Sewing lesson :>

A lesson plan to teach how to sew like a sewing machine by:

Maryam Alamzadeh

Bridge:

I am in no doubt that we have had situations that we bought something and it was either too big or too long. Today I want to show you how to do your own alterations without using a sewing machine. My focus it to teach you how to sew properly by hand so that you can save money.

Teaching object:

In order to sew, all you need is a needle and thread. They can be bought from Walmart, home-Sense, and most of other places.

Pretest:

Before getting to this, I would like to know how many people are familiar with sewing , or if anyone has ever worked with a needle and thread?

Learning Object:

• First, we need to know how much thread we are required.
• Then we pass the thread through the eye of the needle which sometimes is not an easy task to do and we make the thread even from both sides of the needle’s eye. Then, make a nod at the end of the thread. The size of the nod has to be big enough so that it doesn’t pass through the material while sewing.
• In order to make sure we are sewing the right place, we can draw the patter that we want to sew by a dry soap since it is easier to erase.
• The place that we start sewing is 2 cm from the origin. we leave about 2 cm space from the begging of our line and push the needle from underneath the material toward up and pull it fully out.
• Instead of going forward we go backward to the origin about that 2 cm that we left at the beginning, then in order to fill it with our thread, or sew it, we push the needle in from above ( since our needle is above the material now ) .
• Now we sewed a little dash and the needle is now located underneath the material.Think about a 2 cm space after the dash-line that we just sew and push the needle from beneath to there. Pull the needle fully out and go backward to the end of the dash-line that you just sewed.
• Continue the same patter. Think about drawing a spring on a horizontal line. Your material is that line and your hand movement is exactly like drawing a spring.

Participatory:

Now I would like you all to try it out and if you have any question please don’t hesitate to ask me. I will give you 2 min to make your first dash-line.

Test assessment:

Now I would like to see how you all did to make sure everybody understands the process.

Summery:

The best way of fixing your clothes if you don’t have a sewing machine handy is to sew them by hands. This way you can save more money and enjoy your work as well.

by Maryam Alamzadeh