Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Happy work

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Church Women United has an annual project to sew Easter dresses for little girls in the area.

Maria has wanted to participate the last few years, but has been too busy. Until this year.maria dresses 01

She’s been holed up in her sewing room for several evenings and weekends. I can hear her giggling over the hum of her Bernina. She calls me in every now and then to show me the latest frock, pointing out nifty little details that I might not have noticed or appreciated.

She took six of her creations – all made from leftover quilting fabric – to work this morning to hand over to the church ladies. She was smiling when she left.

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