Granddaughter Sophia's lap quilt is another step closer to finished after Saturday afternoon.
I bought a cuddly soft orange backing to use with her quilt top that she stitched together in August. She approved of the color, so we sandwiched the layers with batting and pinned it. She wants me to do some simple quilting on it. Then we'll do a self-binding finish by folding that soft backing onto the front for binding.
She also made 2 extra long pillowcases for herself. Shopping my stash back in August yielded a couple of fun fabrics including this dog paw print and a "googly-eye" Halloween print for the second pillowcase. I took the new sewing machine (purchased by grandpa) to her house for the sew day, and put together some essential sewing tools from my duplicates. So now she can sew at her house or at my house.
We have a LOT of trees in our yard, both front and back. The ash trees turn gold first, and drop their leaves really quickly. In a normal year that would have happened already, but we've had a very warm October this year.
This view from my front porch is always pretty. Today is supposed to be "breezy", so that ash will probably rain leaves all day. The maples are just beginning to turn red, orange, and gold.
5 comments:
It's so awesome you get to help your granddaughter learn to sew! Happy stitching!
usually it is well into November before we lose a lot of leaf's and one tree stubbornly hangs onto it's leaf's until December yearly. This year so far it seems on track. Nice your granddaughter is sewing
How wonderful that Sophia is taking an interest in sewing! She has the best teacher ever! Leaves are almost all out of the trees here.
Great job, Sophia! Ash trees are beautiful in the Fall. I miss the gorgeous golden color that washed over my house in the morning when the sun came up. I don’t, however, miss dealing with the bushels and bushels of seeds every summer and fall.
Looks like you have a very talented student. It's so fun to have a partner to stitch with.
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