My 5 year old granddaughter, Gillian is starting to learn to quilt. I got her and Emily a sewing machine a few weeks ago. Their mom is working with them and I think she is doing a super job teaching the girls. So for now they sew with mom and get to sew with me too.

Jamie said for now Gilli just likes sewing her blocks together and loves cutting the threads :lol:

Wonderful!

OH MY GOSH!! What an awesome job she's doing! I wish I'd have learned quilting that young. She's gonna be a pro before long. How great that you have such good little helpers in your sewing room.

My munchkin just got some cards with sewing holes in them and some colorful string from nana...she's a fabricaholic in the making and mommy & nana are so proud. Looks like you have a wonderful reason or two to be proud, yourself.

Good Job Gillian! Too bad you don't live close to Maddy
you girls could start your own sewing club!! Great Job!
Donna

Oh Donna wouldn't that be just too cute seeing them sitting at their sewing machines and sewing, eating their chocolates and taking about Hannah Montana and High School Musical and singing all the favorite songs. I can just picture that now :lol: :lol:

Thanks Retrogirl,
We are very proud of the interest the girls are taking in quilting. It is so fun to share their excitment in every little block they make.


Your little munchkin will sewing with you and Nanna in no time!!! How old is she?

Look at that smile! She is so proud!!
She can come cut threads for me ANYTIME!
Does she pick up the threads that hit the floor too?
If so, send her over!!! lol

Oh yes she is very neat about that, they have to lay on her sewing table next to her untill she is all done the she'll toss them in her mom thread catcher. I'm going to make her a thread catcher of her very own, she just loves the one i made for her mommy. :lol:

I think about it all the time, I think it would be great if all these little ones lived close together, What fun that would be, mom's and granma's on one side children on the other! 3 generations of quilters!! And Maddy is into Hannah Montana too!

WE WOULD ALL HAVE ALOT OF FUN AND ALOT OF GOOD BONDING TIME.

awwwwwww look at that precious face. You can tell she's really enjoying it. She is such a sweetie grandma

Great job, thats the way to learn when you are young and things just absorb in, not bounce off like when you get older :lol:

PamH,
she just turned 3 and loves spending time in mommy's room, helping out. I have an L shaped work area so she's always right there, on her bar stool playing along with me. It won't be long and I'll be sharing the stash....I can't wait!

She is so proud of what she made. She is so cute. I started sewing at about 12, but didn't start my quilting until I was an old lady. Just think of all the things she will be able to do.

Do you think she might make some of my wish list for me?

What a cute little girl and her quilt top is great!

Am teaching my granddaughter also. Even put her on my new machine :cry: She is now ready to start another quilt. :D What fun it is to teach her, kids are like sponges.

Gillian is adorable and I love her quilt. You can see how proud she is :D

Oh Pam that is so awesome that Gilli picked up the bug too!!!! She is doing a fantastic job of it!!!!!

This is so exciting how it is being passed down through the generations.

What a great job she is doing! She has every right to be proud of her work.

Oh what fun....makes me smile...Thanks for sharing

Bluebird your GD is so cute!!! She looks so intent on her project!!! Show us some of her work!!

Gillian has talent !! Congratulations to her !!!
Ellen

OH wow blue bird.. on a big person machine ! I loved learning to sew.. I felt powerful! Like that Tim the tool man powerful !

My friends and I all sewed our Marsh Brady outfits for 9th grade middle school. they were so easy to make !!

Great she is starting out young! Both girls.. great start !

Ellen

Wow Bluebird your GD is real in deep concentration on her sewing. She is gonna be great at it just like grandma.

Thanks ladies----- and yes speaking as a grandma I think all of our young sewing buddies are doing great. Can't wait to see some of their work in a few years down the line. I just love all the interest these girls are showing in quilting and that we get to help continue on the quilting tradition with all our granddaughters.

Such special times and memories we are making in their lives and ours!!!!!

Pam,
The girls are doing so well with their sewing. Main thing is to allow them to enjoy themselves, and that they are doing :D :D
When I bought my new machine I looked at the one for kids. If I had more GD's it would have been a good investment. You are starting them out with such wonderful experiences and they will always remember their first projects.
Started my GD out with paper circles and squares on my old machine. She did well and so I thought, ok, lets try material :roll: Well, she had trouble regulating the speed, ya know, pedal to the metal. Hope it won't be me teaching her how to drive. :shock: Put her on my new one with the speed control and she did great. She still has to learn speed control on the old machines :lol:
Grandkids are such a blessing and so much more when we can teach them about life and the love of quilting. :wink:

I read somewhere when teaching children to sew (to place I think they said an eraser in your foot pedal) so they can't sew to fast.

MY DH made special holders for all our foot pedals and that really helps the girls so they don't mash it down :lol:

It really helps keep it from sliding around the floor too

Good ideas, thank you.

That's great!! Wish I had started that early. Oh, to think of how many quilts I could have done by now............

Anne

She looks like she is having a blast!!!

Kyia

Isn't wonderful to see the next generation of quilters. My grand daughter is 5 and just starting to sew too. She lives with me so we get to sew together almost every day. Isn't great to watch their faces and feel their excitement. I love it.

Littlehud I totally agree with ya!!!!