Florence DiStefano in her basement sewing shop where she makes and alters clothing for herself, family members and friends.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at the home of retired ladies garment worker Florence DiStefano, Paterson, New Jersey, September 15, 1994.
Here she is operating a "Merrow machine" (manufactured by the Merrow Machine Company, Hartford, Connecticut) to put a kind of binding edge on a piece of fabric. Florence is wearing a smock, imprinted with logo of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), that she used to wear on the job.