Preparing the fabric for pencil cases is very time consuming and can be quite monotonous. I cut the fabric into 30x40 rectangles, using an electronic cutter that saves me so much time. I am conscious of waste, cutting each piece as approximate as possible and then overlocking the two shorts sides - each piece is overlocked one after the other and then snipped to place in a neat pile. I've cut 24 of each print (5 different prints) to cover 85 year 7s in this cycle and ordered enough zips to cover 66 Outside School (OS) year 7's also. I then place 4-6 pieces of each print into class piles with a range of coloured zips. I find this ensures each group has a range of the prints to choose from, rather than one group taking all the favourites, such as the camo prints.
I had left over fabric from last year, when lockdowns interrupted the last
cycle and I wasn't able to teach the OS's year 7's to use a sewing machine (I
had prepared the fabric during the first week of the holidays and we went into
lockdown that Thursday until November 17th). I've decided to save these fabrics
for the current OS classes because they were all ready sorted into piles of 22.
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