Home Ec projects?
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I made my first dress when I was in 7th grade. No Home-Ec class yet; just my mom and the pattern instructions. It was yellow with a full circle skirt gathered to the bodice with double ruffles for the cap sleeves and gathers at the neckline. I sat under the shade tree hand-stitching the miles of that hem. I wore it to church a lot.
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My school only offered home ec for a half-year, paired with another class for the other half-year. So I took a home ec / woodshop combo, which was kind of strange but I enjoyed both halves.
Home ec was split into halves, one quarter was cooking, the other quarter was sewing. We only did one sewing project because we had so little time - you could make either a pair of shorts or a duffel bag. I picked the duffel bag. It actually turned out pretty good, but we'd bought very cheap fabric so it fell apart not long after I started using it. The fabric just shredded.
I can't remember anything about any practice or instruction before diving in on our projects. But my grandmother had been teaching me to sew for years, so I might have just forgotten (or stubbornly not done) that work!
I do remember I was really good at threading the machines compared to my classmates.
Home ec was split into halves, one quarter was cooking, the other quarter was sewing. We only did one sewing project because we had so little time - you could make either a pair of shorts or a duffel bag. I picked the duffel bag. It actually turned out pretty good, but we'd bought very cheap fabric so it fell apart not long after I started using it. The fabric just shredded.
I can't remember anything about any practice or instruction before diving in on our projects. But my grandmother had been teaching me to sew for years, so I might have just forgotten (or stubbornly not done) that work!
I do remember I was really good at threading the machines compared to my classmates.
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