I do a lot of Cosplay
13. 0:35for my kids so this just kind of plays
14. 0:38into all of that
15. 0:39so it's we'll say a creative Outlet I
16. 0:43get here about 8 30 and leave usually
17. 0:45around two
18. 0:46so some days I have you know
19. 0:48appointments where people can't come in
20. 0:49so I change my schedule up a little bit
21. 0:52and so I'm here longer
22. 0:54but for the most part I have 8 30 to 2.
23. 0:59but it all depends on where you work
24. 1:02and some people are a little more strict
25. 1:06[Music]
26. 1:07ly a lot of pick
27. 1:09ers it takes longer to pick things apart
28. 1:12to re make them than it does to put them
29. 1:14back together
30. 1:16so
31. 1:17a lot of picking apart I do a few
32. 1:19fittings
33. 1:21every few days I have a couple fittings
34. 1:23come in
35. 1:24but a lot of it's just sitting at the
36. 1:26machine and sewing so this job I'm
37. 1:29technically part-time here so I only
38. 1:32work three days a week for five to six
39. 1:36hours a week because it works with my
40. 1:38kids school schedules
41. 1:40so that's
42. 1:41basically why I'm here because it's a
43. 1:43job I can do and still be a mom
44. 1:46but I know a lot of people who do this
45. 1:49full-time and work in like bridal shops
46. 1:51which is where a lot of the money is to
47. 1:54be honest
48. 1:55so if you can learn Bridal it's a lot
49. 1:59more income than just your average
50. 2:01everyday stuff
51. 2:03so for me it's a little different
52. 2:05because I have been sewing
53. 2:07since I was eight I used to compete in
54. 2:09like 4-H
55. 2:10and do those kind of sewing competitions
56. 2:13so I I learned a lot along the way I
57. 2:15learned a lot from my mom I know a lot
58. 2:18of people I mean you can go to school
59. 2:20there's some like fashion design that
60. 2:23kind of thing
61. 2:24where you can take classes at local
62. 2:26shops
63. 2:29a lot of mine was learned from I started
64. 2:31with quilting
65. 2:33so that's always a good place you learn
66. 2:35a lot of your basics of sewing that way
67. 2:39get the job here
68. 2:41not just experience really
69. 2:43[Music]
70. 2:45um
71. 2:45coming in and having that experience and
72. 2:47being able to do
73. 2:49what I do essentially
74. 2:52a whole lot to it to be honest
75. 2:55it's just having that knowledge and
76. 2:57being available
77. 2:58[Music]
78. 3:00I would say
79. 3:03um
80. 3:04find your locals
81. 3:06like fabric shops or anything like that
82. 3:09a lot of them do classes and lessons
83. 3:12so you can start there and just learn
84. 3:13your basics of sewing even your quilt
85. 3:15shops teach you how to use a sewing
86. 3:17machine and then
87. 3:19find somebody who knows how to sew and
88. 3:21learn from them because experience is
89. 3:23really
90. 3:24what a lot of it is I mean you can learn
91. 3:27your techniques but your experience is
92. 3:30really what you need
93. 3:33um start with sewing your own stuff like
94. 3:35go get a pattern from Joann's and sew
95. 3:38your own clothing or
96. 3:40you know get into costumes or quilting
97. 3:43or cosplay any of that stuff that gives
98. 3:45you that good experience and learning
99. 3:47how
100. 3:48things are made and put together because
101. 3:50that's a lot of it
102. 3:52the thing you love and you're passionate
103. 3:54about makes working more fun
104. 3:58the big thing is just finding that
105. 4:00passion I'm Chelsea Hilton and I am a
106. 4:03tailor