I finally got through the task I had been putting off for maybe two weeks. It feels so good to have done it!!! Yesterday, as always, my day began by waking up at 9 a.m to watch my favorite telenovela. When that was over, I went into the kitchen to have breakfast. Afterwards, it was laundry time. Our washing machine spoiled sometime last week so I had no other option but to do it by hand. I'm just glad the sun was not as hot as the day when my sister was washing. I hadn't washed that way for so long so by the time I was done, my back was killing me!!! Anyway, after that, I started to figure out how to do the cultural Maya blouse or 'camisa'. I got through the cutting and after so many measurements I got the size of the sleeve, which still turned out to be too long. Last night I was working on the tiny pleats of each sleeve and it got frustrating after a while because it didn't stay straight after I ironed it. So, I decided to press each pleat as I did them. It turned out to be much neater than the first sleeve I did so I had to redo the first. I got tired of sitting so I left everything as it was and I can't remember what I did afterwards.
Whatever, what I did wasn't important I guess since it has been erased from my memory. I woke up early this morning to my sister's annoying alarm. I was hoping to get back to sleep after they left home to go to the cacao farm, but I never did. It's hard to fall asleep again once I hear them laughing and talking. I didn't join them this time, since I wanted them to think that I was still sleeping. I only heard my sister complaining about me still being asleep, that was around 6 a.m. Who ever wakes up that early when they have nothing extremely important to do? There are 24 hours in a full day and I can always borrow some hours from another day, can't I? Anyway, right before they left, I got up and started another tiring day.
I started working on the sleeve again and at the end, I was satisfied with the outcome. I took some small breaks between 9 and 10 a.m to watch t.v. since I wasn't getting any progress with the rest of the blouse. It's a really simple style but a few of the steps are complicated, especially since the mother of the child didn't bring a blouse I could copy from. I had to work with one that belongs to Beka, and I am still not sure if the teenie-weenie blouse I did will fit her or not. I didn't even see how big she is when she came a few weeks ago. So much for my sewing passion!! I didn't even bother to take measurements. Ha! It was till afterwards that I realized I didn't do what had to be done, but I made it. Such a tiny thing but it took me my whole day. My butt felt numb after sitting for so long and here I am sitting down again. Never seem to care about my butt. . . Ha! Back to my boring ramblings about the blouse, I got tired of doing tiny pleats and stitching, unstitching [is that a word?], and re-stitching more than 3 times. I would have it no other way though. I pride myself in doing the best I can and retrying everything even at times it seems hopeless to do so. It always pays off!!!
I didn't intend to stitch by hand today but I wasn't satisfied with what the machine was doing so I threaded my needle and voilà, I was finally satisfied with the whole blouse. I got done around 5 this evening, but I still had a few touches to add. I threaded my needle again, this time with black embroidery thread, and began to do a zig-zag stitch on the sleeve. My first attempt wasn't satisfactory so I undid it and went to have lunch/supper. I didn't realize how hungry I was until I put down my needle and thread. When I was done eating, I picked it up again and I finally got the stitch right. I finished one side before I decided to leave it for the day. Tomorrow morning I will work on the other side and then get ready for my trip to Cayo!!! Gosh, I miss being there so tomorrow night I'll be there!!! I'll get back home in just a week before my b-day!!! I just realized that I haven't spent a birthday here ever since I turned 16!!!!
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