Sewing Project

In one of Allen's classes in school, they explore different career options. For the first little while, they had to pick a career, and play a kind of game where they had that career. They had to research it, and find out what kinds of skills and education they would need. They had to create a budget, and plan for rent, food, and other expenses, and see how their budget stretched. Allen chose to be a mechanic. He ended the unit by sitting down with us, and going through our budget. I am not too sure how much he got out of it, but I really enjoyed talking through things with him.


The class has now moved into trying out different skills. They have done a little cooking, and this week they had their first sewing project. I took Allen to the store, and let him pick out some fleece for his first sewing experience. After debating for a very long time, he finally chose an Air Force pattern. The material had a large fighter jet on it. I tried to explain that he would most likely be cutting up the fabric and nothing would be recognizable. He still wanted that particular fabric.


I got to go into the school to help out with the sewing. It was a lot of fun, and I am very glad I went because we ended up sewing Allen's project at home. It was very helpful to have gone through the instructions with several of the students.





Allen is really quite good at sewing. He hates the unpicking part, but seriously who doesn't. Here he is hard at work.



And here he is modeling the finished product. Tonight we had a Christmas Concert at school, and Michael's class was supposed to wear winter hats and scarves for their costume. Allen let Michael wear his new hat and scarf.