My kids all want to learn to sew, and so we are on a sewing adventure, and they hope to end up with new quilts handmade at their own hands! Check out what we made each week this summer!  Sewing with Kids — week 1week 2week 3week 4week 5, week 6, and week 7.

 

Where has our summer gone!  I can hardly believe I’ve managed to be so consistent with these posts, thanks for your encouragement along the way!  Check out our progress this week —

As of yesterday morning, Owen, Sophia, and Emmalie’s quilts are all complete!  To make these quilts, simple, and a fast finish for the kiddos, we backed them with fleece, and did not include any batting.  They are comfy and cozy, with a special meaning since they made them!

Of course, each had a little different contribution.  Owen worked the foot pedal for me while I guided the fabric through the machine.

Sophia and Emmalie did all the piecing on their own, after I added a couple pins for them.  Then they worked the pedal while I added the fleece, and did the top stitching.

Sophia selected the rainbow cheetah print, and she loves all the colors!  Emmalie selected the peace signs, in a mellow peachy pink.

In case you are curious –

Owen’s cotton & fleece came from Joann’s – I didn’t have anything on hand that he liked.

Sophia’s cotton is a Hoopla Layer Cake, and the fleece is from Joann’s.

Emmalie’s cotton is a  couple of Anthology, Folk Life fat quarter bundles, and again the fleece is from Joann’s.

I quilted through the double layers, a rectangle on the girls’, and following the seam lines on Owen’s quilt.

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With their quilts complete, I think they will be happy to let me sew on my own for a while.  That, and school is starting in just two weeks!  I’m starting to look forward to it – usually I drag my feet to the first day of school, but 6 hours with Owen only in the house, I’m thinking it will be kinda nice.  And there’s the potential to get lots done too!

This post essentially completes the summer series.  Ella has a quilt to make yet (she’s promised to work on it for an hour today), so I will share that quilt as she works on and finishes it.  I will probably sneak in a few posts here and there, as we make little projects though.  I hope we’ve encouraged you to try something new with the kids in your life!

Have you posted any Sewing With Kids projects?  Leave me a link in the comments – I would love to stop by and see what you’ve been up to!

Amy

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