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Working with The Sewing Teacher to bring more textiles resources to you! This resource is a Sewing Kit Checklist ready to hand to students so they can gather the required items to build their sewing kit before getting into the practical component of your class. It includes items such as:

• dressing making scissors
• tape measure
• dressmaker’s pencil
• pins
• spools of thread
• hand sewing needles
• universal sewing machine needles, and much more!

As well as extra space for you to get them to write in any specific items they may need for use in your class.

Once students have collected/purchased their sewing kit items, they will need a special holder that’s as individual as they are. That’s why there’s TWO introductory projects for students to complete as their introduction (or refresher!) to your sewing class which uses 1-2 fat flats (or fabric scraps). The first introductory project is a Zippered Box Pouch which has students measuring out their pattern template onto paper or pattern drafting material before covering the basic skills of pinning & cutting fabric, inserting a zipper, using a zipper foot, adding tabs for keyrings, straight and zigzag stitching, boxing corners and using a lining fabric. This project allows students to use any patterned outer fabric which is perfect for keeping track of who owns which sewing kit!

The second introductory project is a matching wrist pin cushion that allows students to keep track of their pins while sewing their projects so they don’t end up all over the floor or around the sewing machine, thus eliminating the WHS issue of pins lost all around the room. This project overs basic skills such as drawing their pattern template (a simple rectangle!), pinning & cutting fabric, straight stitching, turning through, measuring & marking fabric, filling a pin cushion, hand stitching and sewing on velcro.

Both projects include step by step instructions and photos to allow those more advanced students to move ahead more quickly!