As the saying goes, “necessity is the mother of innovation.” For many years, I had all these dreams and aspirations of sewing this, that, and the other. I would go to craft fairs and not buy many things because I would tell myself, “psh…I can make that.” In all seriousness, the only thing that I had previously sewn was the veil for our wedding. Nevertheless, after many years of having my mom’s sewing machine, losing the pedal to the sewing machine, getting rid of the sewing machine, accidentally buying an embroidery machine thinking it was a duo sewing/embroidery machine, I finally got my hands on a sewing machine.
But it wasn’t until a couple years of having my sewing machine did I finally put it to use. There was always something else that I felt should take priority. At one point it was that I didn’t want to get distracted as I was in law school. After law school, I took the bar…multiple times. Even while taking the bar, I didn’t want to open my sewing machine for fear of getting distracted.
Long story shorter, the time has finally come.
Interestingly, the timing may be just right as this “extra” (not really extra, it’s more so needed) income is coming just in time to support my ʻohana as our ʻohana continues to grow. Puʻipuʻi, my sewing creations that captures the youthful essence in everyday aloha wear has been born.
I am so thankful to have this creative outlet, for the warm support by many, and to be able to help a little with supporting my ʻohana financially.
There is so much more that I could say about Puʻipuʻi–how I chose this name, why I am doing this, how much I enjoy it–but I’ll share those in a separate post.
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