Originally Posted by memereof8
I will be retiring after the New Year (thank God). I really went over my alloted time!!!! I have 8 Grandchildren. 6 boys and 2 girls. Love them all. Want to know something---one of my grandsons is facinated by the workings of the sewing machine. Told him I would teach him whatever he wants to know. Very proud of all of them. 2 graduated from college, 3 are in college, the others are in elementary, middle, and high school. My does time go by. Enjoyed every minute!!!
When I have been with my 4, almost 5, year old grandson,
this past year we have sewn together. He is very mechanically inclined so he loves to work the floor pedal. We first made his John Dheere apron by making a pattern out of newspaper, cut it and then he stood between my legs and worked the pedal and I guided my featherweight machine. He was very good about following my instructions to always stop when I told him to. He was very proud of himself.
I then let him sew on notebook paper while I was next to him, taught him how to leave the needle down and pivot. Little ones are often the most eager to do something big people like to do!
Those are really precious times and we will do more, for sure :!: :!: :!: