tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347662658917669211.post5693251564483249279..comments2024-02-11T02:14:35.785-06:00Comments on Sewn by Leila Gardunia: Sewn with KidsLeilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04687956328790829812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347662658917669211.post-10292665870488318702011-06-19T06:04:27.757-05:002011-06-19T06:04:27.757-05:00I started sewing with mine at this sort of age, an...I started sewing with mine at this sort of age, and they sew very well now!K's first project was a fabulous printed panel, which cut out to make a rag doll and her clothes., Bloomer, dress and apron. Couldn't get another similar pattern for M, so she started on clothes for herself!<br />Well done for maintaining patience-so hard.mammafairyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mammafairy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347662658917669211.post-84654405744452426832011-05-26T11:00:31.138-05:002011-05-26T11:00:31.138-05:00Lovely.
I made a similarly styled skirt-differen...Lovely. <br /><br />I made a similarly styled skirt-different colours, ALL by hand, including seams and 'sleeve' for the elastic waist, aged 10. I grew up WITHOUT a sewing machine, but my mother did quite a lot of various types of hand-stitchery for relaxation, so I probably caught the 'stitchery-disease' from her. <br /><br />My very first purchase with money I earnt from working for my father from aged 13-16 (until I went off to Uni) by doing the payroll each week and keeping the company accounts and ledgers was a fairly decent Singer, although I gave it away when my husband and I moved back to Europe in the mid-1980s because the voltage-transforming thing is awkward, occasionally a nightmare.<br /><br />TriciaPatricia Stefanowicz BSc(Hons) MArch PE MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652782057832038380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347662658917669211.post-5875515662148950792011-04-29T00:03:18.186-05:002011-04-29T00:03:18.186-05:00Awesome! I have sewn with all 3 of my older kids a...Awesome! I have sewn with all 3 of my older kids and they all had a lot of fun.A.J. Dub. (Amy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08420305167783392060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347662658917669211.post-46225896040309738222011-04-28T10:30:19.710-05:002011-04-28T10:30:19.710-05:00Even when my kids were older sewing with them was ...Even when my kids were older sewing with them was a patience consuming task. Ruth Ann was much better at it than I. She had the child sit on her lap as they sewed, with the child doing the guiding and she at the pedal (4-H method, I think). Anyway, she must have been encouraging because her oldest daughter is a busy designer/stitcher in London with a degree in costume design from UCLA.<br /><br />Kudos for exemplary mothering!!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10141716861207496538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347662658917669211.post-7103620371200036092011-04-27T21:16:20.736-05:002011-04-27T21:16:20.736-05:00How great you are! My youngest - age 5 - wants to ...How great you are! My youngest - age 5 - wants to help me all the time at the machine. I will let her do the pedal but she sometimes does not stop when I say stop. I have not worked up the nerve to try anything besides straight line stitching.And this would be . . . . https://www.blogger.com/profile/07560153845239857230noreply@blogger.com