Photos & Words by Brody S. & Devon O.
We started off our second experiential day with the Fashion & Design cohort with lots of enthusiasm and excitement. After bringing our brand new sewing machines and ironing boards down to Brown Hall, we set up our individual stations and immediately got to work. We began with learning step by step how to thread our machines and fill the bobbin. Then, we practiced a few different techniques on scrap fabric.
It wasn’t long before we were making our way to Fabricland! The task for the day was to construct our very own pair of pajama bottoms. We had the entire store and plenty of time to choose a fabric. We all searched high and low across the store, and decided on our own fabrics, each incredibly soft and loaded with fun patterns and colours. As we left the store we realized we had a surplus of time on our hands! We unanimously decided that making our way over to the nearest Starbucks was our best option while waiting for the bus, not a bad way to end our excursion.
Back at school, we got started right away. We began by laying out our fabric and cutting from a pattern. We then took our new skills to the test and began to sew. The rest of our afternoon was spent at the sewing machines working and stitching away. When the exteriors of the pajama pants were sewn, we added elastic waistbands to the top and hemmed the bottoms of our pants. By the end of the day, we all had perfectly tailored and comfy pants to keep us warm this winter.