It is a normal thing for everyone to love their country no matter what happens there. And since it was our Country's independent day yesterday I will rather overlook all the negative things surrounding us and chose to stay positive.
I love my country regardless ❤

Nigeria is bad
A terrible place to be
That's what you all must have been told and I can say that the opinions people have about this country is heart breaking nevertheless have you looked around to see that there are still some good people here.

If I was a terrible person, you won't find me on a significant and important blockchain as Hive.
I also have a good number of my country people here and it is super delightful to see this people living their best lives and impacting others. We cannot be all bad people and I mean that with my full chest 😍😀.

Therein is our ray of Hope 💖

You must have also heard of the corruption's and Bad governance/leadership in the country,this happens everywhere as well but our might just be on a higher level but like I have heard in the past that every country deserves the leader they get meaning that we have poor and corrupt leaders because are good number of our population are also corrupt.

You may never know your true color or what you are capable of doing until you are placed in a position of power. Maybe severe poverty can make any poor man wish to hurdle all the food and resources in the country. And maybe this is why the leaders are embezzling more for themselves and their children yet to be born.

The way out for my people.

One suggestion and the way out for my people is to grow children with the correct mindset and a heart of service. Definitely this generation will pass away and the leaders will see today won't be there tomorrow.
We should train our children to love and cherish each other rich or poor, they should do away with bullying, stigmatism and tribalism.
A changed mindset will save the future.

Moving on

Yesterday was a special day and with hope alive we were asked to be dressed as patriotic citizens in the country's color.
And like you have seen from above

It was time to do some recycle project. I didn't want to purchase more fabrics for any projects when I have so many scraps that are occupying space in the house.
When you have too many unused clothes or fabrics scraps in the house, it occupies space and makes the room more disorganized.

So instead of purchasing a new fabric to make my independent day outfit, I decided to be creative around what is available in the house.
Checkout all the scraps of green I pulled out

There are different shades of green and the interesting one is a green we now call "Nigerian green" as if Nigerians invented it 😂

I have this white shirt I haven't worn ever since I bought it, what idea can possibly turn this to something in green and white and wearable on a skirt.

This is what I have done.
After ironing it out having been left squeezed in my box for almost two years now 😀😆.

I pleated in some tulle in two rows upon it and a touch of embroidery.

To complement this with a cap I picked this old cap I have sewn in the past an reworked it removing the red embellishments and replacing them with green.

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The cap was very dirty and I was hoping to see a dry cleaner who will help me clean this up before yesterday church service.
My dress and cap can go on any skirt of matching color, since I only wanted a touch of green and white ☺☺☺

The church service was marked yesterday 1st October, a new month and independent day for Nigeria with alot of intercessory prayers for the country.
I was lost in worship and didn't take the time to have a shot in my outfit.

The country may be terrible place today but there is a ray of hope that not everyone is bad and that we can nurture the next generation to be better rather than migrating to other country to overpopulate the place since people in this world believe that there is a better life and developed facilities there.

Shout out to every patriotic citizen out there. Keep been good and hope alive for the future ahead. 

This is one recycle work I found so much joy sewing and as simple as it look, the shirt became useful abd every other material 😍❤💖
And apology to my needlework family for bothering you with a bit about my country.