Our Childhood Home

When we were small, there were three girls of us born one after another. Our mother sewed dresses for us. She would buy several yards of cloth from the wet market. She didn't wish to throw away cloth remnants, so she'd make curtains, table cloths, pillow cases, patched bedsheets, and what have you.

On special occasions like birthdays, town fiestas, All Saints' Day, or Christmas, our mother loved to dress us three sisters in identical dresses. Sometimes, our dresses were identical with our curtains and tablecloths!

Today, one of those three sisters has inherited our mother's love for sewing. She has been sewing as a hobby for many years. In fact, she has been sewing curtains, bedsheets, pillow cases, and what have you for some friends and family members.

Now that she has retired, she hopes to continue sewing beautiful home accessories with "threads drawn from her heart" (Kahlil Gibran). Truly, sewing for her is "love made visible!" (Kahlil Gibran)