Sewing

Last week we did a lot of sewing. Sewing on plastic canvas with our art friends, sewing with needle and thread on a marked line, sewing on paper (I’m just the mom, I’m not in charge here.) Then Monday she showed me you could sew through your clothes with pine needles.

I really need to draw her a cloth doll to sew (possibly turn) and stuff. I’m sure she could do it. I guess it would be simplest to start with felt. Felt and not turning, or cloth and turning. Hmm.

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maryanne says:

November 15, 2009 at 9:58 am

How about fleece? Then you could turn or not turn, as you wish. And it’s more stretchy for stuffies…

I need to let Emma sew more, but the trouble is Johnny wants to sew too and he is just too small.

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Angel Koch says:

December 23, 2009 at 2:23 am

I started my oldest (he’s 6) sewing small dolls with felt. He loves stuffing them and sewing them closed, and he really likes the finished product. However, he seems to prefer the quickness of a running stitch to a blanket stitch. We aren’t attempting the machine yet because I’m not too sure of it myself, just getting the hang of threading the monster.
We’ve moved on to felt food toys now. He is designing his own projects, cutting the felt, and rarely even asking for my help, and it’s only been 2 months. Little sister watches and pays close attention, but she just turned 4 the other day. We’ve just started her with decorative lines on felt to get the hang of the needle.
Good luck!

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