Home Ec projects?
I have the machine model I used in high school home economics class (Singer 404)(and the original seam ripper!) which got me to thinking about those projects
Well first we started out by sewing shapes and lines on paper, wonderful learning technique
Our first project was an apron. Probably 3/4 of a yard of fabric. edges were folded and stiched, then the fabric was stitched to itself leaving a huge pocket divided into four stitched down spaces. Top was folded over and stitched to create a sleeve to hold a curved plastic waistband.
No quilting, but those classes led to my passion for making quilts and started me off right on the basics that go into creating perfect seams, recognizing the warp and weft and how to make both work for us.
what was your first project?