Learning Something New has always been on my mind. Honestly this must be like my second attempt in dressmaking. First Time I did some session in my Time in UK, then I stopped when I returned to Singapore. I tried inserting zip here and there for small projects and always failed.
I received a notification on using my Skills-Future funds which is going to expire soon. So I thought, Why not just try again. And Lo and Behold Over at Taf.Tc they were running a Basic Sewing Class. So I told myself, Ok, let's try again. And So I signed up for it.
Guess what, on the first day of lesson, I realized the sewing machine the school provides are the industrial kind. Yes those Juki ones... heavy duty kind and not Domestic ones That I have. I was like.. "Huh this is something new", Yes the fear and anxiety just kick in. And for some god knows what reasons, I'm so bad in sewing straight.. LOL.. okie.. maybe Less joke and be more serious.
And So, I started my student journey again. Waking up early and heading to Tiong Bahru. Like I can't remember getting up this early and joining the morning commuter rush. That was really long ago for me.
As the days goes by, I started to learn how to thread through the Industrial Sewing Machine before use. Even threading the bobbin is different, which I need help with that, as I can't remember the procedure. I also learn the use of the overlock machine, (Although we don't have to go through the hassle in threading that.) which I kind of have fun when the edges of my fabric looks so tidy and "cleaned up". The jagger edges are gone.
The trainer is very helpful and patient teacher who had to help 18 of us.
Firstly We need to go through the session of drafting. Which we had to measure ourselves up and wrote all these measurements and then following a series of steps to draw on drafting paper.
Really I'm no engineer-trained, and I think I get all these numbers and lines wrong most of the time. But I pressed on, thankfully with the help of very kind classmates who cheered me on. 
And after all those hard work and placing the drafts over the cloth which I purchased,
I need to cut it and then work on the sewing machine with it. So yup.. With loads of prayers of keeping the stitches straight and lo and behold... the final out come as below.
I was ecstatic.... Yayyyyyy.. This really really fits very well.. OMG... the whole process, the emotions, fear and unnecessary anxieties.
I guess when ones goes into being a student, these feelings and emotions are natural right. Like you don't know what to expect.
In the end, I come to realized this. The thing with crafting is something you have to do it daily. It is impossible to have it right at the first place and maybe we have to really pump down the expectation as well. Things may go wrong, things may go right, we don't know and we can't control it. Keep those emotions aside and work with what's infront of us first.
It is like everything else in life. Like Cooking, Baking, Dancing, Yoga, etc... This is something which the more you do the better you get at it. Point taken and I will have to continue practicing sewing If I want to head down this path.
For me, I know I will re-learn again.. just to re-fresh myself with all those learnings. Hopefully one day I will get all those steps right. For now, Let me enjoy buying fabrics first. 😂😂😂
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Edit: The school has changed their business name to Tembusu Institute and you can find out more information here.
