So...
I promised I would teach the grade seven to nine girls sewing this year. Chris Boese and I are doing it together and we are so enthused! She came for a cup of chai this morning and a big long meeting and discussion on it all.
We're going to get the girls to sew a basic princess seam dress with an invisible zipper. We're planning to buy a basic pattern for each of them and measure and fit it to them so they have something to take home. Also, we're planning on doing the basic folder with many different swatches of fabric types and many different sewing techniques.
Here's our list:
1. Measurements
2. Cut & glue fabric
3. Sew in a square (around and around, practicing straight stitching)
4. Sew in a spiral
5. Plain seam, ironed open
6. Flat felled seam
7. Finished seam - overcast edge and zigzag edge
8. finished seam - serge
9. French seam
10. iron on interfacing - cotton & poly
11. dart
12. double pointed dart
13. graded seam
14. taped seam
15. pin-tucks
16. square and round collar - clipped, turned, under-stitched and pressed
17. bias neckline
18. stitch in the ditch
19. shirring
20. blind hem
21. hand hem
22. rolled top-stitched hem
23. loops
24. buttonholes
25. piecing four patch (matching corners)
26. elastic - in casing and zigzag
27. mitred corner
28. mend a tear with stitch witchery
29. zipper - regular and invisible
The school board ordered the CLE basic sewing course as well, so we are working together with that. Here's hoping eight classes will be enough!! I'm so very excited! This is just such a fun project!
And then there are some that aren't so much fun. We finally had our voting meeting for the year. We're finally done youth leaders and yup. Villa Board. And then lunch committee too! I cried. I honestly can't do it all. We found out that the sewing lunches all fall on the same weeks as home-ec for February and March, so we asked to be relieved of that obligation. I think lunch committee would be fun! BUT. We can't do everything. Amen.
Plus, I have random weird physical ailments at times which limit me at moments. (You probably know that about me but I don't like to talk about it.) I so very badly don't want to "crash-n-burn". Help us all!
So, anyway. I feel very very blessed to have a little bit of work to do. I'm very very thankful for a consecrated husband. I'm so very grateful for my health. I'm so thankful we have a working church. I lovety-love my little precious family and I'm EXCITED to teach home-ec this year.
The end.
For today.
Tell me please, what's happening in your realm?
Almost jealous of teaching Home-Ec! =)
ReplyDeleteHome Ec, me too! :)
ReplyDeleteSettling into life post-Edmonton trip
We were at job limit so we could relax when business meeting rolled around :) I wish you much courage...
We must swap home-ec stories! ;) Loved your post about that!
DeleteThat list looks phenomenal. I would be enthused about doing that, with YOU. And learning something myself.
ReplyDeleteOh I remember our sewing days... learning from Ronda & ?
ReplyDeleteWe also had some overwhelming moments at voting meeting and after some consideration & ranting & venting, we asked off. Someday maybe. Health is precious and crash-and-burn is NOT.
Oh, Jane! The memories! I laughed so much going over my book! I think Penny taught with Rhonda? And I'm relieved to hear that someone else says off too...
DeleteMy girls are looking forward to this sewing class SO much! I know you'll have fun. :)
ReplyDeleteI learned so much from my sewing classes as a girl. You probably have no idea what a difference you'll make in the life of some girl with a mom who doesn't sew. Seriously. Because sewing troubles can cause severe mental anguish!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I hear you on the random weird ailments that nobody really knows about. "I'm sorry, school board, I will be missing at least one day of school a month, for, um, because, um...well, I'll just be missing. Unless IT falls on a Sunday, of course, in which case you will all think I have a spiritual probable, and then I'll live in dread of someone coming to reprove me, in which case I'll have to explain... Oh, and did I mention, there may be occasional mental health days, as well? Which I really don't want to go into. What's that you say? You may not need my services after all?
"problem" not "probable".
ReplyDeleteI have a probable problem.
oh yes! this brought back memories of our sewing home-ec that Penny taught!! I wonder where my book is? I still CLEARLY remember that dress! And V. Gingerich's comment... I am laughing! but not really - too true.
ReplyDeleteI just knew of honestly have to warn the school board about the once a month demon...
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be a student for those fitting dresses!! Wow! Bless you and enjoy your girls like I'm enjoying my '11'!!
I don't even know what all those special seams are! Sounds like a fun class =)
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