Crafting with Kids

With all the sewing I've been doing, Little Man's interest has been piqued. He constantly asks me if he can help sew something. The first couple times I hesitated, told him no and moved on...but I kept thinking that it's always a good idea to cultivate interest when it's shown. The next time he asked, I just pulled out a scrap of fabric and let him sew lines up and down it. During this practice run, I learned how much he enjoys using the reverse button on the machine.

Finally, in preparation for our trip back in September, I came up with the perfect project that he could help with -- we'd gotten several sets of Color Wonder paper and markers, so we needed a marker case to keep them in. I pulled out available fabrics and allowed him to choose his outer and inner, then cut prepped them to be sewn. Once they were ready, Little Man climbed up into my lap and helped sew the case together.

He did a very good job listening when I told him to push the button and when to let go so that we could form the pockets for his markers. As the usual attention span of a 2 year old goes, he was done helping about halfway through the case, so he left and I finished it up so that it was ready for the trip.



The idea for the marker case came from the crayon rolls that I made for the craft bazaar, which will be featured later, in my items for sale series.

Ahhh!

Time flies when you're having fun, and how true is that! I've been working my fingers off (almost literally, more to come on that in a bit) preparing for a craft bazaar that is coming up this weekend! A couple of weeks ago, I tried to hop on and post a blog, but my computer wasn't cooperating so it went by the wayside as I continued sewing, crocheting, sewing some more, and once in a while even taking a break to take care of my family!
All told, I have made several things for the bazaar, and plan to feature a blog post about each type, likely after the weekend is over. I've made: receiving blankets, ribbon texture lovies, bibs, crayon rolls, crocheted Christmas ornaments, market bags and hackey sacks.
As this is the final countdown, I've been working to get as much finished as I could. My goal was to finish all of my sewing last night so I could concentrate on crocheting the rest of the week. However, on my second to last ribbon lovie, I was trying to help the fabric through and caught my finger under the needle of my machine. It's ok, but still painful, and definitely put a stop to all sewing last night! Still, I shall persevere and have already finished the offending blanket and am moving on to my final 4 bibs and my sewing will be complete!

I hope to return soon to post a better update and some pictures of everything I've been working on! And then there will be a flood after Christmas, when I can finally post about all of my top-secret giftie crafting!