Can Litttle Miss make me a quilt????
Can I commission a quilt from her?????

My granddaughter is 6 and has been sewing with me for 2 years, mostly her picking out the fabric and the fancy stitch she wanted me to use. This Christmas she sewed on my Phaff and made a blanket. She sewed about the edge and than we turned it " she even remined me that i had pinned all the way around and did not leave an opening for turning the blanket inside out. I had showed her my featherweight and told her that when i died she could have it. She had gotten a little tiny sewing from Santa, and when i left the room deciced that she should learn how to thread it, i was trying to get it going for her and was having some trouble and she told me that she had rethreaded the machine, she had done it right but had the thread wrapped and around the spindle i told her next time maybe i should help her, and she ask me "if you can not get my machine to work can i have the one "now" that you said that i can have when you die"! I had my 21 year old GD make a quilt when she was 10, but she had not sewn since. I do have 2 featherweights just in case she changes her mind.

Priceless :lol: :lol: :lol:
I really wish I had a little one to teach. They get so excited when they succeed. The memories of these days will be with them for a lifetime...nothing better than that!

I taught my DD to sew but she has never shown an interest in quilting. I started one of my DGD sewing at the age of five (although she was helping me long before that) she is now eight years old. I bought her a small machine but she likes mine better so when she comes here I give up my machine to her. She is currently working on a quillo. She loves to go through my stash and looking her at the pictures of all the beautiful quilts. I have another DGH that is eight months old so hoping that I have another student for the future.

Hi I have taught my 3 DGD to quilt. Two of them love pp and the older one just likes piecing. We have a lot of fun when we sew together.

My great grandmother had me thread needles for her when she could not see the eye well. In my minds eye, I still see the two of us standing in the kitchen and her asking, can you see the eye on this needle, then can you get the thread through it. Several times that particular day, she brought her needle and thread to me and this a memory I will chrish as long as I live.

This reminds me of my 8 year old grandaughter, She always says "Let me tread it grandma, I can see better" She just got glasses and this was before she had them! I hope it is a memory for her as it is for you.

I taught my granddaughter and my niece. They were very interested so that made it easy and fun. They made purses, lap quilts, and applique tee shirts. I helped with a quilt shop's summer quilt class for kids. It was a disaster. It was more like drop the mouthy brat off to be babysitted all day.

I teach any time I get the opportunity. Currently I'm teaching quilting to three students from a local charter high school - It's one of their none-core, or optional, classes. It's been fun and I hope to do it again. I also teach one-on-one or one-on-two to adults who have never had the chance to learn quilting or who have been afraid to try.

I am planning to have a quilting group with some of the kids in the neighborhood this summer at the association's clubhouse. One requirement will be that 12 and under will have a parent with them. Another requirement will be that there are phone numbers to reach all other parents and that they will be called to remove any disruptive child from the class. Hope this works.

I babysit a friends 7 year old daughter and she can't wait to come here so she can sew and work on the quilt she has started. She sews on one of my featherweights.
Judy in Ohio

I am just learning to quilt my self. but I do have a three year old granddaughter I hope to teach some day. Penny

This is AWESOME ... such a blessing ... I wish I had some of you all living near me ... I am going to have to find folks who like to quilt.

I can't wait to teach my GD. She is only 3 1/2.

I have done lots of quilting with first graders. I start with tying a quilt. They each choose two 12.5" squares. Using a cardboard template they mark 5 places to tie. I teach them to tie a square knot by making a 4 and a p and then pulling it tight. Over the course of 9 months I get them to make seasonal squares, eventually sewing with yarn and finally using needles and thread. At the same time, we tied and sewed/quilted lap size quilts for the elderly people the children knew. The Navajo kids were very skilled and enjoyed the measuring, cutting and sewing more than any other children I ever worked with. The elders at the Chapter House loved the quilts and showed them off as often as possible.

What a wonderful experience for the children and you. Isn't it great to see how different cultures have different interest?

I started with my girl scout troop (Cadettes and Seniors.) We hand stitched a double quilt for an Iraqi War widow and I did a smaller one on the machine for his son. The girls really got into the project because of the personal aspect of it and the quilt was beautiful! My daughter has continued to quilt and has made several on her own.

I think maybe making a project for something special will really hold their attention and they will learn the quilting along the way. Ideas - baby quilts for local hospitals, lap quilts for local nursing homes, "ugly" quilts for shelters, etc... or maybe a Mother's Day gift or special birthday? Good luck! If you show her the creativity and love that goes into a quilt, I am sure she will someday carry on the tradition.

MANY years ago I was a Girl Scout leader. My co-leader and I applied to Headquarters for a Special Quilting Badge, and I taught the girls how to piece and quilt. They each made a pillow for Mother's Day. Some of them loved it; some didn't. But they ALL earned the badge. I had forgotten about it until you asked the question. That was about 1977! I wonder if the lessons 'took'? My daughter can sew, but she doesn't quilt.

One of my GSers has worked for ESPN since she graduated from college. Her Mom is active in a CT Q guild, but I don't think she has the time. She was the one I always made sit at my feet - I caught her trying to crawl out the window once during a meeting! Had to like that girl! She would make a GREAT quilter - no respect for rules!

I have also taught as young as 5, but prefer them to be 6-8 their attention span is a little longer. I have 4 granddaughters and I have taught 3 of them to quilt (little one is 5) granddaughter #3 is 10 and making her second quilt.