While I was in junior high school, I remember making a dress with my hand, no sewing machine and it fit perfectly from that moment I knew I was made for that.
I started looking for fabrics to cut and sew hehe, it was something that brought joy to my soul, I started dreaming of owning a fashion house, but those dreams need finance to make it a reality.
My mom bought a sewing machine for me in junior high school three.
Well, after high school and higher institution, I enrolled as a fashion designer, and today, the joy I derive as a designer is compared to none. You know when you make your hobby your source of income, it's more like you're just playing. Hehe
My joy lies in recreating styles or even inventing mine and it comes out looking good. It lies in people rocking my brand and slaying in my outfits and of course in rocking different clothes and headwear made by myself.
I made this fascinator myself and rocked it. Everyone admired how beautiful I looked in it.
Fashion designing is a creative avocation for me because it is broad, it deals with a lot, from crafting to sketching, to sewing to creating.
Under the craft aspect, I tie head gears for people to rock to weddings. It takes a creative thinker to come out with beautiful styles for headgear.
Here are some of my work.
Well, luckily enough I know how to sketch and from sketching to cutting and sewing.
Whenever people wear my brand, I feel excited and proud of myself,
You can connect with me and check out some of my work on Instagram
Is sewing my only avocation? Nope!
This brings me to the reason why I am here. Writing is therapeutic, I find solace in writing, things I can't share with someone I write them down and express myself in a comforting style.
The joy that comes with writing is being heard and understood from your perspective.
It feels good to be heard by a lot of people and for them to understand where you're coming from.
The writing wasn't learned, it is a gift, I remember joining the literary and debate club while in high school, and I was made the Public relations Officer, this, in turn, boosted my confidence, I will face crowds to pass information, I write for clubs and even the school's magazine.
I would write stories or articles on a jotter and give them out to friends to read, I derived satisfaction knowing a lot of people read them and find some articles helpful.
As time goes by, I downloaded the diary App on my phone to write how my day went, my fears, struggles, and wins. It keeps me going and luckily enough, now I have a hive to share my thought with people who have likewise mindsets and that's where my joy lies.
I think everyone should find something they are made for as a pastime, it is therapeutic and brings some kind of joy.
I remember feeling low at some point in time in my life, I felt relief thru writing, I would write how terrible I felt and then trash it off in the trashcan.
My love for writing brought me to hive, this though is not for money but for the love of it.
And it has in turn improved my writing skill, special thanks to this wonderful community. Theinkwell community for grooming writers.
All images used are mine
