I recently had the opportunity to work with a group of young girls at our church to "kick start" their sewing adventures. What a delightful, enthusiastic group of 11 it turned out to be! They also turned out to be the children of some of my former first grade students! Now how old does that make me feel?
Most of them had little sewing experience, but they dove in with the attitude of "how hard could it be?" I had two adult assistants and 6 sewing machines. Some of the girls got to test drive our computerized Pfaffs and that was an experience in itself. They also were fascinated with the Fasturn tube for turning. (Most adults are amazed with this tool the first time they see it in use.)
Most of them chose to make fashionable belts. They were delighted with the "cool" fabrics I had brought and picked one or 2 colors for their project. They pinned and cut and stitched and turned and modeled! Some even got their first experience with a seam ripper! One astute young lady asked "If I press the reverse button, does it take out the stitches I just did?" Now wouldn't that be great! I think there is a budding engineer there!
The afternoon was a wonderful adventure for me and I hope for the girls. Click on the adjacent photo album for pics (I did not put in any names in case someone "unsavory" is reading this!)
Thanks for posting this class! I was pleased to see to "special girls" learning to sew! Absolutely loved the "reverse" comment!
Posted by: ellen | November 13, 2008 at 07:48 PM