Success story: the budget-conscious mother earned capital by re-sewing old clothes
'28.08.2018'
Source: Medialeaks
The blogger and self-taught seamstress Sarah Tiau needed money and found a way to save and earn money with old clothes. For eight years, she buys discounted items to reshape them and dress the whole family.
Now, Sarah’s maximum budget masterpieces are loved by hundreds of thousands of her subscribers, and everyone can repeat it, because a woman has never learned to sew, says Medialeaks.
Although Western media have repeatedly written about the mother of three children, and now about one of the most economical designers Sarah Tiau, not a single journalist could say for sure in which city or even the country an inventive seamstress lives. The first thing that begins the story of Sarah, which she told the BoredPanda publication, is 2007 the year when a woman married, had her first daughter and was in dire need of money.
Time passed, and the financial situation of the family did not improve. In order to somehow save and diversify the time already devoted to two daughters, in 2010, Sarah found old things in her wardrobe and began to change them into something more relevant to modern fashion.
The woman did not specify what was on her first sketch, however, she remembers very well how her husband suggested she put the video and photos of the resulting blog on his Internet. The audience of the man liked the work of his wife, and soon Sarah started her own pages in intagram, facebook and YouTube.
Clothes in the closets quickly ended, so Sarah began going to thrift stores, charity shops and second-hand, where she took clothes that at first glance she did not want to wear to anyone.
However, from the hands of the girl things always came out beautifully. In an interview with Journal Star, a seamstress said that she always had to buy fashion and well-known brands, but after the birth of children, there was no opportunity to buy such clothes. However, together with the sewing she found not only a way to save, but also peace of mind.
“Every mother needs self-realization outside of motherhood. You should always be mindful of your personality and maintain your passion, your hobby. ”
Sarah wore the resulting clothes herself, dressed her husband, daughters and the third child - a young son. In the end, after the instagram subscribers' requests, she started her website with the general name Life is Beautiful (“Life is Beautiful”). There, the woman began to publish photos and links to clothes from Western stores, which she later remakes into her masterpieces.
“Most of the clothes I buy remain in stores in the last copy, so it's hard to link to them. However, I manage to find clothes that cost between $ 22 and $ 105, and they are very cute. "
The most surprising thing about T'iau’s work is that in order to repeat its achievements, one does not need to possess special skills. The basic skills of cutting and sewing she acquired in high school. True, it's hard to believe.
“Can you say this is the same dress? I just dyed it and made a fuchsia outfit out of a faded light yellow fabric. I took the sleeves off my jacket, added them to the dress, and then made a frill out of the jacket. ”
While working on clothes, Sarah does not even use a ruler, but cuts the fabric by eye.
“It’s just a piece of cloth that you can spoil in it? If the wrong line is the worst thing that will happen to me in a day, I don't mind. "
According to the woman, popularity in social networks does not matter to her.
“I never base my confidence on social media. You will never feel good enough or deserving of anything if you base your self-worth on worldly things. ”
Ideas about what will be the next project come to Sarah by chance and look like sudden insights.
“In my case, out of nowhere, a vivid image of a design or garment that I have never seen or imagined in such detailed detail appears before me.”
Sarah did not admit to the publication what income her passion brings, but you can imagine that it is considerable, because on YouTube, the girl has 48 thousands of subscribers, another 138 thousands on instagram and 30 thousands on Facebook.
The publication notes that the work of Sarah make their small, but a contribution to the ecology of the entire planet, since 10 percent carbon enters the atmosphere of the Earth precisely from the production of clothing.
