February 5, 2018 - Monday - So this is LosTambos
Here we are working on our Designer Market Bags
Lots of pieces to cut and everyone working away. Our weather is beautiful, temperature in the low 80s with a really nice breeze.
Still no electricity so we are running the generator again. In the background you see 6 plus sewing machines. All of these are refurbished machines donated by Dave at Sewing Machines etc.
This little one comes to class but she isn't very attentive.
The mom sets her up in the hammock and usually that is the last you hear.
Everyone helps rock her. If she cries too loud then I have to pick her up.
The market bag project is a project that helps them realize how important it is to cut your fabrics correctly. This project is more complicated than anything they have made so far. Good in helping determine what they need work on.
February 6th, 2018 - Tuesday - Buena Vista
They were cutting squares, some were 3"x 3", others were
2 1/2" x 3" all sorts of variables in between. We went through found the ones that where correct and replaced all the others. Important lesson in cutting Tres pulagadas es tres pulgadas.
Lilian decided to do this the smart way. IN A CHAIR. By the end
of the day everyone had finished cutting and started sewing their pieces together.
Lilian was in our class last year and she struggled a lot. She is blind in one eye and bad vision in the other. She came for the first class and not for the second and I was afraid she quit but she was back the following week. She knows very little English but some how we communicate. I give her a lot of credit for sticking with it.
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Lilian inspires me. She has every reason in the world to get up, hateful and mad at the world but she doesn't, she has chosen God who gives her the strength to deal with things in her life. Always with the BIG smile. |
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