My eldest grandson (aged 7 at the time) spent the day sewing with me on April 10, 2006; It was a first. <G> He’d been fascinated with my old Singer 99 handcrank, so a few days earlier I’d had him “sewing” on lined paper (without thread) to practice going straight. The “big” day arrived when he was to sew on fabric. I’d bought some blackboard fabric, and Benjamin had chosen some sports-themed fabric to make borders on a placemat. Before he arrived, I cut the borders out, but he did almost all of the sewing. 🙂 What a nice job he made of sewing those borders onto the blackboard fabric! I’m so proud of him! 😀 All in all, quite a fun morning! 🙂
A couple of years later, my second grandson (seven years old — this is becoming a tradition) has spent the day — August 2, 2008) doing what his cousin did two years previously! He selected cowboy fabric and made a similar placemat, though the pocket for the chalk doesn’t show very well in the photo, since we made it from matching fabric, rather than contrasting. He did the entire thing on my Bernina, though I slowed the speed way down and added a finger guard to the presser foot — for my peace of mind as well as his. 😉 I did the cutting and the top stitching, and he did the rest — and what a great job he did! 😀
Grandson #3 turned seven six weeks after his cousin, so he was anxious to come over and make a placemat, too. On August 15, 2008, he came over and did a super job of making his version. He also used my Bernina (with finger guard!) and went home to proudly show off his handiwork.
Finally, grandson #4 came over to sew, though his session was delayed until he was almost 11! Yikes! But he wanted to make a cushion for his bedroom, and he did a beautiful job of it!
