Fifth generation sewist
 

This is my youngest boy, sewing on his great-great grandmother's 27-4. He will be 8 years old in a couple of weeks, the machine is 111 years old made in 1903. My heart fills with joy to see him sewing. He has a really good feel for treadling. He wants to sew big things but we started out small just working with scraps of fabric, practicing turning corners and making nice straight lines. Last night he made a book mark for his older brother and there is a quilt show coming up here in March that I will take him to. I think he would enjoy quilting. Any other ideas for small projects a child could make with help?

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If only we were all so cute sewing in our jammies.
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How cute!!!! I'm sure you and he will have a lot of fun on your sewing journey!! How about a pillowcase? I think there are free patterns on line.

Oh a pillowcase is a great idea, thanks!

pillowcase is what popped into my mind. let him pick out the colors and get him involved. then I would try a small quilt for himself. oh the joy you will have. and I too sew in my jammies when I can get away with it.

There are also simple backpack & bag patterns online that a kid would like. Thanks for the great story. You've got a real winner there, a Grand boy and a Grand machine.

Rag quilts are great first projects for kids. Or using cheater panels and having them sew straight quilting lines.

All kinds of stuff.

How cute! It's wonderful he can sew on his great-great grandmother's sewing machine. My DGD Emma started out with pillows (when she was 3)and her most recent project (she's now 5) was one of those easy drawstring backpacks.

That is so awesome!!!

My 4 yo DGD (with my help) made quilted crayon with drawing pad books, drawstring bags, and bookmarks for her 3 friends for Christmas. She actually did most of the sewing because it was all straight seams and turned corners. I have an embroidery machine, so I embroidered their names on them before she sewed them together. We used bottomweights for the outer layer, W&N scrap batting, and fat quarters for the inside. They came out really cute. I found the crayon book instructions online by googling kids sewing projects. Oh, this is Arizona so we used colored pencils and put a pencil sharpener in the bags. DGD was so thrilled to give gifts that she made.