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Posted by Anne Rogers on March 11, 2007, 2:12 pm
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> Having 5 boys and 1 girl who lives in Oregon, I too yearn for a female to
> pass along all my needle skills. I also knit, crochet, needlepoint,
> bargello, make rugs and other assorted stuff.
It's not just girls that want to learn, I have a boy who is desperate to sew
with me, problem is, he's not yet 4, so we're a bit limited in what we can
do, but he can foundation piece sat on my knee pretty well, so I'm busy
thinking up a project we can do together as we finished the last one.
Anne
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Posted by Pati Cook on March 12, 2007, 3:29 am
Anne, see if you can find a book titled "My First Sewing Book" by Winky
Cherry. It is usually available as a kit. I had a seminar with Winky one
year and she wrote this book specifically for younger kids. It is hand
sewing, but she also has a series of "My First..." books that includes
sewing machine. I have used a couple of these with younger kids in full
classroom situations, even though they were designed to use with fewer
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kids. <G> And even the older kids I was teaching were interested in the
first one. <G>
Pati, in Phx
Anne Rogers wrote:
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>>Having 5 boys and 1 girl who lives in Oregon, I too yearn for a female to
>>pass along all my needle skills. I also knit, crochet, needlepoint,
>>bargello, make rugs and other assorted stuff.
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> It's not just girls that want to learn, I have a boy who is desperate to sew
> with me, problem is, he's not yet 4, so we're a bit limited in what we can
> do, but he can foundation piece sat on my knee pretty well, so I'm busy
> thinking up a project we can do together as we finished the last one.
>
> Anne
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Posted by Erin on March 11, 2007, 5:49 pm
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> Having 5 boys and 1 girl who lives in Oregon, I too yearn for a female to
> pass along all my needle skills. I also knit, crochet, needlepoint,
> bargello, make rugs and other assorted stuff.
I periodically have crafty afternoons with the kids (boys as well as
girls) who live at my apartment complex. We have a nice Hobby Room in
the basement of one building and I always have tons of left-over
beads, floss, trim, etc from making Art Quilts, costumes, regular
clothing etc. This past Wed. we made "fabric bowls" out of felt. I
bought some acrylic felt and pre-cut it into cross-shaped piece and
then the children sewed up the sides and decorated their
creations. :-)
Erin
http://arkivarie.livejournal.com/
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Posted by desert quilter on March 11, 2007, 3:12 pm
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> My 17-year-old son has a new girlfriend, not something unusual, but
> this one seems to be more important than the previous ones. He brought
> her home very quickly to meet us and has been to meet her folks. And,
> he told me very early on "Mom, you're going to love this. She is
> interested in fabric and quilting." So she is. Today she spent a lot
> of the day here, a good bit of it finishing a little simple quilt she
> has made for her younger brother. She's teaching herself to quilt and
> buys her own fabric and materials. I showed her how to mark lines for
> quilting straight lines and how to make and put on a simple binding.
> I can't begin to tell you how fun it was to have a girl to play with.
> We had such a good time. I gave her a couple of quilting magazines and
> told her I'll be glad to help her anytime.
> What a hoot. I hope the women my sons settle down with for marriage
> like "fabric and quilting." It would be so fun.
> Sunny
Wow, Sunny, that does sound like fun! Glad your son could spare her
for the day. Smart boy, choosing a girlfriend that shares an interest
with his mom. :-)
Michelle
http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter
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Posted by L on March 12, 2007, 2:14 pm
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> My 17-year-old son has a new girlfriend, not something unusual, but
> this one seems to be more important than the previous ones. He brought
> her home very quickly to meet us and has been to meet her folks. And,
> he told me very early on "Mom, you're going to love this. She is
> interested in fabric and quilting." So she is. Today she spent a lot
> of the day here, a good bit of it finishing a little simple quilt she
> has made for her younger brother. She's teaching herself to quilt and
> buys her own fabric and materials. I showed her how to mark lines for
> quilting straight lines and how to make and put on a simple binding.
> I can't begin to tell you how fun it was to have a girl to play with.
> We had such a good time. I gave her a couple of quilting magazines and
> told her I'll be glad to help her anytime.
> What a hoot. I hope the women my sons settle down with for marriage
> like "fabric and quilting." It would be so fun.
Until they raid your stash ;-)
Hmmm... start training your sons now in the art of purchasing fabric.
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> pass along all my needle skills. I also knit, crochet, needlepoint,
> bargello, make rugs and other assorted stuff.