I totally loved all your reactions to the chemise. You guys totally crack me up. I am proof that everyone has a bad sewing day every now and then!
I taught my first sewing lesson at the Bobbin’s Nest on Sunday. I had two women for two hours who had never used a sewing machine before, and the three of us had so much fun! For the project we basically made this messenger tote bag. I think this is a great method for making a bag, with lots of straight seams and very little fussing involved. Perfect for beginners!
We didn’t get done, unfortunately, but we got far enough that I feel pretty confident they can finish the bags at home — if the one with the sewing machine can find the parts she was missing! She couldn’t use her machine at the lesson because she didn’t have the little disc needed to keep the spool on the post, and the discs from our machines didn’t fit.
On Saturday I spent some time making one of these bags and writing up instructions for them so I would know exactly how it was going to go. The bonus for doing that is that now I have a cute bag as well! Sweet!
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The first meeting of the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild will be Tuesday, February 16 at 7pm at the Redwood City Public Library Main Branch Community Room. I hope to see some of you there!
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Glad to hear the class went well. Its fun teaching beginners. You realise how much you’ve learnt over the years. I just taught my first class today too. It was fun. One of the women’s machines wasn’t working either, so she used mine. I was surprised how fast they all picked it up.
By the way, the bag looks great! Love denyse’s fabric.
It is so much fun to teach beginners! Great bag project, I bet those ladies were so excited to have finished a project!
I’m working on a sewing community project with http://www.WeAllSew.com that I think you’d like! We link sewers to resources and each other on the web, updating everything on a weekly basis.
It’s so great that you had a good time with your students — it requires lots of patience, but it can be a great experience when the people are fun. Good idea to do the messenger bag, and I think it’s nice that you put so much thought into preparing for the class.