Okay so there were some roadblocks that came up in this project that I was definitely not anticipating. The first roadblock I encountered was that I did not have access to a sewing machine. I left for spring break and my mom said she would have the sewing machine up and running when I returned (it was missing two bolts apparently). When I returned the sewing machine was not ready and I needed to establish a new plan. Luckily, my mom has several contacts that sew, so I was able to call one up and ask if she would mind letting me utilize her sewing machine. This was great because she is a wonderful sewer and became one of my biggest resources. She analyzed the pattern that I had got from the blog and had lots of changes in mind. The first was that the skirt, top and straps should be double sided in order to be more durable. I started off by cutting an extra piece of each. The first piece I began with was sewing the straps. My now sewing mentor, Kathy, showed me the "inside out" trick. So you sew the inside and then you use a tool to turn it inside out. This makes the sewing much more clean. The other modification that we made to the instructions were to gather the skirt so that it would look more structured when we put it on. I played with different types of stitches (zig zag, regular and played with smaller verse larger spacing of the thread). It was an awesome learning experience because it was so similar to teaching. We took instructions (or say a lesson) and we scaffolded and manipulated the instructions to make them more efficient.
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