Success StoryBLHS 4-H Sewing Program



BLHS 4-H Sewing Program

Author: Heather Coleman

Planning Unit: Floyd County CES

Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum

Plan of Work: Youth Health and Family Consumer Science Skills

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Floyd County 4-H and our 4-H Adult Council President Patricia Hackworth, who is the Senior English Teacher at Betsy Layne High School collaborated to start the first Floyd County 4-H After School Sewing Program at BLHS.  During the spring semester of 2017, 11 students had the opportunity to learn the basic techniques of sewing, cutting fabric, pinning, safety procedures and how to press fabric.  Each participate made a crazy nine patch pillow to take home.  After finishing their pillow participates had the opportunity to enter their sewing project at 4-H county contest.  Floyd County 4-H Program plans to continue the program next year and offer it to other schools in the county.  Summer Johnson, one of our participants had this to say about the program.  “I fell in love with sewing.  This is something I can do with my grandmother, who enjoys sewing.  I’m also thinking about making more pillows and selling them.  This would give me extra money as I head off to college in the fall.”






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