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Sewing For Others [ Unit 7 ]
This unit is for member’s ages 8-18. This project enables you to make garments for others, whether they live in your family, or are friends or pay you to sew for them. In this project, you make clothing for someone other than yourself. For example: if you made a wedding dress for your sister, you would exhibit it in this unit. If you made a bridesmaid dress for yourself you would exhibit it under Unit 21-28, depending upon the fabric. Halloween costumes should be exhibited under Creative Sewing, Unit 38, even though you may have made them for someone else. Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- Learn how to take accurate measurements, when making a garment for someone else.
- Learn how to make an muslin fitting shell to verify fit
- Learn how to make needed adjustments in the pattern prior to cutting the selected fabric(s)
- Learn how to evaluate your project
- Learn about the potential of a home-based business
Step 4:
The items listed below are your project requirements. Select each in turn to access a Word Document. Once you have your document, please save it to your hard drive or other media before entering information.
- Colorado 4-H Clothing Construction Project Tip Sheet
- 4-H Project E-Record for Family/Consumer Science and General Projects
- Cloting Construction Supplement
Colorado State Fair and Local County Fair Exhibit Requirements
Project Exhibit Rules for All Units:
- Requirement: All exhibit garments must be labeled with name, age, county and unit of the 4-H member. Labels must be attached at the inside of the neckline or at the waistband of skirts and pants. Information must be written or typed on a label and securely attached to inside of garment. This will assist in case of property loss.
- The garments may be worn before exhibiting but should be in good and clean condition.
- In Units 1-4, sergers may be used as a seam finish only, not as a seam.
- Due to the difficulty of skills involved, buttonholes and button loops are to be used in Unit 4 and above only.
- In Units 2-4, clothing is defined as wearable, dressy or casual wear, active/sportswear, or sleepwear. An exhibit shall consist of no more than three coordinated pieces. No accessory items, i.e. shoes, scarves, hats, etc., (except Unit 1 if using a pattern from the manual).
- Pattern “instruction sheet” is required and must be attached securely to the e-record. Write name and county on pattern instruction sheet.
- Do not use binders that are clear plastic with sliders.
- Members are encouraged to select a unit that challenges their skills. All units will be judged on required skills included in the manual.
Note: All Colorado State Fair silk items or garments will be displayed only with “permission to display” form which acknowledges possible fading caused by state fair display lighting. Permission to display forms is available at the Extension offices.
Sewing for Others - Unit 7
Exhibit will consist of the following:
- Completed e-Record with pattern instruction sheet presented in a sturdy binder/notebook. Include in the project:
- story why you chose to exhibit this item
- who you make the garment (s) for
- why, what new skills you learned this year,
- what you liked best about your project
- what would you like to change
- what you learned about sewing for others (Did you have any special pattern alterations? If so, describe)
- will you continue to sew for others, why or why not; did you charge for making the garment/outfit (if so, what you included in the billing i.e., fabric notions, interfacing, utilities, time, mileage, etc.)
- and what other work have you done in this project. - On the page titled Specific Project Information in the e-Record, list all articles or garments made this year plus percent of fiber content of each garment or article and care of the garment exhibited.
- One garment or outfit which illustrates what was learned.
