Sewing Lessons
There were a couple steps Mom and I had to go through before we could start.
First Mom and I had to pick the fabric out. We used two colors. On was a fabric made from cotton and as thin as a shower curtain with a pattern that consists 98% of pink and red Daisies and 2% of yellow ones. The second one was made from the same material as the first one was. The pattern was little yellow ovals arranged in such a way that the front end of the ovals were facing a red dot. The completed pattern represented flowers and used circular symmetry.
Next, Mom threaded the sewing machine. Threading the machine is really complicated to explain. When she was done, we had to use pins to hold the peices of fabric to each other. Then I sewed them together. When the pins were too close to the needle I would take them out.
We repeated the pattern 3 times and then made a tube for some elastic to run though. To do that Mom folded the edge of the the fabric to create the tube and ironed it down so it would stay. Then I sewed the tube together. I sewed the last thing, the hem, and presto I was done!!! Can you guess what I made? That’s right, a doggie-bag dispenser.
The most important thing was that I had a good time with my mom and that is also why my first sewing lesson was so great.
You know, kiddo. A few of my friends would like to have one of these. I bet if you made a few up we could sell them on etsy!
That’s really cool! I’m sewing (or was) a quilt! My mom taught me how to hand stitch and also how to machine sew, and I think it’s tons of fun. I’m so glad you got to try it!
Georges,
I like your sewing projects. I had a sewing project in school when I was about your age. It wasd’nt as neat as yours, nor as sophisticated. We had to hand sew a bag. It was made from a particular cloth (I can’t remember the name) that had a basket-type weave. We used this weave to decorate the bag with yarn. Also, we had to do this at home. Well, my mom thought that the handle needed to be jazzed up with crochet-work. I was really embarassed when I took it to shcool because everyone would know that I didn’t do that part. It wasn’t funny then, but it is kinda funny now.
GpR