My Daughter's First Sewing Project
 

My 10 year old daughter Olivia just finished her first quilting/sewing project today. A tote bag using the same construction methods as Missouri Star Quilt Company's tutorial on Youtube. "Make Three Totes/Purses With One Charm Pack" with a couple minor cosmetic differences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7i6Wrl4rZ8

The bag is sitting on our 1948 Singer 66-16 that she used to do most of the sewing, the rest was done on her 1926 Singer 101-4.
I'm very proud of her for the time and effort she put into making the bag. I think it was a fairly advanced project for a 10 year old.
Anyway, here's her new tote bag. She plans to use it for her school books tomorrow.
Thanks for looking,
Rodney

Beautiful tote. Great colors. She should be very proud taking it to school tomorrow.
Marilyn

Wow beautiful colors and job. Congratulate her for me ;-)

Congratulations to a wonderful beginner.

Great job!! Great bag!

Wonderful job

Great job....beautiful fabric and very well done. If this is what is being achieved at 10...goodness, another few years and the sky's the limit.

Very nice and I bet it is a great reward to be able to actually use a project you make when you are only 10 y.o. a beautiful start for a long time hobby

She did a great job on this beautiful bag! She will get lots of compliments at school and be very proud to say 'I made it myself!'.

nice to see a young person interested in sewing

She's not my granddaughter and I'm proud of her. She is already one up on Home Ec classes in school. Do they still have HOme Ec?. That is a nice size bag. Love her colors. Eveidently, she follows directions well. If I were a teacher, she would get an A+ from me.

Excellent job and beautiful fabric.

Great job. Congratulations to our new quilter. Like the colors.

Congrats to her for a job well done, and a beauty of a bag! :)

Once her friends see it, they will be asking her to make one for them. Excellent project -- and such straight stitching! I was a home ec teacher a very long time ago and this is definitely much more sophisticated than a first project. And to answer the question of the Home Ec classes in schools: some schools do have them, but they are now called Human Resources. And not much sewing going on there (although some teachers do include a little more on their own).

I know we haven't seen the last of this little girls work.:thumbup:

What a talented Daughter you have, it is beautiful. You should also post this in projects done with vintage machines.

Great Job!

She shows lots of talent on her tote bag!! Great job!

She did a wonderful job!!!

Thanks for all the positive comments! Olivia took it to school this morning and is very excited to show it off. One of her friends told her she thought having a sewing machine was stupid. Olivia thinks she's going to prove her friend wrong. She does want to make a few more for her friends for Christmas. I'm not sure if we can finish in time or not but now that her first one is done, the others will go easier.
Rodney

She did a great job.

Great looking tote bag! What is your next project?

Very cool tote. You should be proud of her, as you are!

Great quilting start.

Great job Olivia! Wow..keep up the good work!

Please congratulate her on a great job and tell her to keep it up.....she is a natural!

Great job. Welcome her to the club :-) I'm always impressed when a young person starts and does such a great job.