I did have a diploma for ECE, but I’d done that before and I didn’t really want to do that again, because I have my own kids to raise. “When I first started, I didn’t know what skills I had except sewing. “I was getting a separation at the time and I needed some way to support me and the kids,” explained McRae. In 2011 McRae faced a personal challenge with a marital separation, leaving her looking for something she could do that would provide her and her children with income, while still maintaining some flexibility. However, with her own kids at home McRae shifted gears and devoted her time to raising them and doing repair and alteration work for the local dry cleaners.
They moved to Kamloops and they keep coming back here to get their sewing done.”Īlthough she was always passionate about sewing and creating, McRae decided to pursue a career in Early Childhood Education, becoming an ECE. “In fact, I have one customer that moved away, and they keep coming back. “Everybody tells me I’m a life saver, because they don’t have to go to Kamloops,” McRae joked. Many people in the community have come to rely on McRae’s dexterity with a needle and thread, and over the years she has gained a repeat customer base who call her a “life saver”. Not everybody can do it on their home machine because it’s a heavy fabric, but I have a heavy-duty machine.” “A lot of zipper repairs for winter jackets, a lot of hemming of jeans. “I do grad dresses, I do wedding dresses, I’ve done a little bit of everything it seems,” said McRae.
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