Sewing Creatively and Buffering Math and Comprehension Skills

Funded Nov 25, 2023

Thanks for giving students the chance to learn how to sew. We (Mrs. Williams, Ms. Reid-Campbell and I) should have started our students off in the latter part of last year but the students were reassigned to other enrichment courses, because there were some "hiccups" that caused us to get the machines around the middle of January, making it a task to get our student group back together.

Students are enthusiastic and others were disappointed that our maximum number of students is six. They were pleasantly surprised when we unveiled the sewing machines, each with a storage bag and basic accessories for sewing. They wanted to start sewing right away but they had to acquire preparatory knowledge such as attaching the sewing table and threading the machine. Students were most enthusiastic when they got to practice measuring and then cutting rectangular pieces of materials that they sewed along the edges and then got ready for transforming into tote bags but decided that they wanted different color cloth for their projects which, we decided to provide them with.

They look forward to use 'different color materials' to make personalized tote bags, hijabs, and other simple headwear.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Reid