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4-H Clothing Project Training 2007
Pamela J. Brown, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
What you will learn in this session:
Ideas for conducting 4-H Clothing projects
Leader trainingProject guides and resourcesTexas ideas that work
Preparing for 4-H Clothing Contests2007 GuidelinesEligibility Deadlines
What you will learn:
Resources that help you: Web, print
Supportive C&T activities Advisory Board
Clothing Camp
Community Service
Where to find answers to your questions
Implementing clothing projects
What can clothing projects teach? Planning/Organizing, Goal Setting, Service Learning, Critical Thinking,
Problem Solving, Decision Making, Marketable Skills, Resource
management, Creativity, Self-Motivation, Community Service Volunteering, Team work
Home Sewing Association Research
What’s in a project?
What’s in a project?
Clothing Capers9-11 TX
Clothes that Click12-16 TX
Sewing Expressions – Nat’l
Fabric & Fashion Design - TX
Old clothing guide, useful activities
Content / Points to train leaders
Experiential model
Understanding age group
Subject
Teaching ideas
Activities
Take home – workbook
Print from 4-H web site – LARGE file!!
Ideas that work
D1 Traveling Pants
D8 4-H Fashion Retreat
MSVs as trainers
Clothing Camp – alternative years- 2008 Dallas / NYC
Bexar Co. – summer clothing workshops by MSVDistrict 12 – Sew Camps in summer
ETADallas.com – weekend seminars of creative sewing expertsCreative Sewing Exposition – San Antonio Jan.
Allow leaders to practice
Don’t assume sewers know how to teach
Encourage leaders to ‘watch one, do one, teach one’
Expand their ‘horizons’
Recognize leaders
Work in small groups, team teach…
Project ideas
HP fabric print projects from Sewing Expressions (national 4-H site)
Post Consumer Recycling Textiles PDF - Available in English and Spanish Each segment includes a lesson and activities.
Lesson 1: Evaluate the Garment Lesson 2: Little Changes to Make Used Garments Wearable Again Lesson 3: Rip Them Up: Save the Parts! Lesson 4: Big Chunks Into Potholders, Pillows and Tote Bags! Lesson 5: ’Tis the Season: Christmas Socks from Jeans Lesson 6: Long and Short Narrow Strips: Tie Knots, Crochet or Weave! Lesson 7: Collect the Clutter! Lesson 8: Throws, Placemats and Table Runners Lesson 9: Let’s Use Those Short Strips for Potholders, Throws and Quilts! Lesson 10: Make a Horse, Of Course!
Photos of recycled products Reference article and citations for further reading:Steinbring, Y. and Rucker, M. (2003). Utilization of Post-Consumer Textiles and Clothing, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 95 (2), pp.33–37. Suggested audiences for the Textile Recycling Programs:
4-H leaders and project members Master Sewing Volunteers and new sewers TEEA clubs Special interest groups interested in post-consumer recycling products Small business idea presentations
Recycled denim – MSV leader, Sheila Harris, Bexar Co.
Resources for YOUFinding experts:
Sewing machine dealersTEEA membersAmerican Sewing GuildsFabric storesApparel small business owners Former 4-HersSchool FCS teachers/parents/grandparents
Learning the subject:Master Sewing Volunteer online web course – get it while it’s free! http://fcs.tamu.edu/clothing/master_sewing_volunteer/index.php
ResourcesWEB
FCS website/clothing & textiles– http://www.fcs.tamu.edu
» Link to 4-H clothing website– Agent only site
» Lesson plans» Post Consumer Textile Recycling Lessons
Home Sewing Association– http://www.sewing.org
National 4-H Curricula http://n4hccs.org
Search for “teaching kids to sew” on Google or Dogpile (metasearch)
More web resources
Other state’s Extension materialsOhio – excellent fiber fact sheets
Kentucky – good activities
Nebraska – Quilt Quest
Washington – mega sewing expo
California - environment
Quilt activity
School learning – 4th grade Ohio
Sewing quilt pieces to make a quilt
Learning hand sewing and sewing machine
"Quilting allows students to incorporate many subject areas. We use this project to emphasize history, mathematics and science, and, of course, allow them to practice the basic skills of sewing and creativity," says 4-H Extension Program Assistant Jenny Morlock.
Resources
PrintEducational Resource Library
Extension Publications – alteration series, Going to Work
Public Library or Web– Threads Magazine– Sew News
Fiber/fabric teaching resource
Fabric & Fashion Design Resource
Book:
Nine Heads – fashion illustration
Accessories
Drawing textiles
4-H Clothing Contests
Fabric and Fashion Design (June 5)
Fashion Show (June 6)
Clothing Method Demonstration
(June 7)
Deadlines for Entries:Send ALL to Toby Lepley by May 7, 2007. NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED
Supportive 4-H Clothing opportunities
4-H Clothing and Textiles Advisory BoardQuilt challenge
Narrator contest
Stage Design Contest
For 2008:
Board apps due Dec. 28, 2008
Narrator and Stage Design, Jan. 31, 2008
Contest Donors
Identify potential donors for all contestsPrizes – sewing machines/sergers/supplies
Cash – short term and long term support
Thank you cards – spelling, grammar, example of learning and use
“I have questions; who has answers?”
Pam Brown – Program CoordinatorEmail – [email protected]
Emergency: » Cell: 806-577-2183 » Home: 806-798-7927
4-H Web site