Going back to to my design roots

My love for design  goes back  more than 40 years . I use to watch  my mother create one of many of her beautiful classic suits or dresses from a  piece of material.Watching her  bring to life a two dimensional piece of material was like magic to me . I would watch my mom for hours cutting ,pinning and sewing her stunning creations. I soon learnt to sew a straight line keeping my fingers  intact. No small feat at  8 years old. Skip ahead 12 years. I am married and living in town in  a tiny Little house. Decided to create a fashion studio out of an alcove in our house intended for a  dining room table. Hung a black curtain up to partition the tiny studio from the rest off the house . Had  great fun designing . After a couple of months of sewing samples  and a few local fashion shows I was ready for business. My customers loved the chocolate dipped strawberries and champagne and the  intimate atmosphere .I  delivered their  custom made clothes to their homes.My in home fashion studio lasted a few years. Than I got pregnant with our beautiful daughter Natalie and we moved to the country. A little to out of the way for my in town clientele.In 1988 I opened up a little boutique in Markham where I  sold established designer names and my own small collections. It was a lot of hard work but loved every moment of it...4 years later along came Sean ,our second baby who is now 19  and I decided to work from home........In 1993 I retired from designing  and  started buying and selling antiques. You can refer to North 44 Antiques blog. I am still buying and selling antiques but have missed designing . Over the years I have created unique , one of a kind  aprons for friends as gifts. I have had a number of requests to design and sell some aprons .So I thought, why not.! I will be posting my new creations on my blog and Facebook for any one interested in taking a look