I might have to book my daughter in for sewing lessons with someone else. She sat and watched as I showed her how to thread it and how to fill the bobbin but that was the extent of it all. She has been using her charm pack to practise sewing straight and making them into basic bags. She wants to sew something for Chloë but in true teen style, she will want to do it solo without me showing her the basics of cutting fabric etc. I am thinking the sunny day shorts would be a good place to start.
I take my hat off to you Heidi for actually being able to teach the young people in your family to sew. And to the kids for sitting down and taking note of what Aunty Heidi says. I hope to have better luck with Chloë when she’s old enough (Noah won’t have a bar😕 But if I mention a new onesie he might😜). Of course I wasn’t allowed to go near my mum’s machine when I was the kids’ ages – I made barbie clothes with blanket stitch using no pattern so I can completely see where Imogen gets it from.
Meanwhile, I am about to photograph these seashore dresses and the Birthday party dress to include in the flickr group and then get on with drafting the next size for the bubble dress. I have some left over liberty pepper that I am hoping I can use with it and some really pretty cambridge lawn from Lincraft which is one of the oldest fabrics in my stash (I bought it back when Lincraft had really beautiful fabrics and had many stores in Perth). The bloomers are cut and almost finished sewn so it is just a matter of these dresses. The will bring the total for the week to five two piece outfits – wow!
