#learning through making

I’ve taken on a major leadership role in my Toastmasters district in this coming year. If I’d known I was going to wind up making big map-boards as if I was going to a science fair, I’m not sure if I’d have stuck around to be nominated for the job… or doubled down.

I learned quite a lot from the process of making, though, probably more than anyone would learn who looked at it.  For one thing, I…

I don’t really know what this garment is called.  The pattern envelope (McCall’s M7525) doesn’t call it anything; it just has a picture of the garment, and inside are instructions on how to make it.  So I did.  It comes with a pair of pants that are effectively hakama pants, even though they don’t have the exact right form of hakama.

So this is effectively a short yukata, or tie-front tunic…