But lunch doesn’t see her put up her feet and take a breather. “That’s when I conceptualise and take down orders for the day,” the designer says as she runs us through the next couple of hours spent on coordinating fabrics, gotas, sequins, cuts and silhouettes on paper.

“Usually masterji sits with me as I go about giving instructions,” says Grewal who has another workshop in Sector 45 supervised by yet another tailor on her rolls. Post five in the evening, ladies troop in again as the designer goes about showcasing ensembles and listing out ideas. Sometimes such “sessions” run into hours over many cups of coffee. “I make sure my last appointment ends around 7 or 7:30 pm,” she says.

She sits with masterji once again to finalise and chalk out the next course of action. “Once I am done, I roll down the shutters around 8:30pm,” before she heads back home in Mohali to check up on the boys and their homework. “Once I have tucked them into bed around 9 pm, I take a breather,” wraps up Babi who, apart from daily chores, also travels extensively, picking up fabrics and embellishments before the start of each season.

Didn’t someone say life comes to a full circle!