Sewing with the granddaughter

Sophia and I finally got some sewing time yesterday, and plan to do lots more today.  She had that wrestling camp Tuesday.  And she has been going to the gym with grandpa each morning to get in her workout.  Wednesday afternoon we did go to both quilt shops here in town, where she chose fabric for a couple of projects.

Sophia's first project a year or so ago was adding borders onto a panel to make a throw quilt - which I noticed she has with her right now.  Her second project was making herself 2 pillowcases.  She decided she's ready for an actual pieced project. So we looked at some of the 3-yard quilt patterns from Fabric Cafe.  Tic Tac caught her eye, and at C.O. Textiles she fell in love with this Halloween line.  That black one even glows in the dark.  And ironically those colors are nearly a perfect match to the picture in the book.  This is a great project for learning to follow a pattern to cut the pieces for a quilt. 

At The Pin Cushion the colors from the Hue line really called her name.  She has always loved to draw and paint so it's not a surprise to be drawn to this color study fabric.  Her plan is to make a pillowcase with these.

One completed pillowcase later . . . plus a cute little drawstring bag made with the leftovers from this pillowcase.  We will run to Walmart today to get the cording for the drawstring.  Then she is going to begin working on the pieced quilt project.