Tote Bag Assignment

Yesterday, we went to the textiles lab to complete our tote bag assignment. We find that sewing in NIE is rather fun and manageable. 

To be honest, sewing in TP is rather stressful as we have to start from scratch when we sew. From getting your own fabric, designing the tote bag, doing paper patterns for the ideal size of the tote bag, cutting the fabric to finally sewing the actual bag itself. 

I guess Dr Mok believes in us that we are already able to do these since we have done so much before. Therefore we have the luxury of Mr Tong cutting out all the fabric nicely for us. This aids in our sewing process and we are able to sew immediately. 

A few of us went Daiso to shop for the handle of the tote bag. We couldn't decide which handle to get. Therefore a tip before you go Daiso to get your bag handle is to have a picture of your tote bag ready! This will make it easier for us to find a matching handle for our bag. Alternatively, we can also bring the actual bag there to find the most suitable handle for our bag. :) 

We could use different embroidery stitches when we are sewing, so it is up to our creativity! The machine in NIE has close to 1000 different stitches. It is such a BIG variety. We were all so spoilt for choice!! Although we are using the same fabric, these stitches really helped us to make our bag look so different from our classmates! 

We can use this tote bag next time when we are in schools too! As we move around classes to teach, to put our textbooks and lesson materials! 

Who says sewing isn't fun? Cause we all enjoyed ourselves! :D 

Our sewing journey has been a pleasant one thus far! :)