Weidi Tailoring and Design

29/05/2022

A year ago, her husband wrote:

‘The goal is to be the RICH WIFE and not just the RICH MAN’S WIFE! the narrative has to change!’ ~ Fatima Arona Jawo

It’s indeed time for husbands to contribute in creating opportunities for their wives to pursue their dreams to financial freedom and self-reliance. As in the words of Fatima Arona, ‘the narrative has to change’. It shouldn’t be inconvenient for husbands if their wives are not depending on them for everything. The days of using financial dependency as a weapon to subjugate women should end.

When my darling wife Aisha Jasong showed strong desire to pursue a career in garment designing and making, it automatically became a shared project for us to work towards actualizing. She studied professional garment-making and worked as an apprentice, whilst doing her wifely duties. Fast forward, she became outstanding in her trade and is now making garments sold in the country and abroad. She designed our eid outfits this year and sewed many other outfits for her customers. Entrepreneur.

Her next project, WEIDI TAILORING & DESIGN, is already at the finishing end of its preparatory stage and we’re about to launch it next month. It is Aisha's dream to create employment opportunities for fellow youth.

24/12/2021

Ladies outfit that is for social occasions. Eids, Christmas, Weddings, Naming ceremonies, Reunions. Etc. But you can also wear it to go to school or office.

Mini-dress (with flapper arms and fine peplums at the base) + long skirt.

Home measurement taking and delivery available, if requested. Make your orders now. Contact 3052399.

16/11/2021

07/10/2021

Congratulations to our Proprietress Aisha Jasong and all her colleagues entrepreneurs who successfully completed the Startup Incubator Gambia - GIZ 6 months Entrepreneurship Training.

Thanks to European Union in The Gambia for funding this laudable youth development initiative under the Tekki Fii Gambia Project. WTD is herein thanking you all for the Training and the support it comes with.

Thank you!

12/09/2021

This week is for men wear displays. Here is the 3 in 1 ‘Grand Mboubu’ or ‘Nyeti Abdou’.

An attire commonly worn by men during eids and other festive events, the ‘Nyeti Abdou’ is also a wear for many more purposes.

If you want to sew a simple or well embroidered one, contact us at WTD.

11/09/2021

‘I've been craving for this. I need this... Let me come do measurement.’ ~ Customer

Here’s a multipurpose male attire for use at different functions. You can wear it for the office, home and all kinds ceremonies.

Order from us.
Call or message 3052399
(Regular and WhatsApp)

09/09/2021

Tekki-fi or ‘make it here’ is an initiative to support youth development through skills, knowledge and other opportunities. The idea is to encourage youth of The Gambia to work and trade to success without having to migrate elsewhere.

After completing a six-month entrepreneurship training with Startup Incubator Gambia, funded by GIZ, our Proprietress is given sewing machines and other materials to support our business. With this support we can now expand our services and employ more youth, thereby contributing to the reduction of youth unemployment in the country in furtherance of the Tekki-fi idea.

Tekki Fii Gambia

19/08/2021

UNTOLD STORY ABOUT THE SEWING MACHINE


What’s the time estimate that a tailor in our time will take to sew a shirt? 30 minutes, 1 hour...

Then, compare this time it’ll take a tailor now to sew a shirt to the time it’d take Sarah in the 1850s. Sewing took so much time then - It took 14 hours to sew a single shirt in Sarah’s time.

Why this?

In those days nobody had succeeded in inventing a sewing machine that worked very well. That affected not only seamstresses, but wives and daughters who were expected to sew. The consequence made the female gender subjects of a long lasting toil.

There was an interesting man that would love to know about, ISAAC MERRITT SINGER.

Did the name "Singer" ring any bell?

I guess it should, especially for tailors.


Singer was flamboyant, charismatic, capable of great generosity - but he was ruthless too.

He was known to be an habitual womanizer. According to reports, he fathered at least 22 children. For years, he managed to run three families, not all of whom were aware the others existed, and all while technically still married to someone else entirely.

A player indeed!

Singer was, in short, not a natural supporter of women's rights. However, his contribution to the women society was later on amazing.


He considered the prototype sewing machine.

‘In place of the shuttle going round in a circle," he told a workshop owner, ‘I would have it move to and fro in a straight line, and in place of the needle bar pushing a curved needle horizontally, I would have a straight needle moving up and down."

Singer personalized his design, and started to sell his version of the sewing machine. It was very impressive: the first design that really worked. You could make a shirt in just an hour.

What an innovation!

Singer dominated the market, among other manufacturers at the time. It was not just because of the design of his machines, there is more to it. He and his business partner, Edward Clark, were excellent marketers.

Sewing machines, especially Singer sewing machines were expensive, costing several months' income for the average family.

Clark came up with the hire purchase idea, where families could rent the machine for a few dollars a month - and, when their rental payments summed up to actual purchase price, they would own it.

There was something very outstanding about Singer sewing machines then. You’d find it in their advertisement.

‘The buyer of the cheap sewing machine soon pays the difference of price in the constant cost of repairs...’

It’s a long story but the narration already made about it is enough for this post.

I will close this post with a feedback from a woman who owned a Singer sewing machine back then in the 1860.

"I am now able to rest at night, and have time through the day for my family, sewing activities and enjoyments. Is this not a great gain for the world?"


Interesting story, right?

I found it so, and that is why I decided to shared this with you.

The structure of the sewing machine we’ve today was pioneered by Singer.

Singer pioneered the structure of the sewing machines we have today. And as a matter of fact, there are sewing machines today that are better than the Singer ones.

What should one consider first when buying a sewing machine? Price or quality?

SOURCE: BBC news

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11/08/2021

At the beginning of this week our presence was registered at The Cocktail Connect, a GIZ Jobs and European Union in The Gambia funded platform that seeks to create partnership and business opportunities for MSMEs in The Gambia through networking and B2B linkages. The platform allowed for Ideas, experiences and contacts to be shared between tailors, designers and tailoring entrepreneurs.

Now Weidi Tailoring and Design will make this opportunity in partnering and networking with colleagues in the tailoring sector for mutual collaboration. Thanks to Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce and Tekki Fii Gambia and partners for the opportunity.

11/08/2021

Meet one of our esteem customers, Bintou.
She’s a hijab and that’s exactly what her choice for an Eid dress dictated. It became our duty to sew according to exactly that and this is the product - a loose abaya with a horizontal black-white decorated line crossing through and fluffy long arms closed up with wrist-rounds. ✂️

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09/08/2021

For all classic designs and artistic sewings that immaculately fit all kinds of occasions for you, the place to be is Weidi Tailoring and Design. Our workshop is located at Latrikunda Sabiji, close to the Primary School.

You can find our location using google map 🗺. Contact us on phone at +220 3052399 or via email on [email protected].
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24/07/2021

Quotes from our customer:

‘To be frank the outfit is so nice. I really like it. I love it. It’s nice, it fits me and people comment about it.’

‘When I say something is nice, it’s indeed nice. It is not an easy thing to sew a dress for me, but for this one I didn’t complain and I didn’t say anything [against it]. It is so beautiful.’