Sewing and many other crafts has been a therapy for me during my transition from nurse to stay at home mom. I am not just a nurse or a mom.
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Here is the beautiful thing about my story, my business. It was never supposed to be a part of my plan in life. I was supposed to be a nurse and that was it. Other than a mom and wife, that is all I ever dreamed of. We just happened to have a lot of unforeseen events, hospital bills, personal family issues and a lot of tears. I finally hung my stethoscope up with a full intent of going back to work full time once I got my kids back on track and bills figured out after the torpedo I felt we were hit with. However..... higher powers had other plans.
I had previously gotten a sewing machine for mother’s day but I barely pulled it out of the box sadly. I finally had time to focus on this since I was home with kids and managing doctor appointments and trying to lessen the bills such as daycare costs (even as a nurse, I was barely bringing anything home after paying a retirement plan, health insurance and child care costs for the twins). We did the math and it just seemed that it would be healthier mentally for everyone if I was home and it might actually make more sense financially for me to be home.
The day I pulled myself up to this machine sitting on my table in our family room downstairs was the game changer for me. With the help and a lot of patience of some dear friends of mine, I cut my first pattern and I learned to sew some basic stitches. From that point on, I was hooked to finding scrap materials, old fabrics nobody else wanted anymore like curtains, sheets, tablecloths, etc. and turning them into something someone would love. I love looking for bargain prices at the craft stores and online even as I look to challenge myself on the newest trends and look for some inspiration.
Sewing is the biggest part of this journey, it has mended my soul. I would cry after a lot of failure with patterns or attempts at a new project. But once I finished, I always felt completed, I felt closure, I felt whole and I felt true joy in knowing I could do something that I once couldn’t. And my kids seeing this, also learned, they could do this too, if they truly tried- Sewing opened us all up to ability to heal and mend and move forward with life. This is how I started to think about the crazy idea of starting a business in sewing.
