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fandomhigh2011-02-02 08:54 am
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Home Ec 5, Period 4, 2/2
"Happy Groundhog Day!" Steve said to the assembled students. "Which, if you're not familiar with it, is one of our odder holidays, and not the point of this class. This class is on taking care of your clothes beyond washing them. We've already covered how some items need to be dry cleaned instead of washed, whether in a machine or by hand, so let's move on.
"First, let's talk about how to mend your clothes when they're damaged. I won't go into major repairs, but sewing a button back on or repairing a small rip is fairly simple." Steve handed out a packet of information on this, and then took up needle and thread and a piece of scrap cloth and proceeded to demonstrate both techniques. "Now, obviously if you're out and about, at school or at work, and don't have access to a sewing kit right away--although there are options you can keep in your desk drawer or backpack--you may have to get creative. Tape is good. Safety pins are good. Rubber bands and paper clips have their uses. Please, do not attempt to staple your pants." And rather than explain himself, he was moving on.
"Unless you happen to be the exact height clothes are made for, at some point you will have a skirt or pair of pants that is too long. You're going to have to hem them. Bigger alterations like taking things in or letting them out, it's better to leave to a tailor unless you're an experienced sewer, but hems you can do yourself. Sometimes you don't even have to sew! Just measure the length you need the pants to be, cut them off a bit longer, tuck the cut edge under, and then use iron-on hem tape to fuse the seam.
"Speaking of ironing, I doubt most of you do much of it at this point in your lives, but unless you like walking around covered in wrinkles, it's going to be a necessary evil at some point. It could be worse; when I learned to do it we were still using the irons heated on the stove. Here's a tip sheet for your future ironing needs.
"At some point in your life, unless you're a vegan, you're probably going to own something made out of leather, be it shoes, a belt, a handbag, a jacket, or pants. Here's the thing about leather: it's skin. It requires care like skin requires care, and if you take good care of it, it'll last you for a long time." Steve handed out another sheet on caring for leather, and proceeded to go over the information contained on it in some detail, because he was quite serious about taking care of his leather. It had saved his life a few times. He would happily talk about how to mend scale mail, if anyone asked, but he doubted anyone would ask.
"And last, and this may seem odd to a lot of you, I'd like to talk about darning socks. I know, I know, most of you, you get a hole in a sock, you toss the pair out. But you don't have to! The other sock is still perfectly good, and the hole can be repaired! It's easy." Steve picked up a sock with a hole in it and proceeded to demonstrate proper darning technique before handing out a sheet with the same information.
"And that's your assignment for today," he told them. "You're going to darn socks. Each of you has everything you need to do that at your work station, plus the handout I just gave you. If you need help I'm here to do so. Your homework for the week is to go through your closet and identify which items you can do the things we talked about this week for, and apply what you've learned, if possible. I'd also encourage you all to practice sewing--it can come in handy. I have sewing kits and thimbles for everyone to take with them."
"First, let's talk about how to mend your clothes when they're damaged. I won't go into major repairs, but sewing a button back on or repairing a small rip is fairly simple." Steve handed out a packet of information on this, and then took up needle and thread and a piece of scrap cloth and proceeded to demonstrate both techniques. "Now, obviously if you're out and about, at school or at work, and don't have access to a sewing kit right away--although there are options you can keep in your desk drawer or backpack--you may have to get creative. Tape is good. Safety pins are good. Rubber bands and paper clips have their uses. Please, do not attempt to staple your pants." And rather than explain himself, he was moving on.
"Unless you happen to be the exact height clothes are made for, at some point you will have a skirt or pair of pants that is too long. You're going to have to hem them. Bigger alterations like taking things in or letting them out, it's better to leave to a tailor unless you're an experienced sewer, but hems you can do yourself. Sometimes you don't even have to sew! Just measure the length you need the pants to be, cut them off a bit longer, tuck the cut edge under, and then use iron-on hem tape to fuse the seam.
"Speaking of ironing, I doubt most of you do much of it at this point in your lives, but unless you like walking around covered in wrinkles, it's going to be a necessary evil at some point. It could be worse; when I learned to do it we were still using the irons heated on the stove. Here's a tip sheet for your future ironing needs.
"At some point in your life, unless you're a vegan, you're probably going to own something made out of leather, be it shoes, a belt, a handbag, a jacket, or pants. Here's the thing about leather: it's skin. It requires care like skin requires care, and if you take good care of it, it'll last you for a long time." Steve handed out another sheet on caring for leather, and proceeded to go over the information contained on it in some detail, because he was quite serious about taking care of his leather. It had saved his life a few times. He would happily talk about how to mend scale mail, if anyone asked, but he doubted anyone would ask.
"And last, and this may seem odd to a lot of you, I'd like to talk about darning socks. I know, I know, most of you, you get a hole in a sock, you toss the pair out. But you don't have to! The other sock is still perfectly good, and the hole can be repaired! It's easy." Steve picked up a sock with a hole in it and proceeded to demonstrate proper darning technique before handing out a sheet with the same information.
"And that's your assignment for today," he told them. "You're going to darn socks. Each of you has everything you need to do that at your work station, plus the handout I just gave you. If you need help I'm here to do so. Your homework for the week is to go through your closet and identify which items you can do the things we talked about this week for, and apply what you've learned, if possible. I'd also encourage you all to practice sewing--it can come in handy. I have sewing kits and thimbles for everyone to take with them."
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He'd probably go through a few socks before he got things right.
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Emma had duct tape. Emma didn't have to wear these socks, so it was tape inside the sock to hold it together, and another layer outside so the sticky stuff could all stick to each other.
If anyone asked, she totally made waterproof socks.
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And pointedly ignoring looking over in Karla's direction, but that was unrelated to the sock-darning attempts.
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...She was just going to hold the torn edges together and sew them closed. It was close enough.
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Yes. That would work well.
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