On a day like any other at Springville Junior High School, Mrs. Diane Bird, a sewing teacher, starts the first assignment in her eighth-grade sewing classes to make pajama pants. She has two classes with about 25 students in each class. Her two classes have worked on their projects for about six days now and are starting to finish their masterpieces.
Mrs. Bird enjoys teaching sewing because “It's hands on so you’re not just sitting around, and you can’t fake doing the assignment.” The students chose between flannel or cotton for their fabric and then went through the six steps of the sewing process, which are: fit the pattern, lay it out, cut it out, inner seams, outer seams, casing and hem. All this work ends up to be a pair of pajamas that students can wear to bed or anywhere they want to wear them.
Sarah Kieffer, an eighth-grade student at SJHS, said that “It’s fun to sew because you can do whatever pattern and whatever fabric you want and you can do cool designs too.”According to most of the students, they like the sewing class because they can hang with friends and make something they can not only wear, but use.
The sewing class’s first assignment is coming to an end, and they are finishing off their projects. The students will probably start wearing their new pajamas around the school to show off their creations. So for all you students going into sewing next term, be ready to make pajamas and have fun in the sewing class. Good luck sewing students and don’t sew your fingers together!