Monday, 26 October 2015

3, Making a skirt

Today’s assignment was to learn how to make a skirt. The teacher had prepared a pattern in size 92 (2 yrs) because she wanted the students to be able to finish faster than with a full size skirt. Most of the details are still the same, only smaller in size.

After cutting out the pattern pieces, the students started sewing the front pockets. This picture shows the first seam already sewn, and a student cutting small slits in the seam allowance to be able to turn the lining of the pocket.
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  1. Stephan28 October 2015 at 16:32

    Nice environment. Seeing all your images brings back memories of my father who owned a clothing manufacturing business for many years. You have great skill in what you do.

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  2. Anonymous31 October 2015 at 14:04

    Thank you for your nice comment Stephan.

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  3. Unknown3 November 2015 at 18:24

    Another lovely picture - love the detail of the girl's rubber band bracelets - they are popular here also at times. Making smaller sizes would mean they would need to be very accurate. Do they give the finished garments to family or friends or do they sell them? I agree with Stephan - a great skill set to have

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  4. Anonymous5 November 2015 at 05:08

    When they have finished the skirt they may keep it or give it to someone. They don't sell them, though the school has a small store.
    But the teachers are discussing the posibility to have the class make the uniforms for the students that are in the restaurant program, so maybe next year the first-graders will do that instead of sewing samples.

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  5. Anonymous7 November 2015 at 12:07

    That sounds like a great idea of an authentic task!
    It seems like the consumption of material is high, because its not possible to recycle the students product I suppose. I wonder how often you have to buy fabric and other materials? In my business (florist) we need to buy material at least ones a week and its a big part of planing the lesson.

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  6. Anonymous12 November 2015 at 02:31

    I don't know how often they buy fabric and other material, but since the fabric won't perish like your flowers, they have a room where they keep stock. Some fabric in there is really old and dusty... ;)
    One big advantage of making smaller sizes is also that they use a lot less material.

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