My Sewing Journey......My story of Gratitude

My sewing journey, how it all started and I am still learning....This is a journey, and I am really enjoying the ride.... Thank God for His mercies

Sewing and I.

Please read on….

Where do I start from? I sincerely don’t know but I know for sure I will always be grateful to God and to my dearest grandma Nygaard. As most of you know, I am an Engineer by profession, I have a full time Engineering career which I am passionate about and love so much. Sewing however is my creative channel, where I get to express the creativity in me, I will call it my hidden talent, because I never knew I had the patience or flare for sewing until grandma Nygaard enrolled me in a “learn to sew class” and everything became history.

How did I learn to sew? I think it was shortly after I had my first child, over a dinner at grandma and grandpa’s house I noticed a sewing machine by the corner and said to her that I will like to learn how to sew but not sure if I have the patience for this…. Grandma smiled and kept quiet…… fast forward to Dec of the same year, my Xmas present from grandma and grandpa was an enrolment in a 12hr Learn to Sew Class. Yes!  A 12 hr class, 2 times a week for two weeks and before this class I had never been on a sewing machine.

However, due to grad-school, kid’s activities and work I didn’t have time to learn more skills or to even sew, but because of the passion and love for the craft I picked it up on my own after about 4yrs the class. I learnt how to sew again on my own, I have library full of sewing books and magazines, I belong to several sewing groups, I sew for fun, for charity, and for clients. I have made so much friends along the way, this skill has taught me patience, empathy, (as I have sewn for people with challenges due to Cancer), and I have learnt to appreciate God more, though we all look the same, we might wear the same size of garment, but in reality we have different body type, how amazing God is???

We all have something in us, God has created everyone with something special, we all have some kind of talent but we need to find it and it is our responsibility to seek it., do not limit yourself, never use the word I can’t, always be positive and encourage yourself, you will be amazed when you really know who you are…according to Oprah …. ‘We get in live what you have the courage to ask for”, and I must add, “you get in in live when you have the courage to go out of your comfort zone”.  I am not perfect, I make mistakes, I have ruined some fabrics, and I have sewn with bad fabric due to poor judgement, I have sewn wrong sides together, I am a WIP (Work in Progress), but I love this craft so much, I will always try to create time for it as long as God permits and will continue to learn.

To my ever supportive family, I am grateful for the indulgence, and for your support, not only do I have my ME time, I have my ME space where I express my creativity, to Grandma and grandpa Nygaard you are one in a million, you really don’t know what you have done, I bless the day we met your family, you have been so amazing, so supportive and always there for us, I will always be grateful. To God, I am your humble servant, and I will always be GRATEFUL for this skill, and more! . Oh God I pray for this, please remind me to be always grateful for all your favour!!!

Introducing grandpa and grandma

 Grad- school graduation May 2009

Christmas dinner - Dec 2015

Dear readers, how did you start your sewing journey? ....I will love to know...

Have a lovely week, and be creative.

Aminat!!!

Some rambling and dresses..........

I have been making more dresses more than usual these days ,unfortunately not for me but for my peeps.  I am sincerely enjoying every bit of it though. Before now, I have been thinking about how to improve my sewing skills by sewing for others but I now realise the technique/prosess is basically  the same  either sewing for me or others but the major difference is the body type. I have learned to appreciate the work of God more by measuring people of different shapes and sizes. Some of us have longer turso, shorter limb , one arm shorter than the other or one side of the body longer than the other without us even realising it. We look perfect everytime we look at ourselves in the mirror and nobody can even tell or notice..... Then this made me thinking ....Why do we look for 100% perfection in everything we do when we are not even  physically perfect?.....Indeed only God is perfect.... ...
Please enjoy my recent ones.

I used S2989 , made size 8 and lengthened by 3" for my little girl. Very great pattern. Highly recommend

Self-drafted pattern, the customer brough a knit top and asked if I could make the top of the dress look like it, so I did.... the skirt part was so easy to draft, I copied the top, made 2 muslins and viola , with side zipper, shirring sleeve , 2 front darts and sash...She was so happy with the outcome and I was too... see more pics below

 

I used NL6864 and modified the sleeve to form cap sleeve, fits right out of the envelop, cut size 16 and graded to 18 for the client, I also added 2" to the midriff..Another great patten

Now I have to start planning my fall wardrobe....I basically have nothing to wear................lol.

Have a nice weekend everyone..... Be back with more later

Aminat

Colorphobia

I used to be so much afraid of colors before I started sewing and blogging,.... my wardrobe used to be all black, brown, navy blue and in short mostly not so colourful solid fabrics, but since I started sewing and blogging...boy I have been seeing lovely fabrics both in print and solid beautiful colors that my fellow bloggers sew, and that has really helped me to step out a little bit....ah ah..... But now sistahs/broders, I am stepping even further out of my comfort zone, I want to be liberated....ahahahah lol.... I want to try colors, lovely prints, beautiful solids and do something I wouldn't have done ordinarily....................

So, dear bloggers seat back and see Aminat in action....lol although there might still be some solids but in vibrant colors, I might still do some of my old self...You all know it’s not easy to change, it’s a work in progress, but I will try as much as possible to include at least one vibrant colour in my projects......

Beautiful colors are not only beautiful, they are very liberating, they change your mood positively, you feel alive in them and most importantly they are great mojo boosters... So dear friends, are you color phobia, trying to be liberated just like me, or already a pro?... Please, I would like to know I am not alone in this.... Let’s get going friends..............


Enjoy the rest of the week you all and let me know what you feel...............

Enjoy!!!!

Aminat