Ulrich Shed Converted into Studio by International Seamstress
Updated: Jul 11, 2024
Betty Osae grew up in Ghana, Africa. Her training in sewing began at an early age, helping her mom with her side business of sewing uniforms for a local school. After Betty graduated from high school, she took a job as a travel agent while she considered her career and education options. Her older sister recommended she learn a skill so that Betty could be self-employed, rather than sign away her life to a corporation.
Betty didn’t want to be a seamstress but decided to humor her sister and do as she suggested. Betty quickly realized she loved sewing. She has worked with one of Ghana’s top designers, as well as a prestigious firm in London, sewing accessories for members of parliament.
Betty was able to join her husband in the U.S. and continued her sewing business from her home. However, the sewing supplies started to take over their home. Soon there was hardly a room in the house exempt from seamstress paraphernalia.
That’s when she started looking for a way to store her sewing things in the backyard. Betty had pretty well decided to purchase a shed from a national chain when she stumbled upon an Ulrich ad online. She was excited to learn there was an Ulrich location only about 20 minutes from her home.
With the help of sales consultant Aaron Jordan, she settled on a 10×16 Garden Cottage shed. After the building was delivered, she had it finished out on the inside with insulation, sheetrock, and heating and cooling.
If you call Betty’s backyard building a shed, she will correct you and inform you with a jolly laugh that it’s not a shed, it’s her studio! She fits clients, sews garments, and stores supplies in her studio.
Betty loves working with bright African prints. If you’re needing a bright new outfit for a special event, contact Betty via her Facebook page Shekina Creations Sewing Studio.
What a great story about Betty! I love how she went from helping her mom sew uniforms in Ghana to working with top designers in London - that's such an inspiring journey. The part about her sewing supplies taking over every room in the house really hit home for me; I had the same problem with my craft stuff before I finally got a dedicated space. Speaking of creative spaces, I've been looking for ways to unwind between projects lately, and I stumbled upon monumentvalley 3 online which has these gorgeous puzzle levels that feel like a nice mental break from sewing. Betty's shed studio looks like the perfect solution - maybe I need to look into something similar!
Lovely read. Betty's path is a great example — from helping her mom sew school uniforms in Ghana as a kid, to working with a London firm on accessories for members of parliament, that's quite a journey. I went through the same "supplies taking over the house" phase when I started doing alterations from home, so I really felt the part about sideways piles of fabric everywhere. The shed-turned-studio idea is honestly the smartest fix, and it's a nice touch that a store about 20 minutes away helped her finally get everything organized in one place. Between fittings these days I'll even squeeze in a few rounds of Cookie Clicker Unblocked
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