A Failed Project Isn't A Failed Career.

"No man is an island," so my teacher said while I was still in high school, but I keep trying my best to attain perfection in my chosen career which is tailoring.

There have the good days and not-so-good days, but every mistake brings me one step closer to perfectionism.

Have you heard that in fashion, a mistake can be a style? I bet you've not met crazy clients, some clients are so mean that they don't care how much you try to paint your mistake to be another style, all they want is what they want.

In my fashion journey, I have encountered a lot of clients and reactions and today I would love to share with you a DIY project that went wrong many years ago.

I got a call from a friend that her younger sister wanted to make a peplum top and an a-line skirt and I needed to take her body measurement ASAP.

Truth was, I wasn't close to home so I asked her to visit a nearby tailor to take her measurements and send them to me, oh no!! That was the biggest mistake of my profession.

After a few hours, the measurement was sent to me and the fabric was also received and then I proceeded to work with the measurement I got.

With so much zeal, I began to cut the peplum top using the measurement and also the A-line skirt using the measurement.

One thing I didn't also take seriously at the start of my fashion career was how neat the inside of my outfit should be. I focused more on the outside and that also cost me a lot.

Fast-forward to after making the dress, I was excited at the sight of the outfit but then I had no dummies (mannequin) to fit it on to see my mistake before my client arrived.

She called me to ask if her dress was ready and I was excited to have her come to fit her dress.

As soon as she fitted the dress, her facial expression changed and it was giving, I don't like this dress at all.

She began to complain badly about the skirt how short the peplum was and how the inside of her outfit was.

It dawned on me that the whole shit went wrong, but it was probably too late to begin to cut and readjust as the fabric was finished to start with.

I apologized a million times, but I figured out that the outcome of the dress was a result of an inaccurate body measurement.

I didn't let that mistake dampen my zeal, so I ensured I did better in my next project, I took the neatness of the inside of my project as a priority and no matter how busy I was, I ensured to take my client's body measurement myself.

I shared this story because most times many people only love to share their own job with the world, but if sometimes we share how many times we've fallen on the way and how we are determined to get back, it will go a long way to remind us that we are all work in progress and that failure is a major part of growth.

If that mistake hadn't occurred I was sure I wouldn't have learned my season by now.

Have you seen my latest A-line designs? Omg!! One of these days I'll share with you how classy they look and whenever I see how happy my clients are rocking an A-line dress or skirt I remember this particular project that went wrong which fields my zeal to be a better designer.

How about you? Ever had an awful DIY project experience? Well, don't give up on yourself, it will get better.