For this assignment, I hand-sewed a felt heart. It is really exciting since it is my first time sewing! I learned a lot from this assignment, such as making knots, cutting out shapes from fabrics, and stitching techniques.

Below is the process of this project.

First, I drew and cut out a heart from an A4 paper as a heart template.

Second, I sewed stitches along the outline of the paper heart. I left 1/4 of the outline unsewn, so that I can turn it inside out.

Third, I turned the heart inside out and put cotton into the heart to make it puffy.

Finally, I used pins to hold the 1/4 opening in place and then stitched it closed.

This is the final heart with my name tag attached to it!

After doing the project, I cleaned my workspace.

Below is the estimated cost of this project:

Raw materials:

1. Felt sheets: $0.5

– cut out 2 hearts from a 9” x 12” sheet for $0.5 each, the rest of the sheet is thrown away

2. Cotton: $0.8

– a handful of cotton, 20g from a bag of 200g cotton costs $8

3. Polyester thread: $0.01

– 1 yard of thread from a 300-yard polyester thread costs $3

Labor:

1. $20

– 2 hours of my time. Each hour of working as a TA gets $10

Tools:

1. Scissors: $1.5

– Small scissors shared with my little sister that cost 3$

2. Needle: $0.01

– Needle that costs $0.25 shared by about 40 people in this class

3. Pins: $0.01

– Pin that costs $5 for 300PCS

4. A4 paper: $1

– It costs $1 to print a sheet I used in Rice University.

Total:

$23.83