DGK Sewing School, Day 2

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Jean, for future reference when they are eager to sew, give them a sheet of notebook paper and have them sew on the lines. I had worked with my grands several times before I either read or heard about this and was amazed at how well it worked by showing them how to control their seams.

Great going. I love to see the pride on the little ones' faces after they have finished something!

Great plan! He is afraid to go fast, and she sews like a bat out of you know where! But that would be good practice, does the sewing machine like that?

[Sandy Navas]

I haven't had any problems with it, Jean. No worse than fluff from cotton fabric. Sometimes I leave it unthreaded and they can still see where they have gone off track. I have one that is terribly conscientious about speed and seam allowance, one who couldn't care less, and one who is learning to slow down and take it easy. It is amazing the differences in personalities behind the sewing machine. Some indicate that they should be deprived of a driver's license until they are about 29.

[Jenny Mulhall]

What little sweeties! Lucky, lucky Nanna!

[SuzyQue]

When I taught 4-H sewing, I used the note book paper trick for their first sewing lesson. Yep, it works well! We did it unthreaded. Then as they can handle that we moved on to short curves or sharp curves or even simple designs from coloring books. Really works to teach them to pay attention to where they are going. I have had no issues with sewing on paper, other than it probably dulls the needle quickly!

[Lonna]

What a wonderful way to spend time with your Grandchildren. I remember spending a couple of weeks with my Grandparents every year. Those were the most wonderful two or three weeks of the summer. Me and my brother would spend hours out in the woods behind the house. Then Grandpa would always take us camping for a week. Now his camping was in a tent with sleeping bags on the ground kind of camping. In the Redwoods in Northern Calif. I remember deer, bear and even once a Mt. Lion coming into the camp. What a wonderful thing for Grandchildren who have Grandparents who have time to spend with them. I know I am not able to spend a lot of time with my Grandsons and my heart breaks because of it. But they do get to spend a lot of time with their other Grandparents. Jean have fun with those Grandbabies.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

I never had a granny to learn the womanly crafts from. My father's mother quilted, I just found that out a couple of months ago from my cousin who found one of her quilts in with her mom's stuff ( mom just died last year at age 93). But that grandma died when I was 5. My other grandma had passed away before I was born. But I was very close to my grandpa, who loved to fish and he was a woodworker. He taught me how to hammer and saw, and how to cast a fishing line! Loved it when I lived by a lake and could fish every evening! Learned to sew from my mom. Sewed every day when my kids were in school.

[GrammaBabs]

Awsome job kids.... love to see that one... one quick and one slow.... i remember when you bought the 2 machines back a while... as for the sewin on the lines.... w had Home Ec.... it's where i learned to love all things cooking and sewing... The first thing after learning all the "parts"... spool pin, tension, thread takeup, needle... our mantra for threading... was to sew on paper straight, then in a spiral... also printed on paper for us to learn control.... I took the sewing right up thru HS...(anything rather than stuff with "numbers"... not kidding).... then onto working in the yarn shop and i haven't looked back... (Or learned to be a neat person either).... LOL

[Divine Daisy]

Bless em! Awwwwwwwwwww I want some!

They do look tired from swimming but how tired is Granny from kids sewing?

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Bless em! Awwwwwwwwwww I want some!

They do look tired from swimming but how tired is Granny from kids sewing?

Exhausted! And to think I volunteered to do this every Thursday!

[auntiemern]

I know the feeling. I don't volunteer though, I get volunteered. lol This granny is pooped from the past 2 weeks and needs a break, BIG TIME!!!

Exhausted! And to think I volunteered to do this every Thursday!