There is something beautiful about stripping back layers and taking a look at something in its rawness. In this article on my series on the power of sewing on The Thread Blog, I tell the story about disobeying my parents and trying to grow dreadlocks while they were on vacation, and then shaving my head 10 years later.
This article is all about when we are willing to look at things in the rawness and to get to know them, our appreciation and love grows. That’s the power of getting to know our own bodies, the power of sewing for them.
Here’s an excerpt:
You get to fall in love with yourself. You scrape off old paint (clothes that don’t fit you perfectly) to discover the unmatched beauty of the natural wood underneath. That’s who you are – you are unmatched beauty.