Miss Em, as we call her, is six years old and readily admits to me that she has figured out that she can roll her puppy-dog eyes at me and get just about anything she wants. She is subtle and calculating - but that is not a bad thing.
She has been begging for a special "Nana Day" because she planned a sewing project and didn't get to finish it last week. So yesterday afternoon I invited her over. Her project was to make a toy cell phone for her baby sister. She was making it out of felt and had cut the pieces last week. She also had picked out special buttons to add for the keypad.
I offered to help her but she insisted she could do it all. And she did. She seated herself in front of one of my Singer 99s and threaded the machine (albeit she had to have assistance when it came to pushing that thread through a size 10 slot in the needle). She planned out her method of attack, sewed pieces together, did some hand sewing, even sewed buttons . . . which some men can't do . . .
At one point, as I was busy in another part of the room, I heard her say "Oh, no!" When I asked her what happened she told me she'd sewn all four sides together and not left a space to stuff the cell phone. I started over to show her how to pick out some stitching and she said, "There, that will work." She'd picked up her scissors and trimmed off one of the small sides. Quick thinking.
What a fun day. I have a couple pictures to share. It was very difficult to get one of her with her finished project as she kept giving me some very fake and cheeky smiles.
Emily making 'cell phone' (Small).JPGProud of her project (Small).JPG
She has been begging for a special "Nana Day" because she planned a sewing project and didn't get to finish it last week. So yesterday afternoon I invited her over. Her project was to make a toy cell phone for her baby sister. She was making it out of felt and had cut the pieces last week. She also had picked out special buttons to add for the keypad.
I offered to help her but she insisted she could do it all. And she did. She seated herself in front of one of my Singer 99s and threaded the machine (albeit she had to have assistance when it came to pushing that thread through a size 10 slot in the needle). She planned out her method of attack, sewed pieces together, did some hand sewing, even sewed buttons . . . which some men can't do . . .
At one point, as I was busy in another part of the room, I heard her say "Oh, no!" When I asked her what happened she told me she'd sewn all four sides together and not left a space to stuff the cell phone. I started over to show her how to pick out some stitching and she said, "There, that will work." She'd picked up her scissors and trimmed off one of the small sides. Quick thinking.
What a fun day. I have a couple pictures to share. It was very difficult to get one of her with her finished project as she kept giving me some very fake and cheeky smiles.
Emily making 'cell phone' (Small).JPGProud of her project (Small).JPG
Keep going with the projects! Thanks for sharing the pics Sandy.
The needle hit the thread knot and has thrown the timing out so that now the top thread loops the bobbin hook incorrectly, jams and breaks. No big deal and very fixable but he is feeling bad that he 'broke' my sewing machine and that he couldn't finish his project before he goes home. 
I am digging my old Globe out of the cupboard and having it serviced so this won't happen again. It's a very old mechanical machine but they still sew beautifully.
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