Homs-Sana
“Recycling the remnants of cloth and old clothes makes me feel happy. It derives from the smile of a child. I made new clothes for him or a cloth doll for a girl who cannot buy a new toy. I sell my work at symbolic prices that secure me a simple financial return, and sometimes I give it as free aid.” With these phrases, Manal Ibrahim Al-Shiny spoke about her hobby, which It has become a small project that continues to work on its development.
Al-Shini, from the village of Al-Darda’ in Homs, explained in an interview with SANA that her project, which she started in a room in her house, is an old hobby that is 15 years old. A sewing machine with a tool bag was an essential step for her start-up five years ago.
The remnants of cloth and old clothes are transformed between Manal’s fingers into clothes, bags, dolls in various shapes and new pieces of cloth adornment after adding buttons, threads and colored ribbons according to modern designs keen to introduce them, giving them a new brilliance, as she put it.
Al-Sheni, who works as a teacher in one of the schools in her village, says that the first pieces that she sewed were for her family members and some friends, and then she began receiving advice and making gifts. to which you were invited.
In addition to her work as a teacher, Al-Shini continues to learn new ways of types of handicrafts via the Internet, such as crochet, hook work, and making models of children's toys and gifts, stressing that her dream knows no limits. Own sewing workshop.
Mehran Mualla