My mother…is a saint! She was such a patient and calm and understanding mother, it rocks my world now because I am *just* beginning to understand how much she had to deal with. I have 8 sisters and 5 brothers and was raised with 7 sisters and 3 brothers (the others were long grown; my folks are 25 years apart), there were a few years before the older ones went off to college that my parents had 11 kids in the house! Here I am with some of them, this is around ’80 or ’81, maybe even ’82. My mom would have been 33-35, the age I am now (33). I am the kid on the end standing up:

In addition to being wonderful and kind and patient, my mom also made us some rocking clothes. I’ve posted a few blogs about my making clothes, I make skirts and shirts and quilts and stuff. I get it from my mom, she taught me to sew when I was a kid and she used to not only make quilts and jumpers a lot but also made us easter dresses every year! for the longest time, up until I was about 12. Here is a pic of some dresses she made for Easter one year:

I am in the front on the left, next to me is my youngest sister and right behind us are 2 of my other sisters. Behind them are 4 of my cousins, who are my mom’s twin sister’s kids. My aunt also made their Easter dresses. I am sitting here in awe at the detail, and how much effort she must have put into it. I remember she would stay up late at night for weeks before easter to get our dresses done, but I didn’t realize when I was a kid how. much. work. this must have been. My mom is awesome!

Here’s a holiday dress I made for my daughter Iyende when she was 4, trying to emulate my mom. The ruffles were pre-made and I just sewed them on, and the bow I just sewed on in the middles and tied it after sewing. the top was from a t-shirt with sleeves, I just cut the sleeves down and added the skirt. You can’t see in this pic but the skirt also had the ruffles on it. The dress was ankle length. She loved it!:

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