{"id":6356,"date":"2010-08-12T06:57:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2016-10-31T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T21:48:57","slug":"pillowcase-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/pillowcase-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Pillowcase Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Happy<\/a>
Happy Child<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Child and I worked on and finished his pillowcase. I wanted him to do several, but we won’t be doing that. My original idea was that he work on a project during the summer that was not screen related and would help or benefit someone else.<\/p>\n

\"Lining<\/a>
Lining Up the Pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We started on Thursday of last week. There are 3 pieces in the Twiddletails pattern<\/a>: the cuff, the trim and the main body of the pillowcase. The pain part of this project is lining up the 3 pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Pinning\"<\/a>
Pinning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The whole process was a challenge for him. Sewing is not high on the list of interesting activities for a 13 year old. The prospect of helping kids with cancer kept him there, but he had a hard time with the various parts of the process.<\/p>\n

It was interesting and a good lesson for me to show him what to do. Everything was so foreign to him. Pinning took forever and it started with me showing him how to stick a pin in the fabric layers to keep them all together. I was surprised that I found it so incomprehensible that he didn’t intuitively know this basic concept. Almost all of the steps of sewing are so ingrained in my being that working with someone who had no experience was an eye opener. It gave me some insight into some of what beginner quilters know and don’t know.<\/p>\n

\"Sewing<\/a>
Sewing the Burrito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Running the machine was not an attraction for my darling. He sewed carefully and slowly…for awhile. He had a hard time with the concept of not pushing the fabric through the machine, but letting the feed dogs do the work.<\/p>\n

\"As<\/a>
As You Sew, So Shall You Rip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He didn’t pay attention and wandered off where the seam line should be. He learned how to rip out his stitches.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>
First Success<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was able to finally finish sewing the burrito. If you can make it through the pinning and sewing with this pattern, the burrito creates the cuff, trim and body of the pillow case as one large piece. The Child had some trouble with the trim, but I didn’t feel like making him rip it out again. It is good enough. I plan to pin a note to this pillowcase saying that a teenager made it and it was his first sewing project.<\/p>\n

\"As<\/a>
As You Sew, So Shall You Rip 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After he sewed the burrito, I had him sew the first line of the main part of the pillowcase. He sped the machine up a little (I had it set to super slow) and his mind wandered. The seam, which started out a 1\/4″ away from the edge of the pillowcase ended up near the middle of the main part of the taco fabric. I didn’t look before I told him to backstitch, which ended up as a square spiral, also in the middle of the pillowcase. More ripping and unsewing. I did half for him and we took a week long break.<\/p>\n

\"Following<\/a>
Following the Line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday, we got back to it. I drew a line on the pillowcase that he could follow while sewing. Brilliant! The line was much easier for him to follow.<\/p>\n

\"Crazy<\/a>
Crazy Pillowcase Maker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, his hair has a life of its own, but here is The Child with his finished pillowcase. He left my workroom so fast I was surprised my head didn’t spin. Now I need to think of a new project for the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n

I really didn’t know I knew so much about sewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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