Slide outline for Lesson 5.11, three days, eighteen slides. Slides 1 to 7 are Day 1 (cut, mark, pin, first seam). Slides 8 to 12 are Day 2 (second seam, the channel, the sampler scrap). Slides 13 to 18 are Day 3 (turn, cord, finish, and the check). The hand path is named on every work slide so the hand station never waits for an instruction.
(Day 1): The build
- Lesson 5.11, day one of three
- A drawstring bag: cut to a pattern, machine seams, turned right side out, a channel, a cord
- Hand station: the felt pouch, hand backstitched, same checklist, same rubric
- Machines are threaded. I did it this morning. Today we sew.
Teacher notes
Image: a finished drawstring bag, closed, next to a finished felt pouch.
Do now
- What will you put in your bag?
- Write the order: cut, mark, pin, sew
- What happens if you swap the first two?
Teacher notes
Image: the bag pattern from Handout 05.11.
Three things wrong with this one
- Pass the bad bag around
- Write down three things wrong with it
- Your checklist today is exactly that list
Teacher notes
Image: the deliberately bad bag: wandering seam, unlocked seam end, channel sewn shut at one end.
The pattern, one more time
- The seam allowance is a quarter inch; the needle plate has a guide line for it
- Right sides TOGETHER, inside out, because this bag gets turned
- The side seams STOP at the channel marks. The gap is not a mistake, it is the door the cord comes through.
Teacher notes
Image: the pattern with the fold line, seam lines, and the shaded channel area labeled LEAVE OPEN HERE.
Pins and machines
- Pins perpendicular to the seam, heads out
- Every pin comes OUT before it reaches the foot
- You never sew over a pin: a needle that hits a pin breaks
- And a broken needle is handed to me, both pieces, flat on your palm
Teacher notes
Image: a pinned seam approaching a presser foot, a hand pulling the nearest pin.
The first seam
- Edge on the quarter-inch guide
- Three or four reverse stitches at the start
- Slowest steady speed, hands to the sides, eyes just ahead of the needle
- Stop at the channel mark, reverse three or four, done
Teacher notes
Image: a seam being sewn with the reverse lever circled.
(Day 1 close): Count and close down
- Pins counted, "N pins in work" in the notes column
- Presser foot down, power off, chair in
- Exit line: what does the reverse lever do, and where did you use it?
Teacher notes
Image: the count sheet's notes column reading "6 pins in work."
(Day 2): Do now
- Needle down, foot up, pivot, foot down
- Where in today's sewing will you actually use that?
Teacher notes
Image: the channel fold pinned around a bag top.
Threading, for real this time
- Licensed threaders: thread your machine from nothing, buddy verifies
- Not licensed yet: I thread yours, and we finish your license this week
- The manual at your machine is still the authority
Teacher notes
Image: the license line with two initials.
The channel
- Fold the top edge down one inch toward the wrong side, all the way around
- Pin every two inches, one pass at my iron
- Sew along the bottom of the fold
- BOTH ENDS STAY OPEN. Both ends stay open.
Teacher notes
Image: a channel seam circling a bag top with open gaps at both side seams, arrows pointing at the gaps.
The sampler scrap
- Last four minutes: two scraps, one short seam, reverse-locked both ends
- Name on it in chalk
- This is Box 6 of your sampler card, sewn today so Thursday has time to score it
Teacher notes
Image: the sampler card's Box 6, MACHINE SEAM.
(Day 2 close): Count and close down
- Count, notes column, close-down routine
- Exit card: how many seams done, and the one thing that gave you trouble
Teacher notes
Image: a row of machines, presser feet down.
(Day 3): Do now
- What still has to happen for your bag to be finished, and how long will it take?
- List the six things that go on your sampler card
Teacher notes
Image: the six-box sampler card, empty.
Turn, cord, finish
- Turn through the top; corners out with an eraser or a chopstick, never the shears
- Safety pin on the cord, feed the channel, knot the ends, pull: it closes
- Trim every thread end; three hand stitches close any gap
Teacher notes
Image: a bag half turned right side out, and a safety pin leading a cord into a channel.
The five-point self-check
- Cut to the pattern
- Seam on the line, both ends locked
- Even stitches
- Flat, not puckered
- Corners and ends closed
Teacher notes
Image: the checklist from Handout 05.11, Part 4.
Mount the sampler
- Six boxes: running stitch, backstitch, whipstitch, button, repair, machine seam
- Hand path: Box 6 is your best hand backstitch seam, labeled HAND PATH
- Label every box, run the self-check on each
Teacher notes
Image: a finished sampler card, six boxes filled.
The check, out loud
- Minute 20: machines closed down, tables cleared
- I score at your table, about 40 seconds each, out loud, so you hear the why
- The bag on the 20-point item rubric, the card on the 28-point check
Teacher notes
Image: the scoring grid from Assessment 05.2.
(Day 3 close): The reflection
- Back of the card, three lines: best at, would redo, can now make or fix
- Three read aloud at the bell
- Cards to the FACS folder. Bags go home. You built that.
Teacher notes
Image: a hand pulling a drawstring bag closed.