Collars, Zippers, and Pockets

The girls sewing project for this week is to sew

a dress with a collar, zipper, and pockets

We used a Common Sense Pattern

They did very well for the first time sewing

collar, zipper, and pockets.

The collar is what posed the problem, it being so curved

both girls had a hard time sewing it... "momma, I need

help! "

I ended up sewing in one sleeve to demonstrate how it was

done and sewing the collar together but they

actually sewed the collar on the dress.

I thought the zipper would be a challenge but it

turned out to be quite easy for them.

I had them press the back the seam allowance, then

lined up the teeth of the zipper with the edge of the pressed

seam allowance.  After pinning the zipper to the fabric I

had them hand stitch the zipper in with large stitches

for easy removal.  Then the final step was to sew

the zipper in... "Momma, the zipper was so easy!"

Zippers were nightmares when I learned, I think the

extra step of hand stitching it in helps.

The hand stitching thread is removed.

here is YahChanna finished zipper

here is YahChanna's dress

This is AbbiYah's dress... not quite finished...

here is a closer shot of the collar, you can see

the zipper too.  If she finishes her school

lessons early enough she can finish this up

before Yom Re-shone (sunday)

Night Gowns

The girls current sewing projects are Night Gowns,

here are a couple views of the pattern the girls are using:

They are sewing gown B without the ruffle on the bottom.
AbbiYah is nearly finished with hers and YahChanna

has just finished cutting out her pattern, tomorrow she'll

be sewing it together.  We're aiming to finish both gown

tomorrow so that I can complete my 'mama's mission' for this month