I always say that sewing was the best skill that my Mom ever shared with me. After working through numerous mistakes and fixing my failures, she believed in my skills enough to let me go solo on her machine at the age of nine. I have been creating passion projects ever since.
Over the years I have sewn home décor, Halloween costumes, birthday gifts, and costumes for my daughter Grace and her school theater program. Now that I retired after teaching Spanish for 30 years, I am doing the “fun” sewing that I have always wanted to do – upcycled clothing.
I love making something out of nothing. My sisters’ nickname for me is Ms. Make-Do. By upcycling clothing, cutting up pieces, matching up different styles, I am “making do” by giving new life to discarded and unwanted items.
I always tell my kids that the art of creating is about “the process.” I embrace this process of looking at clothing items, thinking about how they can be reworked, and adding design elements that make them unique and desirable. Upcycling is my creative outlet that feeds my soul.
