Sewing Lesson

For a few months now, Alyssa has been asking me to teach her to sew on my machine. She has already done some mending with a needle and thread, so I thought it would be fun to pick out a simple project for the sewing machine. The craft store had a nice variety of fun fabrics suitable for children's aprons, so I let the girls pick out two each for their own projects. Alyssa went for the cupcakes with the contrasting blue fabric and Lauren went for the popsicles and contrasting green fabric.

After searching out ideas online, we sketched out some designs. Alyssa went for a more straight forward, easy pattern for her first experience, while Lauren picked out something a little more intricate, since her mom would be doing all the stitching.

Alyssa was shown how to take all the measurements, make a pattern out of newspapers and cut out the apron pieces.

Pinning the trim to the main body of Alyssa's apron.

Way to go Alyssa!!

Alyssa wanted big curved pockets on the front.

Alyssa did almost ALL of the sewing. I helped her with the rounded corners of the pockets. Great job!

Since I did all the sewing on Lauren's apron, I made it fully lined on the inside, so it is finished a little more nicely. Someday with more practice, Alyssa can do more difficult projects like that.

Alyssa has also been learning to knit on the round loom. She has knitted a hat for her doll and hopes to make a matching one for herself (Pictures to come). With two crafty girls, we should have no problem finding something to do this winter when we are stuck inside away from the rain. Looking forward to it!