More Sewing

I've been working on getting a sewing camp going for R9 and some other girls. The place in town we wanted to do lessons with has more than a "nominal" fee. SUCH a bummer. So, our first day was Monday and R9 was set to finish a project from last fall.

First she had to cuff her sleeves- I forgot the cord to my machine so she got to use a fun Husqevarna machine with some cool features like "fix" which means the needle stays in place and stitches so you don't have to back stitch. R9 really is a natural with her machine skills.

She learned to set in a sleeve using some basting stitches, gathering it, and easing it in to the sleeve hole. It was slow work for a 9 yr old, but I think the results for her first time are pretty good. Her teacher, who is a fellow homeschooling mom who goes to our church, was very patient and very talented at getting her to understand the steps involved.

Isn't this a fun fleece? I'm looking forward to finishing up with the other sleeve. Then she just needs to put in a casing at the bottom hem.

I have an adult pattern for this same fleece. I think R9 and I could make a little collection of these!