Just today, I’ve decided to blog about all the sewing projects I’ve had since I started learning how to sew. Well, it was part of the plan when I started this blog a year ago, but, in the words of Summer in '500 Days of Summer,' sometimes, what always happens...happens--Life. :) A lot of people ask me if I studied sewing whenever I tell them about my passion in handmade crafts. I tell them I studied sewing on my own—and by studying on my own, it truly meant a great deal of discipline and patience in trying to read the User Manual and instructions that came along with my sewing machine, Zooey . Also, I have to give credit to Ms. Marisa Lynch whose woman-empowering New Dress a Day blog heavily moved me to finally learn sewing. Thank you Ms. Lynch! I’ve always been the self-reliant type so it was not new to learn on my own. I guess I've had this in my genes also. You see, my grandmother also learned to sew on her own when she was young, and she would make pretty d
We all have a first-time meeting snapshot of every person in our life. We remember the time they came into our lives. True that these snapshots may not be as accurate, and we might even find most of the details of the pictures blurry, but they exist in our minds. Some snapshots may even be more special than others that they can never be erased in our memories. My snapshot of Ms. Cecille was her walking down our HS corridor, commanding repect and confidence from people who glance her way. She was not our teacher then, but I remember commenting about how stunning she looked because she rocked a body that women her age would die for. hehe. When she became our teacher for the first time, one of the stories she first shared with us was the story of her eyes . She told us that her dad said that it is her set of small eyes that make her unique and precious. This childhood st ory spoke so much of the woman that she would become. I firmly believe that every child should grow up with
My sister-in-law sent me this photo of her wearing her custom-made maternity dress at work. A front flap closes with a button, which makes breastfeeding easy breezy beautiful for any momma. Fabric c/o my grandmother from the US. Thank you lola! I am eagerly awaiting and praying for little angel # 2! Thank you for the photo, Ate Shiela. smile emoticon Love,
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