Sewing as a Mission

I finally finished my first pair of designer jeans a few weeks ago.  I plan to make another pair but I'm going to tweak the fit a bit by making a couple adjustments to my pattern.  My next pair will be aqua stretch denim.  I think I will use some cream colored jeans topstitching thread.

A lot has happened since I last wrote! I got my dream Janome 15000 and am looking forward to learning all that it is capable of doing!

I plan to give some basic sewing lessons in the near future as part of a mentoring program at the church I attend.  We need to round up a few sewing machines and other needed supplies.  I put together seven lessons which could stretch out to another one or two depending on how students progress.  Then after those lessons are complete we will see which direction students want to go with their sewing.

I decided for now to mainly concentrate on sewing as a mission and continue my sewing education online and sew for myself, family and friends.

The other day a long time friend who is married to our former preacher called and asked me to make a sample up of a kindergarten graduation robe.  She and her husband go to Honduras on a mission trip every year and are very involved with the mission school there.  My friend and others make uniforms for the girls and boys.  I was blessed to be able to help make some cute plaid jumpers a few years ago for the mission.

This week I plan to make the graduation robe.  The collar for the robe will be the same plaid fabric as the jumper uniforms for the girls.

Maybe I can post some pictures in my next post!

Thanks for reading,
Marla