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After-School Pattern-Making and Sewing Club! Math and Art!

My students need supplies for an after-school pattern-making and sewing club which will bring mathematics and art together in holy matrimony!

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My Students

My students represent a culturally, economically, and racially diverse student body. A large number of my students are first generation Americans and will be the first generation to attend college. The student body is approximately 57% female and 43% male; 30% Caucasian, 27% Hispanic, 25% African-American, 10% Asian and 8% Other. Approximately 46% are eligible for free or reduced lunch. Approximately 5% of our scholars participate in the ASD NEST program, which was created in collaboration with NYU for higher functioning students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

My Project

If this project is funded I will be able to run an after-school flat pattern-making club which will allow students to draft up patterns for skirts, bodices, sleeves, collars, and pants before sewing them in muslin. Students will use mathematics and learn to use a variety of tools with precision while fueling their fashion designer dreams!

Students will meet once per week after school for an hour.

We will begin the course by drafting the basic skirt sloper, either for students' own measurements, a friend's, or a standard industry-sized model. From here students will learn how to move darts and manipulate the sloper to add volume (i.e. flared skirt, circle skirt), pleats, ruffles, gathers, godets, style lines, etc. We will then move to creating and manipulating the basic bodice sloper, before learning to add a variety of sleeves and collars.

As a teacher with a background in the Arts I am a firm believer in the power of an Arts curriculum in school; as a current Math teacher I can think of no better form of art that combines both fields in an accessible way.

Ms. Graham Millennium Brooklyn High School Grades 9-12

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brother HC1850 Computerized Sewing and Quilting Machine with 130 Built-in Stitches, 8 Presser Feet, Sewing Font, Wide Table, and Instructional DVD • Amazon Business $190.00 1 $190.00
Bee Paper White Sketch and Trace Roll, 24-Inch by 50-Yards • Amazon Business $15.85 4 $63.40
Brother 5300 Universal Sewing Machine Carrying Case • Amazon Business $24.93 1 $24.93
Westcott 18" 8ths Beveled Ruler • Amazon Business $8.18 3 $24.54
Sew-All Thread 547 Yards-Nu White • Amazon Business $4.09 5 $20.45
Fairgate Vary Form, 24 inch curve • Amazon Business $19.93 1 $19.93
Fairgate Aluminum Designer L-Square, 14 x 24 Inches (L106) • Amazon Business $18.98 1 $18.98
BLACK+DECKER IR03V Easy Steam Compact Iron, Blue • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
RED SARAL WAX-FREE Transfer (Tracing) Paper For Precision Tracing on any Surface-12 inches x 12 foot roll • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
YIYATOO 30 Inch (75cm) Flexible Curve Ruler Flex Design Rule, Ideal for use: engineering drawing, design graphics, garment design, all kinds of painting • Amazon Business $14.55 1 $14.55
Honey-Can-Do BRD-01435 Collapsible Tabletop Ironing Board with Pull out Iron Rest • Amazon Business $13.25 1 $13.25
Sparco Invisible Tape, 3/4 x 1000 Inches, 1-Inch Core, 12-Pack, Clear (SPR60050) • Amazon Business $12.92 1 $12.92
CCR Scissors 8 Inch Soft Comfort-Grip Handles Sharp Titanium Blades, 4-Pack • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Columbian Clasp Envelopes, 9 x 12 Inches, Brown Kraft, 100 Per Box (CO790) • Amazon Business $8.45 1 $8.45
Needle Point Tracing Wheel • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Lance French Curve, 9" • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
Euro-Notions Universal Machine Needles • Amazon Business $5.41 1 $5.41
Dritz Dressmaker Pins, Size 17, 750-Pack • Amazon Business $3.30 1 $3.30

Materials cost

$472.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.84

Total project goal

$598.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.92

7 Donors

-$411.00

Donations toward project cost

-$356.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.15

Matching donations from our partners

-$179.09

Match offers toward project cost

-$152.23

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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