Recruitinig the next generation....my 16 y/o son

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10-31-2014, 10:28 AM

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Taughtby Grandma

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Nice, some young man is going to love this quilt.

10-31-2014, 10:31 AM

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Great lesson. It has a great result. Always good for a boy to learn to sew.

10-31-2014, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by GailG

Awesome!! You are doing a great thing -- and so is he. And don't forget to lead him to the vintage section of the board so he can learn to service (and perhaps repair) his own sewing machine. When my son was a senior he needed to choose an elective. He chose Home Economics. (Ricky Timms, etc).

I may eventually lead him to the male quilters if he decides he really likes it. For now, I'm not giving him a choice--rather, we're doing it together--so I suppose it's the time spent together that means a lot

But since you mentioned teaching him to repair machines, here they are in action--DS and DH--fixing another person's machine. We are her resident "freebie repairmen" as my husband has what they call here in Poland "golden hands" and can fix just about anything.

My friend has a Pfaff and a Bernina (both mechanical machines, older and actually both came from me

) and we've had them over here several times, working on them. Here they are cleaning out the bottom. This is a machine I bought used from another lady and then she bought it from me. I doubt we'd ever had the bottom off.

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10-31-2014, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Rennie

Not only a great quilt top, but a great idea for having him do it. One thing I always wonder about - even reading this board - is whether the next generations will be as involved in quilting/sewing as our generation (I "speak" baby boomer myself.

So do any of you with married children or grandchildren see that interest being carried forward?

I wanted to mention that both of my girls, when they lived at home, didn't show a great interest in sewing, but both want sewing machines now.

(They are 22 and almost 20.)

I did gift the older one, who just got married, a Janome that was gifted to me. The younger one doesn't have one yet, but she's only a sophomore in college and doesn't have a lot of time to sew at the moment.

10-31-2014, 11:19 AM

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Boys that age are usually embarrassed at little things, however, he did an amazing job on the quilt and you should both be proud of his accomplishment. It's a great charity quilt and he's a good looking boy.

10-31-2014, 11:29 AM

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great job keep up good work!!!

10-31-2014, 12:09 PM

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He did a fabulous job..Three pats on the back for him...He rocks.....

11-01-2014, 02:29 AM

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Great job!

11-01-2014, 03:45 AM

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I think it's a wonderful idea to teach boys sewing. His quilt is fantastic and I'm sure some little boy will be happy to know it was made by a young man. Great job!