KAREN WHITE TAILOR

08/20/2026

CLOSED AUG 21 and AUG 22

08/20/2026

💲Please understand what NOT using cash is doing.
As a former banker, it’s very crazy what’s happening- yet we continue to be ok with it.
Cash is important. 💸 matter of fact, they want to do away with it. For a reason! Don’t let them!
Why should we pay cash everywhere we can
with banknotes (cash) instead of a credit or debit card? 💳
Well. I have a $50 banknote ($50 bill) in my pocket.
Let’s say I am going to a restaurant and paying for dinner with it. The restaurant owner then uses the bill to pay someone to clean. The cleaning service then uses the bill to pay the barber. The barber will then use the bill for shopping for groceries.
After an unlimited number of payments, it will still remain a $50 bill, which has fulfilled it’s purpose to everyone who used it for payment and the bank has jumped dry from every cash payment transaction made...
- But if I come to a restaurant and pay digitally - Card, and bank fees for my payment transaction charged to the seller are 3%, so around $1.50 and so will the fee $1.50 for each further payment transaction or owner or payments..... going forward.
Therefore, after 30 transactions, the initial $50 will remain only $5 😫 and the remaining $45 became the property of the bank 🏦 thanks to all digital transactions and fees.
YEP!!!!
Small businesses need your help and this is one way to help ourselves too. Pull small draws of cash out at a time and use that instead of tap, credit, etc.
When this is put into perspective, imagine what each retailer is paying on a monthly basis in fees at 3% per transaction through their POS machine????
If they have, for example, $50,000 in sales & 90% are by CARD, they are paying $1500 in fees in ONE Month. $18,000 in a year! That comes out of their income every month.
That would go a long way to helping that small business provide for it’s family!🏦♥️" Not to forget, it can curb the costs passed on to us also!
Did you know I almost always carry cash? Not tons putting me at risk or stupid amounts, but enough for what I need!! I see the big picture. ❤️ See less

08/03/2026

SHOP CLOSED AUG 21 and AUG 22

07/12/2026

07/09/2026

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07/08/2026

Turn around time end of July NO RUSH JOBS AVAILABLE

07/06/2026

"Janine I

Award-winning Founder, Sewing Lab, LLC | Empowering Sustainable Sewing & Community Education | Textile Reuse Advocate | Remake Ambassador

It seems like a of money for just a few stitches."
I heard some version of that five times in three months.

That's when I realized we don't value how much it takes to learn these skills.

Over the last three months, I spoke with five seamstresses and tailors looking for partnerships. Every one of them was cautious. Once they started sharing their stories, I understood why.

People argue over $15 to hem a pair of pants. The same people will happily spend $60 on a haircut, $150 detailing a car, or $200 on a facial without asking for a discount.

But repairing clothes?
Suddenly the price is negotiable.
"Can you do it for less?"
"It's only a few stitches."

What most people don't see is everything behind those few stitches.
- The years it took to learn the craft.
- The cost of machines, thread, needles, and materials.
- The time spent measuring, fitting, pressing, unpicking, and sewing it properly.
- The experience that lets someone alter a garment without ruining it.
- Not to mention if they are a smal business paying rent

You're not paying for a few stitches.
You're paying for years of learning, skilled labor, and the confidence that your favorite piece of clothing will come back fitting better than before

somewhere along the way, we started treating clothes as disposable.

And when clothes become disposable, the people who repair them do too.

I'd probably feel the same way.

I keep thinking about one thing.
None of them sounded angry.
Just disappointed

Those conversations reminded me why Sewing Lab matters.
Not just for clothes. For the people who keep these skills alive.

If this is how we treat skilled trades, no wonder so few people want to learn a craft that's constantly undervalued.

06/30/2026

Fog

05/01/2026

Cool breeze but beautiful