This has been a fairly quiet holiday weekend for us. We usually have more going on for the Fourth. Quiet is nice for a change....I guess. My granddaughter spent Sunday night with us. As soon as her folks and younger brother left she asked if we could do some sewing. She likes using my machine. I figured that I'd sneak in a little instruction, so I showed her how to lay out a pattern (she's 8 and wasn't too interested in that part, but you never know what sinks in) then we cut out some shorts and up to the machine. I would show her the directions, pin the pieces together and she would sew. In a couple of hours from start to finish, she was wearing the very first garment she ever made! Now I had bought the pattern when she started wanting to use my machine, but the fabric came straight from my stash! Whatever I had planned to use it for, this is a far better purpose and it is now being used and out of the closet. I wish that I had a picture, but then again, one pair of shorts is like most others.
As for me, now that the house is quiet again, I got back up to the sewing room and did two more rows of quilting on one of my UFOs. Two more rows and the quilting will be done. I may go back up tonight. Its a small quilt and doesn't take too long, but I try to give myself and the machines a break. Besides, I still have cooking and other household things to get in. I look forward to taking it off the frame and mounting the next UFO in the stack. This quilt is only the second that I have done on the PCQuilter and I am still learning. This time I made a couple of mistakes that I will have to figure out how to overcome for the next quilt. I don't think that they are big enough for anyone but me to notice and I'm working on the least 'precious' of my UFOs first, so any mistakes aren't a big deal. If they are too big, the dog gets a new quilt. Otherwise they are wall hangings or nap quilts for us. I haven't done anything that I hope will be totally wonderful yet - still lots of practicing to do.
Hope that the rest of you had a wonderful Fourth. Maybe by next year I will have done a patriotic quilt like the beautiful ones so many blog members have shown in the last few days!
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Its wonderful that you're spending the time making shorts with your grandaughter. I remember fondly the sewing time wiht my gran, and while I left sewing for some time, and don't sew the sort of things she did, she really is one of my mentors...
I'd like to see a picture... :)
My greatniece is starting to sew, and I've been thinking of getting a simple pattern for her - something to wear. She's made stuffed animal sleeping bags and simple drawstring bags.
Was your shorts pattern made with an elastic waist? Or a drawstring cargo type?
How great to spend time with your granddaughter and make a garmet. She will always remember the time with grandmother!
You are making memories with your granddaughter that she will always look back on fondly. Whatever fabric she chose from your stash can be replaced with something similiar--this was a better use, as you said.
I don't do any sewing but I do enjoy teaching family members to quilt.
I don't have any grandchildren and hope NOT to for a while. My oldest son (22) is getting married in October but I'm hoping they wait a while before having children.
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