Speech III: Four Myths About Sewing Projects You Can Throw Out the Window

As I get more comfortable with public speaking, I need fewer notes to address the audience. This is the outline for a speech I gave about making a costume for a skit in second grade. I was a pink space-cat, and I hot glued a bed sheet together to make the costume. It was a little tight, and fell apart almost as soon as the skit ended.

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Four Myths about Sewing Projects You Can Throw Out the Window

General Purpose: To Inform

Specific Purpose: To inform the audience how not to start a sewing project

Intro: Every now and then my mom would let me follow through on an idea I had with varying degrees of success.

>Barney’s Birthday Party

>Cat costume for school

Based on this extensive technical background, I’ve taken it upon myself to debunk four myths on how to start a sewing project.

Myth I: Find a teacher with more knowledge than you.

>My mom and I had the same skill level when it came to sewing.

Myth II: Gather the necessary supplies: fabric, sewing machine, a pattern to make the costume

>None of these things are necessary.

Myth III: Test for fit.

>Only if you plan on wearing it for longer than a few minutes. If you can get it on, it fits.

Myth IV: You will learn from your mistakes.

>This only applies to half of your mistakes. My next project was a costume for my American Girl doll.

>I didn’t bother finding a teacher.

>I still didn’t have any supplies. I used the pillowcase that matched my own costume.

>I did test for fit. It’s a lot easier when you can pin the fabric directly onto the model.

Conclusion: Now you know how to make a costume with nothing more than a hot glue gun and a refusal to quit. Whether you are are a precocious 8 year old, or a precocious 28 year old, you can do anything you set your mind to. Everything else is a myth.

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I slayed 'em with the jokes during this speech. I've been asked to rework it for a humor speech contest in which all the area clubs participate.