{"id":7258,"date":"2023-08-08T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/?p=7258"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:11:06","slug":"sewing-in-the-classroom-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2023\/08\/sewing-in-the-classroom-made-easy.html","title":{"rendered":"Sewing in the Classroom Made Easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the fifth interview in my series on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLXj9kL3FmuJD1WPJnSleZeAHy1ZupEBva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Tips from Teachers Sewing with Kids<\/strong>.<\/a> I hope these interviews with teachers who have been sewing in the classroom  inspire you and give you practical tips to sew with your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I am interviewing Alisa Kutsel. Alisa is a textile artist and teacher who teaches from pre-K to Grade 5 in Northern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tips From Teachers Sewing With Kids #5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xLc7MoZnUvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She is speaking to me about her classroom experiences, sewing slices of pizzas with her 5th graders and sewing zenkis and squishmallows with her after school enrichment class.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-pizza-softies-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sewing softie classroom stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the stories Alisa tells about her students and how they took to sewing softies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one story she relates how a student, who had never shown enthusiasm for any project, wanted to take his little softie home. The problem? Alisa had to keep the students&#8217; softies at school for their art show which wasn&#8217;t happening for a few months. Well, he loved that softie so much that he asked if he could visit his softie every day at recess. Alisa found a happy ending to the story by getting him to sew another softie who <em>could<\/em> go home with him.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-soft-toys-with-students-at-school-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sewing in the classroom tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of Alisa&#8217;s sewing tips for other teachers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Be patient. It&#8217;s worth it in the end.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Have an example of each step of the project for the kids to reference.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Use the kids who &#8220;get it&#8221; to help others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sewing-a-softie-in-the-classroom-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best and worst sewing supplies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best: Alisa found that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MjKcWJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">electric scissors<\/a> she bought herself made cutting the felt quick and super-easy. (This is an affiliate link)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the worst: the poor quality pins she bought on Amazon which created unnecessary difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/alisa-Kutsel-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the fifth interview in my series on Tips from Teachers Sewing with Kids. I hope these interviews with teachers who have been sewing in the classroom inspire you and give you practical tips to sew with your students. Today I am interviewing Alisa Kutsel. Alisa is a textile artist and teacher who teaches &#8230; <a title=\"Sewing in the Classroom Made Easy!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2023\/08\/sewing-in-the-classroom-made-easy.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sewing in the Classroom Made Easy!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}