{"id":27075,"date":"2016-10-25T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T07:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schnittchen.com\/?p=27075"},"modified":"2017-05-24T09:22:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T07:22:39","slug":"sewing-around-the-world-tamara-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schnittchen.com\/en\/blog\/2016\/10\/25\/sewing-around-the-world-tamara-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"#SATW Sewing Around The World – Tamara \/ Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

In September we traveled on our Sewing Tour <\/a>to the north of Europe, to Denmark, and admired Trine of groovybabyandmama<\/a> with her wonderful Jeannie Dress<\/a>. Now almost at the end of October we fly to the other end of the world to visit Tamara in Malawi<\/a>. Tamara has chosen sewing pattern Tina Jacket <\/a>for her contribution to Sewing Around The World <\/a>and already reported on Instagram<\/a> on various “Test-Tinas”, which ALL already looked great!<\/p>\n

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The perfect Tina for her, Tamara has sewn from a blackberry-colored boiled wool<\/a>, which she found at stoffe.de<\/a>, and is lined with a black jersey.<\/p>\n

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\nWe think Tamaras Tina Jacket came out very beautifully and somehow we are a little bit proud that pattern and fabric arrived on time and safely in Balaka, Malawi …<\/p>\n

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Writing about Tamaras sewing passion we highly recommend her blog<\/a> and Instagram channel<\/a>.\u00a0 Tamara has been living in Malawi since the end of the 1990s and is involved in various social and ecological projects. She designs patterns herself and is always looking for the best possible materials. Africa or better Malawi has become to her, a native American, a home and with its traditions and people a great source of inspiration, and decelarated her life in a wonderful way!<\/p>\n

Tamara has sent us a short portrait about herself and her life (see end of article), but we would like take you to heart the whole story. You can read it here <\/a>and maybe reading it will get you\u00a0 out of everyday hustles for a moment…<\/p>\n

Thank you, dear Tamara, for your great contribution – Tamara describes in her blog in detail the different test versions <\/a>and the modifications she made – and a big thank you also to stoffe.de<\/a> for their generous support!<\/p>\n

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Hi there!\u00a0 I\u2019m Tamara over in Balaka Malawi Africa.\u00a0 I came to Africa as an American Peace Corps Volunteer in 1999 and never left!\u00a0 I met my Italian husband in 2002 during an assignment here in Balaka and have called this beautiful place my home ever since.
\nI learned the basics of sewing as a teenager, and have been obsessed with fabric for as long as I can remember.\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t until 6 years ago that I took my sewing skills to the next level.\u00a0 For my project here in Malawi, I wanted to make clothing, and that meant self-learning pattern drafting.\u00a0 After that, I had to learn how to sew my patterns on industrial sewing machines.\u00a0 Everything happened together as a slow dance, over the course of several years, until I became confident in my design and sewing abilities and was able to pass on my skills to the local artisans working at the project.
\nMy favorite clothes are those made with natural fibers, designed with a fitted shape, and constructed with beautiful details.\u00a0 My first job out of University was at German Vogue magazine where I assisted on fashion shoots.\u00a0 It was a dream to spend my days with clothing made of the world\u2019s finest fabrics. I\u2019ve been forever inspired by beautiful clothes created by talented artisans. It is the art of making clothes, not the glamour of fashion, that is my passion.
\nLiving in rural Africa, far away from the usual fabric and notion stores of the Western world, I\u2019ve learned to sew with innovation.\u00a0 I deconstruct old shirts to salvage buttons, cut up thrift store handbags for hardware, and have just started to learn natural dyeing with leaves and flowers.\u00a0 Although there are many difficult challenges with being a designer in an African village, I enjoy the process of finding creative solutions.
\nWhen I\u2019m not designing or sewing, I\u2019m busy planting trees in our nursery or out building fuel-efficient eco cooking stoves as part of Zoona Nova\u2019s environmental education community outreach activities.<\/p>\n

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