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| Hard at work |
The first week of August was my last camp for the summer. I had three beginning students and one returning student. The returning student, Norah, was signed up to do the Travel Time camp the previous week but at the last minute, the other girl dropped out. I offered to let Norah come to Beginning Camp week as I had an opening. She was able to come and so I taught two different camps at the same time.
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| Leilah and her pillow |
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| Kylee and her pillow |
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| Lia and her pillow |
The girls learned how to use a sewing machine, sew straight lines and pivot corners and then made their patchwork pillows. Leilah was having a hard time choosing her squares for her pillow, so the others helped her choose a pleasing design.
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| Leilah and her drawstring bag |
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| Kylee and her drawstring bag |
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| Lia and her drawstring bag |
Next up was learning the zigzag stitch and about edge finishes. Then they made their drawstring bags. They all quickly mastered the threading of the ribbon through the casing.
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| Lia and her book bag |
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| Leilah and her book bag |
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| Kylee and her book bag |
Last up was learning about sewing curves and turning a tube of fabric. Leilah had a little trouble with that but Lia was able to help her figure it out.
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| Norah and her organizer |
Meanwhile, Norah was hard at work on her projects. First up was an organizer that had zippers and vinyl pockets. It also had bias binding around the edges. She mastered all of those techniques. Sewing with vinyl is not easy.
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| Cord taco and luggage tag |
Next up were a cord taco where she used fusible web and a zigzag edge finish. She also was able to pound in a snap. Then a luggage tag with more vinyl and a buttonhole.
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| Norah and her vinyl pouch |
The last project was a zippered vinyl bag, more vinyl sewing and another zipper.
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| Card wallet |
Norah worked so quickly she was able to also make a card wallet with fusible interfacing and a velcro closure.
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| Leilah's projects |
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| Kylee's projects |
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| Lia's projects |
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| Norah's projects |
Look at all the projects the girls finished in just four days. I was so proud of how they worked together including the times they had to wait while I was helping someone else. I will have a few weeks off before starting with the after school sewing. I will spend that time cleaning up my sewing room from all the craziness of the summer plus spend a few days with the two oldest grandkids and take a little vacation with my husband.
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