Wednesday, February 18, 2009

"Not Exactly My Colors.....





Grams." I have had the wonderful experience of teaching my just twelve year old grandson to sew. And yes, these are not his colors, this is a bag he would never carry...and I probably would not use it either.....But, it is what was on hand, someone, a little girl might like this and it was a good beginning for sewing and matching up seams.
I think that he did a fantastic job. The only thing I did was show him what to do and I did do the pressing..showing him the difference between pressing and ironing.
I also helped him to sew a pillow case..no pictures..but flannel with "POW and SMACK and SOCCER and FOOTBALL on it.
I am amazed at how well he did. do click on to see how wonderfully he did

Best

7 comments:

weebug said...

it may not be your colours, but he did an excellent job!

heather jane said...

Way to go, Grams!! You are a most excellent teacher.

Nice work!!!

Anonymous said...

I wish I were your grand daughter so I could sew since I was a little kid!
great job, Ellen. You know, excellent grandchildren are come from excellent grandparents too :)

jacquie said...

good for you...i love me a guy who knows how to sew. it will serve him well. i regret not teaching my boys...now that they bring me all their alterations and mending. maybe it's not too late.

Anonymous said...

You get the Grandma of the Month award! I love that you have taken the time to show him how to sew. It looks like he did a fantastic job, but I'm not surprised with such a fabulous teacher. I'm tuning in to what Jacquie said and thinking this might be a good summer project for the boys.

Anonymous said...

Oh, and maybe he could give it to his mom for Mother's Day or something.

Sarah said...

It is very sweet. What a good job!