{"id":1562,"date":"2017-01-07T00:04:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T04:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:18:21","slug":"wwoww-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"WWOWW 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January when the kids came back to school after the winter break, for many years the first week was devoted to a Winter Week of Wisdom and Wonder: WWOWW!<\/p>\n

Special classes and activities were offered, so it was a time for the students to learn new skills, to try something new, and to have a lot of fun while earning enrichment credits. \u00a0It also allowed the teachers to do something different and interesting with a fresh group of students. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I offered a beginning sewing class in 2016<\/a>, co-taught with the wife of one of our teachers. It was so much fun that I–and one of our new teachers–decided to offer it again!<\/p>\n

Due to the schedule, we only had 4 days instead of 5, so before the class started, I went to Jo-Ann’s to buy some colorful flannel fabrics\u00a0so the kids could make “burrito” pillowcases. I also bought a variety of “fat quarters” for other projects, and my co-teacher and I got everything washed and ready to go before the first class.<\/p>\n

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We had seven students enrolled in\u00a0“Sew Cozy,” so we had to scramble to find extra sewing machines. While we didn’t have a machine for each student, it worked out fine and we’re so appreciative\u00a0of the faculty\/staff who let us borrow their personal machines!<\/p>\n

While I was teaching the students how to use the machines (they each did at least one practice session by sewing through\u00a0lines on paper), my co-teacher showed the rest of the kids\u00a0how to press, measure, and cut the fabric for their pillowcases. They chose a solid color for the main body of the pillowcase and then a colorful print for the cuff.<\/p>\n

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Once they had the large pillowcase piece rolled up inside of the cuff fabric (that’s the “burrito” part), they sewed it together into a long tube.<\/p>\n

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The next step involved pulling the solid fabric out of the tube. \u00a0At the beginning it seems impossible to do!<\/p>\n

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Finally, it works! Yay!!<\/p>\n

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After pressing the fabric again, they sewed together the side and bottom seams.<\/p>\n

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For their next project, I told them they could use one of the cotton “fat quarters” to make either a small pillow or a drawstring bag. \u00a0To my complete surprise and delight, these kids had other<\/em> ideas!<\/p>\n

With the addition of paint, one student created a\u00a0stylized soft sculpture of a cat:<\/p>\n

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Minions, anyone?<\/p>\n

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Strawberry pillow:<\/p>\n

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Fiberfill-stuffed mobile of a cloud, lightning bolt, and raindrops, along with a Minion pillow:<\/p>\n

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What a fun and productive week! \u00a0These kids (from the U.S., China, Guatemala, and Saudi Arabia) learned so much, so quickly, and were an absolute joy<\/em> to work with! \u00a0I’m so proud of them! \u00a0WWOWW!!<\/p>\n

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