Sew Green 5/19

Gir forgot the pattern :( But she says she might be able to bring it on Monday. I should have gotten her cell so I could remind her, even though I don't have texting I could have called. I'm so glad she's letting me use her pattern. It's going to be so exciting. I should thank her somehow...
I worked on my t-shirt pretty much the whole time. I fitted the sides, which now fit very well. I then ripped a lot of seams around the neck, trying to have the collar lay flat, and each time I needed to finish them by sewing over them so they wouldn't come undone. It took a long time. Thankfully the cloth was forgiving, allowing me to rip the seams slightly easier, but the ends of the seams were difficult to take out. I then tried it out, and decided to fold he collar in half so that it's double sided, shorter, and more like a collar. Though it was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, and I'm thinking of ripping it out. The ends of the cloth kept on curling, making it very difficult to sew, and when I ironed it, the iron was too hot, and the cloth got shiny  :(
I'll fix it next time!
Oh! I forgot to add... I've become a lot more comfortable sewing now. I don't know when it happened, but I can now jump on a machine, and not feel intimidated. I think that that is the biggest step of all.

Library books

By the way, I borrowed library books about a week ago on sewing and fashion. I've flipped through all of them, and read some of them. I need to write up my research from them though!

Don't forget that journal entries still drafts in note form for:
Saturday Sewing
In Class
Sew Green

In Class 5/3

May already!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. Anyway...
I missed class on Tuesday because I caught a cold stressing over my chem/calc exam. Funny how that works, no? I seem to be getting sick an awful lot lately...
Back to the point. In class, I missed a lot of info/introductions about the following:

• I want to start with explaining about the citations because it's funny. For me.
• I asked one of my classmates, who said that over the weekend, due Monday morning promptly, we were supposed to hand in 10 citations that we used, with annotations. Turns out we don't have to do that (Ms. Lord clarified the misunderstanding to me later when I asked). I wonder how many people will turn this in to her :P
• Next, we had to fill out a mid marking period 4 student progress form, which IS due Monday. I already filled it out during my mentor meeting today and stuck it in Ms. Lord's mailbox.
• We DO have a ten source minimum requirement for the WHOLE project (it's so small!! I HOPE I've used way more!)
• We will get more details on project requirements soon... I think? Unless I missed this part... I need to double check

Still need to do:

• I have to sign up for a presentation date (oops... should have done that when I saw her today!)
• My creative Assigment is due 5/17
• Ask parents to evaluate projects at the end of the year
• Google IHS WISE program calendar

Journals NEED TO DO!!!!

Mentor meeting
Lists
In Class

Homework 3/15

In class, we got a homework assignment. It is as follows:
Read and comment on at least one other blog, and reference your learning in your journal.
I will edit this journal entry once I have completed it...

And now I am finally completing it! (3/21)
I commented today on Jackie Cheri's blog about composting. It sounded very interesting, and I could tell that she was putting a lot of effort into the project. I learned about different composting techniques, kinds of gardens, and troubleshooting on how to get your garden healthy again. I was particularly intrigued by the idea of lasagna composting. I really enjoyed the way she had written that post, and it really attracted my attention. Like lasagna, in a compost, you need a balance of water, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon. I guess this is so that you have suitable conditions for bacterial growth. Yum!
Since I always kill plants, I hope that Jackie will be able to teach me how to maintain my garden through her blog!
I also learned that I need to step it up a notch. I'm still struggling to get a strong footing, and really commence (after all, I still need to learn how to sew), and there's only so much sketching I can do. Seeing other kids moving forward so quickly is making me really antsy. I wish I had ten times more time!!

Mostly a reminder for myself...

I need to talk to Chelsea (from our class), and see if she would be interested in designing/making jewelery for my designs. Maybe she could help me create some of my accessories...

Added 3/14
I also should ask Jordan if he can do the hair for my models (if I'm actually going to use models). I'm still procrastinating on making that major decision, though for now, I want to make them all in size medium (like me), and then pin them/ adjust them to my models if necessary/ if I use models at all...