Sixty and Soaring

I am really excited.  I picked up the abaya pattern and I am going to make my own test garment for my good friend Dara.  I found a lovely blue fabric that was not too expensive and we will see.  If it works out I will have two patterns to get sized.  Then they will [...]

I have not been blogging.  No one has been missing me, though.  Nevertheless, I did get the urge to write. On Monday I will be picking up some patterns.  I hope they fit and I can then get them sized.  I will try to make some garments my self also.
There are times when I feel [...]

I drove to Minnetonka and dropped off fabric at Helen’s house. She will make the test garment on the abaya. If all goes well I should be sending the two abaya patterns to the sizer. Now what I want to decide is should I or should I not take the to New York [...]

Things are moving along with getting Islamic patterns made. The abaya pattern is done and a test garment will be made. If all goes well I can send it off to be sized. I also need to get the art work done for the packaging.
I have a vacation scheduled soon and [...]

I thought some of you may not want to read all of my posts.  Maybe you might just want to read  my business posts and not about all of my other ramblings.  If it is NOT business related I will have “whatnot” as one of the categories.  I hope that will help.

Wow. With the help of a good friend I have now established a newsletter for my business ( DeZines By Zahra, in case you have forgotten). I have even learned to copy and paste. Yes, I hear your loud guffaws. And, yes, I should have learned that a long time [...]

If any of you are wondering what is happening in my business here is an update. I have had to really think about what I mean by Islamic and modest clothing. If any of you are Muslims you might question that also. I feel that for a woman to be Islamically dressed she should hide [...]

It is Sunday afternoon. My first post. Strangely, I, who am never at a loss for words, can think of nothing to say. I started this so I could map my road to entrepreneurship. I never in my life really believed I would start a business. Why bother. There are more businesses [...]