Teaching Beginners How to Sew- Lesson 2- Bracelet

This lesson helps the new Beginner get use to the pace of their sewing machine.  No worries about sewing a straight line, but rather to get the feel for how much to press the foot to get the machine to go at the right pace.

This bracelet idea came from a "Sewing with Nancy" program.

As with lesson 1, this lesson also is 1 hour long which provides for immediate success, and something to take home as a result of the session.

~~ Sewing Lesson 2 ~~

  For this project you will need water soluble stabilizer about 4 inches wide.

 Go into your waste basket, yes you read that right, and get snippets of fabric.

Spread around on the stabilizer.

You can also use threads & yarns.

I was hoping this encouraged creativity.

Notice all white space was covered, but about half inch was not covered on all edges.

Fold in half and pin.  Yes, pinning practice for the Beginner.

Then randomly sew with a straight stitch and later switch to a zig-zag stitch.

Get some practice done on pivoting and sewing curves.

Stitch over as much area as possible.  

Keep in mind that all fabrics and threads need to be attached to each other by a stitch.  

The white area will be gone later.

Stitch a pony tail holder to one end.

Wrap around wrist and decide where to place a shank button.

We used a shank button, because we didn't want to have a lesson about sewing on buttons today.

Instead, we used a safety pin to attach the button.

The safety pin also allows for adjustment in size later if need.

Now comes the fun part.

Soak the bracelet in warm water to get rid of the stabilizer.

When all the stabilizer has disappeared, roll in a thick towel to soak up water.

 Use a blow dryer to finish drying so your Beginner can wear the bracelet home.

Just in case you missed Lesson 1 you can go HERE.

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