okay I remember vividly the time I want to help my cousin sister learn how to sew because I am a nurse and I am also a fashion designer like a professional fashion designer yeah so she was intending to learn how to sew because she she does not have anything she’s doing she has graduated and there’s no job unemployment so she decided to venture into business and then she seek for my help to teach her how to make clothes, draft out design, cutting off patterns and all those things. So she faced a lot of difficulties with drafting of pattern and clothes cutting. That is the hardest part of fashion designing. After cutting it is quite easy You just have to join it together, but the the drawing of pattern the embellishments the cutting aspects Was so difficult to her. She had to put up a lot of effort I have to teach her we teach and we teach over and over again before she can eventually capture it and Continuously, I am still giving her lectures because this business and this so in a fashion design business is not something that you learn in a day for example the way technology is going every day that is how fashion industries are improving every day so you have to be up to date about everything that is going on so most of the time when I see a new design or anything that is new to our nature of job I study it most of the time on YouTube sometimes I pay to study it from a professional I can get it most of the time on tiktok facebook youtube so anytime I see a new design like that I forward it to her and I give her multiple assignments on it because the more she keep practicing the more she will know it There is a word I said You have to keep practicing keep going before you eventually become a master practice make perfect. Yes practice makes perfect So if you continue practicing you will get used to read so she continue practicing and eventually she is now approved
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Okay, I remember vividly the time I helped my cousin sister learn how to sew because I am a nurse and I am also a professional fashion designer. She was intending to learn how to sew because she did not have anything she was doing. She had graduated, and there was no job due to unemployment, so she decided to venture into business and sought my help to teach her how to make clothes, draft designs, and cut patterns. She faced a lot of difficulties with drafting patterns and cutting clothes. That is the hardest part of fashion designing. After cutting, it is quite easy; you just have to join it together. However, the drawing of patterns, the embellishments, and the cutting aspects were very difficult for her. She had to put in a lot of effort. I had to teach her repeatedly before she could eventually grasp it. Continuously, I am still giving her lessons because this sewing and fashion design business is not something you learn in a day. For example, the way technology is advancing every day is how the fashion industry is improving as well, so you have to be up to date with everything that is going on. Most of the time, when I see a new design or anything new related to our job, I study it, often on YouTube. Sometimes I pay to learn from a professional. I can find resources on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. Whenever I see a new design, I forward it to her and give her multiple assignments on it because the more she practices, the more she will understand it. There is a saying: you have to keep practicing and keep going before you eventually become a master. Practice makes perfect. Yes, practice makes perfect. So if you continue practicing, you will get used to it. She continued practicing, and eventually, she is now improving.
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