It's been three years since the National Contract Sewing Industry officially received its own calendar space for July's National Contract Sewing Month.

This year, coming out of the torrents of a global pandemic, we've observed firsthand why the domestic contract sewing industry is more critical than ever. Making goods from start to finish in America provides people with essential goods and services they can rely on and a healthy supply chain to produce equipment without fear of interruption from unexpected global catastrophes.

As we take a step back from our manufacturing floor and observe the state of our industry, we feel more optimistic than ever with the amount of innovation and enterprise taking place on our home turf. On a macro-level, the shift has led to greater production efficiencies and more unique types of soft goods on the market. On a micro-level (taking place at our 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Garden Grove, CA), we've seen a more robust demand than ever before from companies looking to make their products with a domestic manufacturing company rather than move production overseas.

To pay homage to the industry that is our passion and lifestyle, we developed blog posts to assist those on the verge of taking their products from small and medium scale production to industrial scale, addressing some of the pitfalls, hacks, and textile idiosyncrasies along the way.

Our first post to kick things off sets the record straight when it comes to two terms we hear a lot in our day to day: