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You know what was funny? How much Jessa didn't realize she'd grown so dependent on magic until she sat in Muggle Studies for the hour. All this talk about cutting and measuring, her first instinct was to draw her wand and get it done in a second. It was only after her fingers wrapped around her wand still in its holster that she remembered that sort of thing wasn't actually allowed.
Right. Muggle Studies. No magic. Slowly, she released it, instead reaching over to choose one of the fleece patterns. The one with the red, blue and silver stars. The others were....alright, but if she had to choose something she would likely be stuck with all term then this was definitely the one for her.
Kinda reminded her of Ravenclaw tower, all the stars. Like the star filled ceiling their Common Room sported.
Jessa reached for a few pins, holding them in her mouth for now while she measured out the 24 inches wide and 15 inches wide along the fabric. With each measurement, she took a pin from her tightly pressed lips and stuck it there.
The next part was what had her itching to pull her wand out--but she resisted. Once again she got to measuring, using the remaining pins to mark the 6 inches. At that mark, she cut to create the cuff thingy the Professor was talking about. She folded the pieces in half to get the wrong sides facing up then paused to wait for others to have problems that would need addressing before they could move on. It was coming, she knew it was. Not everyone was knowledgeable about this sort of thing and some had already proven that following instructions could be hard.
Oh, they were moving on to the actual machine now. Jessa took the bottom, which happened to be the smaller of the two pieces she'd just cut out. Under the machine's needle it went. About an inch from the top, she set to work with the back-stitching--nevermind that it was the machine doing all the work. Carefully, she pressed down on the pedal, not wanting to have it go by too quickly and out of control. Down she moved the fabric, creating an upward sort of direction for the stitching.
Once at the top, she sewed all the way down to the end of the fabric in a straight line....er....mostly straight....it looked straight but in all honesty, it may have leaned a little to the right. Anyway, another back stitch, this time up for about an inch.
When the Professor paused, she paused again, for the most part following along with each new set of instructions that were given. The Ravenclaw found it made things easier when she didn't lag behind by too many steps. Jessa repeated the same for the second fabric but this time when she got to the bottom, she left inch of space. She turned it to stitch the side in a straight line all the way down.
Next, she flipped it so the stitch appeared on the inside. Funny how that worked.
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