Thursday, February 18, 2010

zoe's 1st sewing project

Everyone time I sit down to sew, Zoe always plops down beside me and says "Mommy, can I help?"

I get a little nervous with her being so close to a machine with a sharp needle. So when we were at Micheals one day and she spotted this little felt coin purse kit, I thought it was the perfect 1st sewing project for her.

All the pieces came pre-cut and a blunt needle and thread were included.



I taught her how to thread the needle and then how to insert the needle back and forth between the holes.



The cherries were easy to put on since they had a adhesive back... she told me that was her favorite part.



She had such a great time "sewing" and she was so proud of her pretty coin purse.

12 comments:

Sadie said...

When did you get this at Michael's? I love it! I will be looking for it -- hope they still have them! My little ones would enjoy this. They love to craft. We used the Cricut this morning -- I cut, they glue. It works out well.

Sadie@ nelliebugs-swaps.blogspot.com

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Unknown said...

That coin purse is adorable and so is Zoe!

Congratulations Zoe, on your first sewing project! You can now officially sew better than I can! ;o)

Fallon said...

How sweet! Job well done :)

Sandra said...

That is too adorable!
I always see those kits for little kids when I go to Michaels and I always want to try them myself. :D
This one looks like it was perfect for your daughter. :)

cArLa said...

wow that's so amazing zoe! great job! next... the hello kitty sewing machine???

cArLa said...

wow that's so amazing zoe! great job! next... the hello kitty sewing machine???

ricebabies said...

Thats so sweet. I bet she was really proud of herself.

Jennifer Young said...

so so so adorable!

thank you for your kind words!
you're always so encouraging!

thank you for the inspiration!
j.

Lita said...

i'm so looking forward to doing sewing projects with my daugter someday.....

Rebecca Ednie said...

awww, you are starting her on a long, happy road of crafting. Rebecca Ednie/thebragal Swap-Bot

Yoshi said...

Its so great that you are sewing with your girl. I still have the sewing machine I learned to sew on, it was a real sewing machine (bobbin, needle, a couple of different stitches, etc). The only thing was that it was not electric and it just had a hand crank (similar to just running your sewing machine with the round thing on the side and not the pedal). It was great and safe and I was able to sew just about anything. I don't know if you would be able to find something like this, but you could unplug a regular machine.

Yoshi (libertunity from Swapbot)

Fi said...

Wauw this is really amazing.

fii -swapbot