Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Sewing activities

One of the things I've been doing in the last month is sewing. The new buildings need curtains and a trampoline had a hole in it. The trampoline repair I was planning on taking to a local upholstery place but that meant either walking with the mat or bringing it on my motorbike.  I figured it was alot of hassle for a small hole so I figured I'd try using the sewing machine I brought with me. Its one that my dad's cousin and his wife helped me get. Although it isn't a commercial machine it was made for sewing jeans and other thick material. It worked but it was kind of a two person job since I couldn't really manage guiding the stiff material and holding down the reverse button every so often. A certain 3 yr old was a great helper for that. The repair material is not available out here so my mom sent it to a friend who was in Canada and she was able to bring the material and thread back to Africa with her. 

The curtains for the new offices I'm still working on. In total there are 6 rooms with a total of 28 windows. I've completed 3 rooms and am almost finished the 4th. Much of the African print out here has  a wax coating which makes things much easier. Although much stiffer material, it folds better and stays in place.

Below are some pics of whats been done so far.

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The hole, not too big but we don't want it to get bigger.

The challenge in sewing was 8ft of very stiff material but it worked well with E pushing the reverse button when I needed it.



The finished product.

Office curtains version 1. 


Office curtains version 2