Kentucky Junior - Page 50

50
4-H Apparel and Textiles—Sewing
18 U. S. C. 707
4JD-01PB
University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture
• Non-Clothing Option—Using
Wild Ginger Soware, Inc. Wild
Things! soware program, select the
tote bag option and design a bag
that includes at least two pockets.
Minimum size requirement for the
tote bag is 12 inches in height and
12 inches in width. Be creative with
your design. See project sheet, page
59 for more specic requirements.
Keep a record of
what you have sewn
Ask your parent or leader to help you
ll out the “4-H Sewing Record” for
this project. Store it in a notebook to
review before you begin next year’s
sewing unit.
 Check off skills
you have learned
Make note of the skills you have
learned this year and check them o
on the “Suggested Skills and Tech-
niques to Learn” sheet.
What you will need:
 Equipment
• Sewing machine
• Serger (if available)
• Universal or ballpoint sewing
machine needles and/or regular
machine needles
• Basic sewing tool kit to
include:thread snips, tape measure,
sewing gauge, thimble, seam ripper,
dressmaker’s shears, dressmaker’s
pins and/or ballpoint pins, pin cush-
ion/magnet, thimble, hand sewing
needles (sharps and/or ballpoint)
• Iron and ironing board
• Invisible zipper foot
• Buonhole foot aachments for
sewing machine
• Cording foot
• Computer with Wild Things!
soware
• Printer with paper
Notions and Materials
• Paern*
• Fabric (see paern for exact
amount; your leader/teacher will
have some fabric suggestions)
• Thread to match fabric
• Interfacing suited to fabric
(see paern for exact amount)
• Zipper to match fabric
• Buons (match/coordinate with
fabric)
• Transparent tape for puing com-
puter printed paern together
* A commercial paern may be used for the
clothing option only. If using a knit fabric, be
sure to select a paern designed for knit using
the stretch gauge. A list of suggested paerns
will be available from your local county Exten-
sion oce each project year. Wild Things!
soware may be downloaded free from www.
wildginger.com.
SHARE
Show others what you have learned.
What you can do:
• Participate in your county Fashion
Revue
• Participate in your county Demonstra-
tion Contest
• Exhibit at your county Fair or Rally Day
(Project Card is required)
• Participate in your club or county
Knowing Sewing Skillathon
• Exhibit at State Fair