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https://youtube.com/shorts/nk1oXTgiNt4?feature=share Body of Work Capsule Collection One of a Kind Jackets and Coats Presented at Urban Threads 1791 Lexington Ave NY, NY October Friday 7  5p - 9p October 8- 9 2022 12p - 7p I recently asked my cousin, why do we sew? We are only second generation of sewers. My Mother and Aunt sewed, but not the Grandmother I knew (she cooked), but I heard tales of the Grandmother I never knew, did sew. She passed away when my Mother was 4. So is it in the DNA…..don’t know, but what I do know is there was power in the needle. Growing up, there was always creativity going on in the house. Making things, was just common place....

Lois made the bag she is wearing with a canvas on the cover that she purchased in Cuba, one of many trips around the world. Lois in her Jacket and dress by.....ME! Years ago, my friend Lois, brought back this fabric, this blue indigo fabric from the Sea Islands.  It was originally a bedspread.  Her request was a that it be made into a dress.  She reminded me it was at least 15 or more years ago. Fast forward December 2016, at an event we were both vending at, she loved the patchwork denim jacket her daughter purchased. Dawn in her Patchwork Jacket in December She put in an order for her patchwork denim jacket and made no special request. ...