Little Stitches
As her older brother and sister have done before her, a couple of days ago, Michaela tried her hand at stitching. I have talked about teaching the kids how to stitch before – I think back-stitch is the easiest to lean if the shapes are simple.
I have drawn out the same design that the others started with, which borrows the elements from this quilt. The blue one above is Amelia’s, stitched when she was 5 1/2 years old. The Red one below is Rory’s, started at the same time when he was 3 1/2 years, but finished when he was almost 5 years old.
They hang together like so….
Eventually Michaela’s will hang with the others, proudly on our wall.
Have you done any sewing with your kids? What did you teach them?
April 27th, 2010 at 11:51 am
How lovely to have a matching set of three!
April 27th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
The kids are always around when I sew on the machine (having no room to do it in, it just sits on the dining table). All of the kids now know how to thread a machine and do some basic straight lines – in fact one of my kids did a heap of work on my last flannel rag quilt. Wish I knew enough hand stitching to teach them that but I’m hopeless!!
April 27th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Such a sweet idea, Holly has been stitching and made a cute drawstring bag with here name stitched on it for camp. Havnt considered the 3 year old yet. Dont think riley would be intersted unless it was a car..lol
April 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Hi Claire – thanks for morning tea today! It was lovely to meet you and to now know a friendly face at Sew It Together! Hope the fabric goes well with your FFA.
Cheers
Bron
April 28th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
I have taught the girls how to do x-stitch, long stitches, and some quilting/patchwork. they can use the sewing machine after having lessons (decided they would listen to someone else more than me lol).
miss 15 can now do nice stitchery and can put a button on!!
April 29th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Thoroughly impressed by the stitchery talent that runs in your family…
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April 30th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
oh my goodness, what a treasure!!
June 20th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Hi Claire,
it was great to catch up after so many years. Your designs look great. I have noticed a running theme with the “rabbit” cushion and the Thank You flower- they both have the distinct “global” look.
Have you considered branching out into teaching us crafty ones some of your skills? or kids designer (in every sense of the word) parties???
Look forward to seeing more!!!