Yesterday I met with my mentor at her house. She reviewed with me on how to use the machine and use different techniques. After we reviewed the basics, she looked at both the shorts that I made. I explained to her how I made them and some techniques that I used. She told me they were very nice and we decided to finish the first shorts that I made. All I had to do is add in the waistband and do some finishing touches. Sylvia let me use one of her elastics to use as a waistband for my shorts. She reminded me that, to add a waistband, you have to finish the edges first, and I can do this with a by doing a zig-zag stitch. I was able to use her serger to finish up the edges instead of using the zig-zag stitch; it was more easier for me to do this. After finishing the edges, I folded the shorts on the elastic and start to sew them together. Sylvia taught this technique to me and it was much easier than the one I did with my second pair of shorts I made. After I put in the waistband, we did some securing. I restitched the bottom part so it would be more secure. She helped me with the parts that I hand-sew because, before, I kind of randomly hand-sewed the places where I couldn't use the machine. She told me how to hand-sew with the material that I was using. She taught me where to insert the needle so the edges won't fall apart or fray. The material I was using was hard to hand-sew because of how stretchy the material was.
After, Sylvia told how to secure the ends by putting a knot where the two threads hung and cutting the access thread later. I knotted and cut the access thread that hanged from the sided of where I sewed. Sylvia said that when I get home or when I have free time, I should restitch all the places where I sewed to further secure the shorts. This would stop them from breaking easily.
Hours finished today: 2 hours
Total hours completed: 25 hours
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