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Learning to sew one stitch at a time
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Canfield's Anya Landis (left), Boardman's Gwen Sieman and Canfield's Samantha Fritz focused on preparing their sewing machines for use by threading its needle. Nov. 5 was the class' first day using the machines.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Willow Creek Learning Center's home economic students Tamsin Day (front left), Ana Jonson; (back left) Samantha Fritz, Lauren Ritz, Anya Landis and Gwen Seiman made stitches on paper using their sewing machines Nov. 5. They will soon be making winter hats as a class project.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Willow Creek Learning Center sixth-grader Tamsin Day, of Poland, threaded a needle on a sewing machine for the first time Nov. 5. She was a part of the school's home economics class.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Willow Creek Learning Center sixth-grader Ana Jonson, of Canfield, practiced how to sew a straight line on paper Nov. 5. The practice exercise was intended to familiarize students with using the foot pedal and controlling where the stitch goes.
Willow Creek Learning Center’s home economics class, under the instruction of Valorie Hoffmaster, used their sewing machines for the first time Nov. 5.
Hoffmaster, who has been teaching the class for the past six years, demonstrated the proper way to thread the machine’s needle and how to use the foot pedal. They practiced sewing straight lines on paper which helped them control the speed of the needle and stitch path.
Prior to using the machines, they worked on hand sewing and learning how to make hems using freehand stitch. Sixth-grader Ana Jonson, of Canfield, prefers the sewing machine over freehand stitching.
“The backstitch was the hardest for me,” Jonson said. “I like using the machine, it’s easier.”
The students may have just been introduced to the sewing machines, but they will be required to complete the class project of making a winter hat by the end of the school semester.