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I started my DGD when she was 3 to use a thimble. She called it a thumbull. I would stick in the needle and she would pull it out. She is now 10 and has made two quilts and now wants to learn how to make doll clothes.
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I agree teach her right. Thimbles, I didn't start out using one but was killing my hand. I bought leather thimbles which were better but taking out the hard liner and just using the leather worked best. I got an old leather belt and started cutting, then with an upholstery needle and some string, custom thimbles that cost almost nothing.
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If she wants to quilt, by all means let her. I learned to quilt on bed-size quilts sitting beside my mother, grandmother and aunts. we quilted on "every-day quilts" & as soon as we could do small enough stitches & even stitches we could then quilt on "fancy quilts". And yes, once I learned how, if my stitches were too big, my mother made me take them out & do it again.
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Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
Oh I definitely want her to learn the correct technique, I was thinking more of this style of quilting...http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vduCtjwfsP...h/P2170353.JPG I thought it looked really pretty, and she could get used to holding a needle and thread. My handquilting needles are tiny. I might let her use a larger one for her first try. Her quilt is purple and white, so I found some purple embroidery floss. She's excited and knows, although this "thread" is way bigger than mommy's, she will still be quilting.
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It's on my list of things to do now too!
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Originally Posted by lgc
After re-reading the replies, I've come to the conclusion that if you feel your child can understand the traditional way of quilting (6, 8, 12 stitches to the inch [whatever]) then by all means teach away. All I can say is when teaching my child to quilt at 6 or 7; she just wanted a finished quilt. My teaching her to do it right at that age just frustrated her and at 17 the doll quilt is still waiting to be finished.
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Hooray for your very ambitious child!!!! Work with her and encourage her!!!! God bless!!!
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Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
Oh I definitely want her to learn the correct technique, I was thinking more of this style of quilting...http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vduCtjwfsP...h/P2170353.JPG I thought it looked really pretty, and she could get used to holding a needle and thread. My handquilting needles are tiny. I might let her use a larger one for her first try. Her quilt is purple and white, so I found some purple embroidery floss. She's excited and knows, although this "thread" is way bigger than mommy's, she will still be quilting.
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Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
Oh I definitely want her to learn the correct technique, I was thinking more of this style of quilting...http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vduCtjwfsP...h/P2170353.JPG I thought it looked really pretty, and she could get used to holding a needle and thread. My handquilting needles are tiny. I might let her use a larger one for her first try. Her quilt is purple and white, so I found some purple embroidery floss. She's excited and knows, although this "thread" is way bigger than mommy's, she will still be quilting.
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I would love to know more about quilting with a larger thread, too. At a quilt shop last summer I saw some girls quilting with crochet thread but didn't get a chance to talk to them about it(a tour bus group came in). Tha last quilt my Grandmaother made was quilted like this. Her others were all done with the traditional tiny stitches. Unfortunately none of us thought to ask her about it at the time.
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