Patterns 101

Well today made my life. I wiggled into the Basic Patterns class and today we spent 4 grueling hours of measuring, exacting, and cutting out a pattern onto fabric so now my feet hurt and are smelly, but i have begun my blazer!

The whole thing is cut, and in 5 short weeks it will be finished. I am very very very pleased. This is exactly what I wanted to do.

Wednesdays in the morning 10-2 we sew and 3-7 we learn patterns. Its a long day but I am enjoying so much. I feel lucky that I can understand hebrew because there is a girl on my program also in fashion classes and she is very lost. I also made friends! I felt very isolated from the rest of the Bezalel students, but the fashion department has only 33 students so they are very welcoming and interested in everything USA and American fashion, college, culture, and obsessed with New York.

So now I am stretching my legs, eating hummus and enjoying the quiet time because everyone else has gone to Ulpan.