Every other Tuesday I have my 4 yr old GS. He has wanted to sew for a long time. Two weeks ago we worked on sewing with a needle and thread on felt. This week I had 4" squares cut. He picked out the colors , I lined up the fabric and used the foot pedal. He guided the fabric through the machine, raised and lowered the foot and cut the thread. We completed a 5x8 little doll quilt. He wanted it for his action figures. He was so proud to show his mom what we did today. PJ is a hyper active kid (his mom is ADD), but he was able to concentrate for over 3 hours today in 2 sessions. He sat on my lap and paid attention to what he was doing.

Kudos to you for working with this little guy. What fun to spend quality and educational time with him. Thank you for sharing.

Good Day! :thumbup:

Wow, good work, G'ma! There is always something that will fascinate even a hyper child -- we just have to keep looking. Good for you.

Good job working with GS! He will remember that always.

what a great thing to share with your GS! He will treasure that quilt forever - and his memories of making it with him. Both of my boys can sew, they are 10 and 9, and the younger one loves it. Both will have a twin quilt hanging in our guild show this fall. One thing to do is make sure you are teaching them good habits - I find my younger son sews like I do - and I throw thread on the floor of girl cave. Which I learned from MY mother! Now, how am I supposed to have him put his threads in the thread catcher!

Good job grandma.

Outstanding!! Post a pic of his work...We'd love to see it and him!!

So much fun.

Absolutely! :thumbup: