Got off to a great start!

It was great to get started back with classes today. It was a busy day, but fun!

We all enjoyed looking at the projects that each of you made over the summer. I can see a good sense of color and texture in the fabrics that you chose for the items that you brought in to share. There was a lot of creativity in the projects themselves - so good job!

For next week, bring a yard or two of washed muslin. The really cheap kind at Wal-Mart is very hard to work with. I would get the "wrinkle" resistant type at Wal-Mart. Wash and dry it, press if necessary and bring to class so we can cut strips for practicing new and old techniques.

Be sure and bring all of your sewing supplies next week, and your sewing machines.

The vocab words for next week: muslin - look it up and come back to report what it is, where it originated from, what it is commonly used for, and how it got its name.

If you have the manual to your sewing machine, please bring that to class. Every machine is a bit different than the next. They thread differently and have special features that we should learn about.

A spool of black and white thread would be great to have. If you have other colors around the house, just bring a dark and a light color.

It was a pleasure to work with you all today and I look forward to the semester.

See you Tuesday!

Mrs. Bachert