Trainee patchworker...

My youngest granddaughter Grace who is 9 years old just loves anything crafty including sewing but she had never used a sewing machine before so we spent a lovely day together and I taught Grace how to use my sewing machine.
The first thing we did was to make a simple drawstring bag and we cut out flower shapes of fabric with a couple of my craft dies and this was the result.
All I've done is to actually cut the fabric out for her....

 

Grace then decided she would like to have a go at simple quilting so we found some scraps of fabric, Grace decided on the design and away she went...all I did on this piece of work was to tack the binding on for her as she kept pricking her finger on the sharp pins! 

 Its all Grace's own work, ok a little wobble on the binding edge but as you can see she was so happy with her quilt....I think Father Christmas might just bring her a sewing box with some fabric in.... I think its such a joy that she wants to learn to sew and knit,  my mum taught me when I was very young which enabled me to make my daughters clothes.

Thanks for stopping by ...

Anne 

A very enjoyable afternoon.....

Last week my granddaughter Grace and I had a lovely afternoon card making, for saying she is just 5 she did a brilliant job, in the first two photos she is working on a card for Daddy, she stamped the cars and  coloured them herself and even put her own backing paper on... Nanny helped with the punching!  The last card was Mummy's card and again Grace stamped her own butterflies on the background and then used bits from her very own embellishment box to decorate the card...and to finish off what all little girls like is a touch of glitter.  Bless her she is like a little magpie anything loose on my desk she always asked if she can pop it in her box..bless. Grace cant wait to come back and play, its so nice when we can share out passion with our little ones...

Back later on with more samples from tonight's craft club.

Thank you for all your good wishes and I am feeling so much better now...

Anne