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...“It’s a whole room filled with women, all hand-sewing,” says Merry. “In other words, my idea of heaven.”...
...Lowly-rated SVP Worldwide last week borrowed $370m to fund Platinum Equity taking a majority stake in the holding company that owns sewing machine brands Singer and Viking....
...Submissions included a watch with a snapped strap, a damaged tote bag and an old, broken Singer sewing machine....
...In every show, you’ll find pieces – monumental works made with a paint gun and a sewing machine – that expand the lexicon of collage into architectural intervention and three-dimensional painting....
...Agency , by William Gibson, Viking, RRP£18.99/Berkley, RRP$28, 416 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Cafe....
...machines – is a light-infused space with neutral-coloured tiles underfoot....
...Her subject is the role of sewing in history; sewing as propaganda (the Bayeux not-a-tapestry), sewing as rebellion, even sewing as treason, with Mary Queen of Scots’ nimble fingers forming secret messages...
...The sewing machines in the atelier above, meanwhile, continue to whirr....
...“Was haute couture a reaction to the anxiety of the democratic possibilities of the sewing machine — the two came about in the same decade [the 1850s]?”...
...The maker of baby bedding and accessories is struggling to keep up with orders as staff surrounded by rolls of fabric, boxes of linen and piles of Moses baskets work furiously at sewing machines....
...It is an era that will be defined by a fundamental shift in the relationship between workers and machines....
...Sewing Machines Highly Commended: Allen & Overy Asda Environmental Leadership Award Winner: EDF Energy Highly Commended: United Biscuits Bank of America Merrill Lynch Education Award Winner: Coca-Cola...
...On another occasion, a guard hacked off one of Shin’s fingers with a kitchen knife as punishment for dropping a sewing machine. Shin had seen guards beat babies to death with iron bars....
...• Allen & Overy* • Bank of America Merrill Lynch • British Land* • British Sky Broadcasting Group • Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machines* • Logistik* … Dairy Crest Rural Action Award For companies...
...But he had learnt the value of dogged persistence from his father, who started with nothing but built the purchase of 20 rusty Singer sewing machines into a Manhattan manufacturing and real-estate business...
...“It’s also possible for us to supply rolls of netting to smaller facilities, where you need only sewing machines to finish off the product,” says Mr Slatter....
...He says he may not be able to hand out bags of rice, sewing machines and even cars like other politicians, but feels he is still motivating his supporters....
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