PMC's birthday is next Thursday... we made her a little bag to celebrate the gift she is!

From House of Faith Nov 01 09

I'll put journal entries in soon but, for now, here are the photos! I was so grateful to be able to enjoy the hospitality in Battambang... I loved the pace of that town!  

From Battambang Adventure 2009

From Battambang Adventure 2009

From Battambang Adventure 2009

From Mohm's Secret Garden Bag

To my surprise and delight, Mohm, the house hold helper, has been burning the candle at both ends to complete this bag before she heads out to Malaysia to be a domestic.  She said her eyes were sore from working so hard... She had the sarong and orange fabric last Tuesday and created 18 patches taking about an hour each... just shy of 3 per day... this on top of an already full work day of nearly 11 hours... all her free moments where devoted to this endeavor. I helped finish it up tonight... helping with the strap and the inserting the zipper using my little Juki. 

She was so grateful... and I was so gratified.  I would have never imagined quilting would bring this kind of enthusiasm with the twenty-something set, in my circles in Cambodia.

I had one woman mentioned she's been offered several sessions on classroom management skills to work with children yet she'd never been offered a class for a skill like this. I'm so pleased to bring this creative possibility into the lives of some. I'm especially touched when it is someone who is illiterate as I feel any creative expression can tell a piece of someone's story to the next generation in a beautiful way.