a bit ago i had posted about kelly jumping full into sewing. she really surprised me actually...doing it all by herself, only asking me a few times for help. she just sat & worked her little fingers away cutting & stitching. reading the directions in her "sewing school" book & then carefully choosing fabrics and thread colors she wanted to sew up.
it was so cool to watch her learn something & take to it so well. and the fact that she did it so independently, requiring no hovering from me was even better.
she actually woke me up one day during spring break with a gadget pouch all sewn up for mike asking me to help her just fix the final knot securely. the girl had done the ENTIRE thing on her own early in the morning before any of us got up. doing the whole right sides together thing, stitching the seams closed & then turning it all inside out so the raw edges were inside thing....a buttonhole matched right where the button was...i mean this girl followed the pattern to the letter and it looked fantastic. i was like "wha??? you've done the whole thing already? get out!" so awesome...
so then i set her loose in our old clothes to be donated pile & she whipped up 2 pillows out of T-shirts + one pillow made from her favorite fabrics (complete with a felt pocket for the tooth fairy).
and her favorite project is her little monster, zoey. made from one of ryan's old polo shirts and an old tank top. adorable & gets lots of loving that is for sure. (hence the frayed ric rac smile...reminds me of one of our favorite stories "that rabbit belongs to Emily Brown" :)
kinda makes me want to get some of my sewing projects completed. it's been a busy spring, but watching her having so much fun has inspired me to get back to it!
happy thursday!
xoxo
gi
wow wow and WOW!!!!!
My girls did learn how to sew and are loving it!
they do need that book!
I have to get it for them....she is doing AWESOME!
she is definitely a NATURAL at it!!!!
tara
Posted by: tara pakosta | May 14, 2011 at 06:20 PM
That's awesome! I'll have to send some fun scraps for her with your placemats! :)
Posted by: Mandie Segura | July 01, 2011 at 12:20 AM