I genuinely believe that when a person is involved with the process of making something from start to finish there is more value placed on what is made. In all of my years teaching middle school, sewing is one of those processes. Our sewing unit is 3-4 weeks long and if you walk into my classroom during those weeks you will see happy, engaged students.
It's a great unit to cover in the month of January during parent visitation week as potential incoming families walk in to see needles flying, fabric strewn across desks and floors and boy and girls alike caught up in the simple repetition of the running stitch.
