Art in fabric ... thinking about my sister... SNIPPETS

  sharing snippets from my journal post WLS ... my entry today: La prenda hecha arte .... Art in Cloth...

My empowerment collage today ... I was thinking about my sister having stayed home to take care of plans for Panama .. as I thought about her I can remember her enthusiam with my weight loss surgery and I could feel her rooting for me from back home ... when she went to Mexico on a Medical Tour (she is a physician) she bought and sent me this awesome handmade designer's dress ..hand painted/embroidered in hand painted flowers and stems both in fabric and dry flowers ... by Ana Rosa ... Her dresses/outfits are all hand painted and hand embroidered in heneken ..burlap .. and it is called La Prenda Hecha Arte...  Art in fabric or cloth... an awesome gift from my sister on my first few months out of surgery my year out when putting the tiny garment with the voluminous skirt was only a dream ... and this is the 3rd time I wear it 5 years 4 months after surgery... I remembering her today as I pray her strength and thank God in advance for her miracle as she battles for her life... this is my empowerment collage ... from my journal a picture a day keeps the pounds and the inches away...



My voluminous skirt spread like a pollera that spill out of the tiny bodice with the low cut back...




closeup...

 

Then I was told my furry babies (8 ferrets) were out of treats ... so off I go to the store with my loud pink basket purse my DD gave me and guess who were in it? all in my stuff but my dwarf ferret Chiquitita and my baby ferret Finibeau ... and off to the store we go...




Early this morning I bought my DH to the doctors and I was looking like this...




and now the day is over ... I am chillaxing in the hammock on the desk for the rest of he evening or until a mosquito loses his high off me OFF and bites me ... I will come in bathe and crash then ...LOL ... in the meantime I am relaxin with my iPad watching the ferrets on their leashes chase the grass and each other...



So far today I ran 5 miles first thing this morning .. did weights this pm ... ran around like a headless chicken on a million errands ... spend the morning of my day of at the doctors with DH came home did my empowerment collage with my sister in mind and when I revisited my journal for my entry this day I found the picture of my beautiful DD holding a ferret and trying hard to sit up straight and hold herself up her body weakened with polymyositis in full flare up ... today she is clear and healthy .. I will count my blessings Always and not my worries ... not even now that I freak out when I think about my sister ... I will remember that she too is blessed and that I have thanked God ahead of time for a miracle for her too ...

Thanks for allowing me to share.... if you want to see Ana Rosa's designs google La Prenda Hecha Arte ... awesome!!! it is different and I love it! 

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE A GOOFY THREAD!!!
 

 As always, I love,love,love your inspiring posts!

 Thank you LisaAnn...I have been doing these since I was able to get up and get moving ... I had a rough first 3 months because of a post op complication ... it is a goofy tool that I use that does keep me empowered ... the good thing is I can go back to the year and the date and compare ... which I like ... when I looked on last year's entry I had a picture of my daughter struggling to sit up after being discharged from the hospital diagnosed with dermato and polymyositis ... I am so glad she is being controlled and her numbers are normal now... what a scare ... and then I came across that dress that my sister gave me ... my awesome older sister who has been recently diagnosed with a dreadful illness ... and I wore it .. she gave me that dress at the start of my journey when I thought my neck would never fit into it ...because she believed in my miracle as I am believing in hers ...

Thank you so much for allowing me to share.

Thank you for sharing, as always!

Can I ask where you learned to sew? i am thinking of taking a class, i would love to design and make my own clothes.

 Oh Wendy you would love it! There are awesome online classes too and how-to's .... I will share links with you later when I have some time....

My mom (RIP) was an awesome seamstress ... one of the best in my country ... OMG I could never ever sew like her but I aspire to...  sometimes when I take short cuts and don't want to pick something out I can just imagine her in heaven looking at me and shaking her head and saying 'you know better' LOL ...

Mom taught us to sew ... we used to cut our patterns ourselves and I still do out of brown paper and newspapers ... I made an awesome duct tape dress from in my exact measurements ... now I don't even hardly use patterns ... I cut and pin and baste directly on the dress form ... then I sew and serge and press ... I can make a dress in a few hours ... sometimes overnight... I do take longer like now I am sewing another GF's wedding gown...

Jump into sewing... you can't go wrong!!!! 

 you are so inspiring!  I keep looking at a dress that I want to make, maybe I should just dive in and give it a go