Zipper Pouch and More

Update on the "big reveal": The way that everything fell I had to change the blog reveal date. This Wednesday we will be done sewing accessories (more on that to come in future posts). So, it made sense to use the rest of the week on blogs.

Zipper Pouch: My students have been creating different sewing projects to prepare themselves to be able to sew from a pattern on their own. This project was no different. Main goal- Sewing in a zipper! This was the first time that I had an entire class learn how to sew in a zipper...I didn't even learn how to sew in a zipper in my high school fashion class. It was very successful!

The students went into the project very hopeful. Some quickly made it through the project and helped others, some made it through by the due date, some struggled through and had to come in on their time to finish. Either way, they all made it through and all the zipper pouches looked great!

This is one side of the pouch that has been sewed on one side of the zipper

We started off watching a video of instructions. We watched one step a day. I would stop the video at pivotal parts and go into in-depth explanation or point out small details. I think that helped them understand a little bit better.

Frustrations: My students may feel differently, but I think one of the biggest frustrations has been the zippers. Once the students sew all of the fabric on to create the pouch, they have to turn it right side out. This means that they have to unzip the zipper on the wrong side. Once we had a few students have this issue I turned the frustration into a celebration simply by having the students unzip the zipper halfway.

January Update: The post above I actually started in December, but one day turned into two and next thing I knew it was January and I still hadn't posted on my blog.

 

My students and I are now going to make it a weekly habit to blog. We will all blog every Friday. Each week they will have to have certain elements in their blog to get full points. Today we started out easy. Students needed to write a minimum of two paragraphs about what they are doing and insert two pictures in. I told my students that everything I have them do, I will do on my blog as well. So, stay tuned because we are going to try and do something different each post. If you would like to check out my student's blogs, I have linked them on the right-hand side of my blog.

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