Why we love what we do
In my family creating clothes dates back many years and generations.
It all started when my mother decided to work from home making clothes to help my father with the expenses of raising a family. With three small daughters things were difficult. Like the saying goes “The load makes the donkey walk.”
My mother started making clothes thirty five years ago. At the beginning she made dresses and uniforms with only one sewing machine. I was eleven years old when she started her sewing workshop making under clothes, pajamas, bras and athletic wear.
She hired one helper. That is how Creaciones Tere was born. With my father’s help they began to sell the clothes in different towns-Cihuatlan and Puerto Vallarta. We lived in Tomatlan, Jalisco at that time. Little by little the business grew. Then she employed five seamstresses.
I loved everything she made. My mother taught me to sew and she let me use the sewing machines to make clothes for myself.
When I graduated from high school I joined the team and learned to use the industrial machines. I learned to do everything my mother and her seamstresses did. I designed my first bikinis. My sisters grew up and they also learned to sew. I knew they could learn and that they had potential.
They loved it and even started to design their own clothes!
My mother always taught us that if we wanted something we had to work for it and that there was always a reward to hard work. Everything was going well. We made a good team-my sisters, eight seamstresses and me in charge of the workshop and my mother in charge of sales. We had some very prosperous years until 2006 when the business began to decline. In 2008 we had to close the business. It was a very difficult decision for everyone involved. We simply couldn’t keep the business afloat.
After a year I knew I had to do something. Sewing was the only business I knew and I loved it. I decided to start again. My mom let me use the sewing machines. She said, “Daughter, there they are. Use them if you need them.” She didn’t want anything to do with the workshop anymore.
In 2009 I started to make swimsuits to sell. My friends loved them. They were my first clients. My friends and family have always been a very positive influence in this business. They bought my swimsuits and introduced me to the organizers of the farmer’s markets. And that is how Ty Bikinis y Mas began. With a small table where I sold swimsuits. Then I added dresses and blouses. Then I asked my family to join my team. Thank God it has been 11 years full of blessings.
We have learned a lot, putting our hearts into each piece we make in order to always offer our clients innovative, high quality clothes.
I’d like to say thank you to everyone who has ever helped me.
Thank you from the Moreno Chavez family.
