Sewing Day with Shayna Shusterman

It was a date set up after the Taste of the Town fundraiser. Shayna had decided she wanted to make a skirt for her sewing day project. There were a few things to consider: fabric selection (pattern if any, and color) pattern, and size. We went to Jo Ann Fabrics and Shayna selected a pattern, but when we went to look for it, they did not have her size, so back to the books to select another pattern. Luckily Shayna adjusted and found another skirt she wanted to make. After this selection looked for the number in the Simplicity files and she looked through the numerically filed patterns and found the one she wanted. Now that we had the perfect skirt we had to find the perfect material. Shayna already knew she wanted the color pink so we looked for pink materials and she quickly found the fabric pattern she wanted.

So what else did she need to start sewing? Well, we needed thread the same color, elastic, and the ever important ribbon. Shayna found the perfect ribbon, I must say to embellish the skirt a bit. We were all set for our sewing adventure and headed home to Shayna's house for our fun day of sewing. Shayna soon discovered all the steps we needed to do. First we had to find the letters that matched the skirt pattern she selected, AFE. The pattern pieces have different numbers on them because with this pattern there a various sizes. 3 -8. We cut it along the lines representing size 8. I cut the pattern pieces and then Shayna placed the pattern on the material looking carefully at the instructions for placement on the 'fold' and the pinning began. She was very careful in pinning.

"When will we actually start sewing?" Shayna wondered. Soon, but there are many steps one needs to take before the sewing begins. We looked at the string and on the sewing machine did not match the skirt. So we needed to change the string and prepare the bobbin. Shayna could put the foot to the metal and go very fast when preparing that bobbin. That was fun! It was a lot of work, but as one can see Seamstress Shayna did an excellent job making her skirt. Thank you Shayna for a fun filled day!