We have a future fashion designer in the building! We were looking at the new sewing book in our classroom and the girls didn't see a dress in there. One of the girls decided she would like to make one of her own. At first she cut it out herself and realized it was uneven. She also wasn't sure if it was her size. She than brought a dress of her own and that's how she began to learn how to measure,cut and sew!
She used news paper to trace the dress...
She than began cutting it out...
She learned how to pin the newspaper to the cloth she would use for her new dress..
Some of the other girls even helped her and they were very careful and safe with the pins!
Of course once the first dress was done, they couldn't wait to get started on a second dress :-)
She wanted straps on her dress, so we measured her body to see how long the straps should be. The girls measured 12 inches for the straps. They measured out the ribbon she would put on her dress.
Here is the final piece!
She may even model! =D
Next we talked about how fashion designers use style books to show their clothing. She made a cover page for her book.....
Here is the cover of the Style Book.
And each page is going to show a picture of the dress and samples of the fabrics and lace she used to make the dress....The Flower-A-Rific dress!
Lady-A-Rific Dress
She wrote down all the measurements of both dresses!
This ongoing project has inspired the children to create more clothes like shirts and skirts. The other students in the class have now decided the would like to make their very own shirts with designs they drew!
We may have a fashion show at Little Wonders very soon! ;-)
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