"The Tailor..."

Another profession that amazes me are the tailors.  We have one tailor in particular that comes to the ship every Tuesday.  He does an incredible job.  Many crew members want African print clothing but in a western style.  So they present Foday (the tailor) with a picture, taken from the internet, of the style they would like.  Foday says:  "No problem" and returns in a week with almost the exact replica of the picture.

Most of the clothing that he makes ranges from 20 000 to 50 000 Leones.  (Translation $5-$12 USD)  He has a team of guys that work with him and they all do a spectacular job.
I greatly admire how they look at a piece of fabric, see a design for it, cut it and sew it to measurement.

If you look closely in the picture they have the old treadle sewing machines.  There are three machines in the shop.  It gets very crowded with more that 4 people in the shop.  With such simplicity in the shop, these guys do a magnificent job!