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Betty in the midst of cloth she is batiking for the new Global Mamas girl's gypsy skirts.

Betty in the midst of cloth she is batiking for the new Global Mamas girl's gypsy skirts.

Betty Cato Cudjoe, Batiker
Batiking & Sewing Center (Cape Coast)

As a child, Betty Cato Cudjoe dreamt of owning her own business. Now married and with a daughter of her own, Betty is fulfilling her childhood dream as the owner of Betty Wax Batiks. She even jokes about how she will give her husband money when he needs it, instead of the other way around. In return, her husband supports her efforts willingly, often helping when Betty is backed up with orders.


Betty explains that people like wearing batik because of the fabric's own unique, handmade style. Betty has always been creative and finds her greatest pleasure in developing interesting and unusual designs. She imagines a pattern in her mind, and then she visualizes the complimenting colors. Betty's biggest challenge stems from producing a color that does not quite match her visualization, but she remains pragmatic. Instead of becoming frustrated, she painstakingly goes over the ingredients she used, and tries to figure out if she added too much of one ingredient, or too little of another. She works at it until she arrives at a high quality color and finished product. 


In the future Betty hopes to use her situation to help more women in Cape Coast achieve financial independence by giving them jobs and teaching them how to batik. Now that she has realized her own childhood dream, Betty is focused on achieving the dream she has made for her 1½ year old daughter, who she hopes will one day be a lawyer.


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