Jordan is so shy, scared to death of people, but by some strange miracle, she agreed to learn how to sew, one on one, with a friend of mine she barely knew. She's had about 7 or 8 classes so far. She's already made a small tote bag, a pair of pants (yes, a real pair of wearable pants!), a pillow made 18 squares sewn together, and today she's working on making two window valance curtains. Pretty amazing if you ask me.
I know it can be a little intimidating being my daughter. I've an extrovert, very friendly, transparent, and willing to step up when a need arises. Very little scares me enough to stop me. I teach students, scrapbook classes, coupon classes, and anything else people ask me to do. I play drums (casually) when my kit isn't broken. I enjoy cooking for a crowd and entertaining. I write, can learn anything given enough time and some brief instruction, and I love people. Jordan, on the other hand, is an extreme introvert, not too friendly, private, quiet, afraid to be noticed, hates crowds, doesn't like to speak up in a class, and won't show off any of her talents to the public. Finding something she could do that would be "just her thing" wasn't easy. She enjoys baking, but that's not very healthy...how can it be, it involves white flour, white sugar, and shortening! I tried to persuade Jordan into baking using healthier ingredients and her attitude was, "Why bother?" Then she mentioned she'd like to be in fashion design, but didn't know how to do that without having to deal with the public. That got me thinking...sewing would be along those same lines, but she could do it in private! Come to find out, she DID have a big interest in learning how to sew! And she's great at it.
We bought her a sewing machine for Christmas. It was a total surprise to her. She figured there wouldn't be enough money for one plus gifts for her brothers. You should've seen her almost in tears when we surprised her with it! Anyway, now she brings it to my friend's house to sew. She even made a pillow for her bed out of an old pair of pajama pants! It came out pretty good for a first attempt. The down side is that every week Tim asks her to sew some new project that she's never done (take old jeans and turn them into purses she can sell, reupholstering our kitchen chairs, etc). I don't want that to take the "fun" out of it for her.
Once she gets down the basic techniques, she can work on her projects more and more at home, just calling her teacher for quick questions and advice. I think she's working on making a shirt as one of her next projects. After that, we'll have her work from home 2 or 3 weeks, and just come to class once a month.
I'm really proud of Jordan. She can do something I can't do - and that makes me really happy.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Jordan's sewing class
Jordan is so shy, scared to death of people, but by some strange miracle, she agreed to learn how to sew, one on one, with a friend of mine she barely knew. She's had about 7 or 8 classes so far. She's already made a small tote bag, a pair of pants (yes, a real pair of wearable pants!), a pillow made 18 squares sewn together, and today she's working on making two window valance curtains. Pretty amazing if you ask me.
I know it can be a little intimidating being my daughter. I've an extrovert, very friendly, transparent, and willing to step up when a need arises. Very little scares me enough to stop me. I teach students, scrapbook classes, coupon classes, and anything else people ask me to do. I play drums (casually) when my kit isn't broken. I enjoy cooking for a crowd and entertaining. I write, can learn anything given enough time and some brief instruction, and I love people. Jordan, on the other hand, is an extreme introvert, not too friendly, private, quiet, afraid to be noticed, hates crowds, doesn't like to speak up in a class, and won't show off any of her talents to the public. Finding something she could do that would be "just her thing" wasn't easy. She enjoys baking, but that's not very healthy...how can it be, it involves white flour, white sugar, and shortening! I tried to persuade Jordan into baking using healthier ingredients and her attitude was, "Why bother?" Then she mentioned she'd like to be in fashion design, but didn't know how to do that without having to deal with the public. That got me thinking...sewing would be along those same lines, but she could do it in private! Come to find out, she DID have a big interest in learning how to sew! And she's great at it.
We bought her a sewing machine for Christmas. It was a total surprise to her. She figured there wouldn't be enough money for one plus gifts for her brothers. You should've seen her almost in tears when we surprised her with it! Anyway, now she brings it to my friend's house to sew. She even made a pillow for her bed out of an old pair of pajama pants! It came out pretty good for a first attempt. The down side is that every week Tim asks her to sew some new project that she's never done (take old jeans and turn them into purses she can sell, reupholstering our kitchen chairs, etc). I don't want that to take the "fun" out of it for her.
Once she gets down the basic techniques, she can work on her projects more and more at home, just calling her teacher for quick questions and advice. I think she's working on making a shirt as one of her next projects. After that, we'll have her work from home 2 or 3 weeks, and just come to class once a month.
I'm really proud of Jordan. She can do something I can't do - and that makes me really happy.
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