SUNDAY SEWING CLASS...GRANDDAUGHTER STYLE!!!
Madison has been asking and asking me to teach her how to sew!! I have been so busy that finally today we both got together. I started out trying to explain the machine. She picked that up really fast. Then we went on to sewing a straight stitch. She practiced and practiced but she loved putting the 6" squares together so much that i was totally surprised how straight her stitches were!! I think she is a natural!!
She hated having to pin them together but she understood right away about fronts together!! I was just amazed at her skill and listening. Also how long she stuck with it too. Remember she is only 9!!
Here you can see that she is really trying hard to get the material to cooperate with her. She had to get the hang of holding onto the material just right so she could make a straight stitch!!
As you can see she did stick with it and did a great job!! Wow!! I am the most surprised grandma. She is the first of my granddaughters to ask me to teach her how to sew!! My old machine is still cooperating too. I have had it for a LONG time now!!
Here she is with her completed patches all sewn together all by herself!! I was just AMAZED!! Don't you think she did a great job!!?? Sorry I am a proud grandma!! I love all of my grandchildren very much!! 
25 comments:
i don't know who had more fun - you or Madison! :o)
cool! you are making some truly lovely memories there ...
blessings on you!
Love sewing and this is just precious :)
Such lovely memories were made today for you two, love you my friend.
What wonderful memories you made today. I hope you are recording these events to be cherished many years from now. How lucky to have your grandchildren close by. Mine are 6 hours away.
Well I am VERY impressed at how well she did for this being her first try at the sewing machine...she certainly is a natural at it! I just love all the squares she put together. My mom was quite a seamstress and made all my clothes while I was growing up...unfortunately she didn't pass on the sewing genes to me...all I do is hem pants! lol Please tell Madison for me that she did REAL GOOD!!! xox
she did a great job..
what a cutie she is too..
Great job Maddie:) Looks really nice. Now you can sew for me haha;)
She really did a good job! You should have been a teacher!! You have a knack to be able to explain things! As she learns how she will have this for a life time!!I am impressed! Blessings, Carolyn
WOW!!! GO Madison!!! That is sO cool! You should have her make it into a quilt - for a doll or something! (or just a few more squares and it could be a baby quilt for a needy infant in the hospital!)
Way to go Madison. Good teaching Gramy
She did a GREAT job!! I'm impressed both at her skills and at your teaching abilities! I don't know if Rachel would have been that patient...I'm very proud of Miss Maddie! :)
I used to spend Sunday afternoons after church with my grandmother. Those are very precious memories to me now.
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~~~Blessings~~~
Hi sandy, wow... Madison did a super job, but then she had a super grandma teaching her.She could mount this in a picture frame and hang on her bedroom wall.I am busy here in Atlanta, and will be going to Curves shortly..Talk later, Love ya, Barb
Woo Hoo! Great job by both of you. Loved the pictures too. Sounds like a natural to me too.
Wonderful work Miz Madison!
=)
She did a great job! I tried and tried to learn and I simply am not patient enough to sew anything! And the straight line thing throws me EVERYTIME!
I think it's so neat that you two did this together. I remember my Grandma teaching me to cross stitch. That will forever be a special memory for me. And I'm sure this will be a special memory for Madison.
Hugs to you!!
:-)Susan
This takes me back to memories of my grandmother and myself..
tears....
precious memories....she'll always remember
your are such a blessing
Great post and very special memories.
and she will have the memory of grandma teaching her. What a blessing we have in grandchildren
She did so well and such a wonderful teacher to have! Those special bonds with granchildren are a true blessing!!
Look at those corners matched Great job. How loving of you to teach her.
Now that would make ONE great wall hanging in Grandma's home, I think!!!!!
Wow! I agree. She is a natural. Give her my congratulations. She did a GREAT JOB! I'm very impressed and I agree that this should be made into a wall hanging for Grandma's house.
Have a great week.
What a terrific way to bond with your granddaughter. It must have been fun teaching her and heartwarming to see how much she has learned in such a short time. Bravo to her lovely work!
Looks like you have a little seamstress on your hands! What sweet memories. She will always remember you showing her the basics of sewing.
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