my paj ntaub update as of 09.29.09
Posted on 29 September 2009
I had officially finished all the stitching and trimming of my paj ntaub, in fact I had finished it a few days ago, but because I had been lazy I haven’t been able to put it up. Truth be told, if I wasn’t so lazy towards the end of the sewing process I would had been completed at least a month ago, but I got lazy towards the end and started putting it off. Well I finally told myself how fast New Year is approaching so I finally was able to get it done.
I know there are some white space in my paj ntaub, but that’s how the example was and at the time, I was too new to really really change things up, but it’s all good. I am planning on doing another one soon!!
I had been searching for someone to sew my paj ntaub into the shirt and shay, but then the main lady I was hoping to ask is in California and will not be back until after the New Years and everyone else seems to charge an arm and an leg just to sew these together. With that being said, I had decided that, why spend about 50ish bucks to hire someone to sew the shirts and the shay when I can just learn it myself and make it. I found out that my Pauj (my dad’s sister) knows how to make these shirts and she was willing to teach me, she had said she would do it for free for me, but because New Years is approaching so fast and she has her daughters outfits and her son’s outfit to do, and not with that, but so many New Year celebrations to attend before the actual New Years she wasn’t able to do it for me (b/c she’ll have to do mines and my two sisters as well).
So today, I had spent the majority of the afternoon at her house sewing the shirt together. Boy it wasn’t as hard as I think, but very tricky. So far I had shown the main part of the shirt and the two sleeves, now I need to find a time to go back to her house to learn how to cut the opening of the shirt and the neck part. Once that is done I’ll be able to put the embroidery on the shirt and then work on the shay, but as the look of things, it’s looking great!! I can’t wait for the finish product!!!
1 Response to my paj ntaub update as of 09.29.09
wow.. how do you make times to do paj ntaub! ze.. i though this stuff takes months and month to do it..
hehe.. very beautifull job!.. lovin it.. you will be a perfect hmong wife someday.. hehe.. good job!