
We had to sew a qaspeq for our culture class.  A qaspeq is a traditional shirt that the Yup'ik women wear.  There are men's qaspeqs as well, but they generally only wear them when they dance. 

I had a hard time with the sewing.  I've never used a sewing machine before so this was a new experience for me and I struggled with it in the beginning.  After I got the hang of it, it was fine, but even then I didnt enjoy it.

Sewing is definitely not a hobby that I plan on taking up soon.  I made my kaspeq blue and yellow for our school colors (blue and gold).  I didnt follow the traditional pattern.  Usually it would only have one fabric, but I used two.

I have a new kaspeq to wear and it turned out really nice.  I have to wear it tonight for our cultural performance.  We will be singing, drumming, dancing, and displaying all of the artwork that we've completed this weekend.  Fun!
 
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