I moved from Anchorage to Wasilla in March 2004. I tried to look for work as a bookkeeper and didn't have any luck so I decided that I would create a job for myself. I use to do alterations for several exclusive stores in Anchorage. I worked with Kay Larkin in preparing Miss Alaska's warddrobe for The Miss America competition.
I figured that fitting and sewing was one talent that I was really good at so why not open an alteration shop. Sewing is a passion in my life and although I didn't learn how to sew from a book or a school I feel that what I have learned from all the years that I have spent sewing is more valuable.
I opened Mila's Alterations in October 2004. At first I started with 2 sewing machines which were almost 20 years old. I took a bunch of stuff from my house and tried to make my shop as cozy as I could.
Bo. Camparang Tubabao, Where I come from
This is how it looks today