Quilting Nonnie

My granddaughter, who was 7, and I made a quilt. I bought a charm square pack and let her play with the layout until she was happy.

She was able to sew on my Janome and iron. She was quite good with the machine. The first few times she didn't pay attention and really sewed large seams I picked them out for her. On the next mistake I told her that the next time she would be picking out the seam herself. She paid much more attention and her seams were better. She absolutely loved her quilt. I sewed on the binding. She helped tie it.

The same summer my grandson, 10, and I made a quilt. I went to a very easy quilt. He picked the fabric. His sewing ability was much worse than my seven-year-old granddaughter. He couldn't pay attention from the start to the end of the seam! I think every seam was sewn and picked out at least twice. He almost made it through the whole thing. He did love steam ironing. He steamed so much he ran my iron out of water!