You will want to talk about your project with your mother and leader. This will help you to understand your project. Study the project outline and your record book. Take your mother with you to your first 4-H club meeting.

You will need your mother’s cooperation in selecting equipment and cloth.

Plan to do all your shopping at one time. Buy the cloth for your apron or skirt and slippers or scarf at the time you buy your sewing equipment. This will save you time.

Before you go shopping make a list of all of the things you will need. Think about the blouses or dresses you have when you plan the colors for your skirt or apron. You may want to wear your scarf and skirt together—if you do, plan the colors to go together.

This project is more than just sewing. You will study health and good grooming and how to care for your clothes.

Get off to a good start by learning how to care for your shoes and how to sew on buttons.