tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22604366.post3773963857619128621..comments2023-10-15T03:19:02.788-07:00Comments on {Link Adventure}: {Sewing Practice}Samara Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289273550527944603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22604366.post-45973678725485672382009-10-04T00:45:07.923-07:002009-10-04T00:45:07.923-07:00When I was ten, and learning to use a sewing machi...When I was ten, and learning to use a sewing machine for the first time, we had to practice on a plain sheet of paper with NO THREAD first. First, there were pages with straight lines - just up and down the page. You practiced sewing so that the holes the needle made were on the line. When you could do that, you moved on to a spiral with angled corners - like a square spiral I guess you'd call it. That's where you'd practice how to make right angles. Then, finally, you'd do a curved spiral. You started at the outside (biggest circle) and then worked your way in. This reinforced the control you learned with the other exercises, and also taught you to pace yourself, because if you went too fast you wouldn't be able to stay on the line. We just used paper and no thread because then we didn't waste thread practicing, and the holes show you if you're going where you're supposed to go anyway.<br /><br />Email me if this makes no sense at all. :)SplendidlyImperfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798649697960237749noreply@blogger.com