Since leaving FAWE and only working a few hours a day I have tried to stay busy. Although there are some nice places to go to in Kigali, most of these places require spending money, not to mention it gets old going there all the time, so I try to find things to do at home.
So far I have hand-sewn a quilt and pillow cases. Crocheted a throw-blanket, ponchos for my nieces and now I’m working on making a dress for my niece and a sweater-vest for myself.
I got the fabric from the market. ‘African’ fabric is great and I have had some things made from tailors here, but that doesn’t solve my problem of boredom. So I went to some tailors in the market and asked for the scraps, from these I pieced together a quilt. In hind sight I think I should have tried to make some pattern with the squares instead of keeping it random, but live and learn, right?
Now ponchos are ‘in’ here at the moment and I see women wearing them so I figured I would make them since they seemed easy. They were pretty easy but after I learned from my mom there was an easier way. Live and learn.(also note that once my sister-in-laws saw them they said they wanted them, and I’m sure if they could have fit in the ones I made they would have taken them from the girls..haha)
The throw blanket was just for fun and I really love it, can’t wait to have it back at home during winter. I can curl up on the couch and watch TV with it..
As I finish my other projects I will add more pictures to show what I’ve been up to.
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