My grandkids live a distance and aren't here often. This summer, Emily was here for a week and wanted to sew. We decided to do hot pads for her mom and step-mom. Above you can see her going through fabric strips to find just the right ones. She had very definite ideas of what she wanted based on the interests of her mom and step-mom.
Emily wanted fabrics to reflect a leaf and tree theme for her mom and a beach theme for her step-mom.
She enjoyed using the machine and even got pretty good at controlling the speed with the foot pedal after a few practice runs.
This is the hot pad (before batting and backing) for her mom....colors do reflect leaves and trees.
This is the beachy one for her step-mom.....even includes "sand". Next summer, I hope to introduce her younger sister (Jessi, age 4) to the sewing machine! If you enjoy seeing quilting projects done by children, check out this site.
