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Summer Sewing Class – Turning Twenty Quilt

August 15, 2014Family, Quilts, Sewingeasy quilt to make, grandma's sewing class, how to sew a quilt, making a quilt with fat quarters, piecing a quilt, quilts, sewing class, turning twenty quilt, turning twenty quilt patternRita

With all of my recuperating time from my accident and now with summer coming to an end really quick (the kids start back to school next week!) I did not get to my usual sewing classes for all the granddaughters. But I decided that I would do a class with my oldest granddaughter because she is now old enough to do most of it on her own! Eight years old is a great time to start your little ones sewing, because they are so excited about it and they are getting the coordination that is needed to run the foot pedal and guide the fabric at the same time!
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Pillowcase Doll Dresses

January 6, 2014Family, Sewing, Uncategorizeddoll dresses, grandma's sewing class, how to make doll dresses, how to make pillowcase doll dresses, pillowcase doll dresses, sewing, sewing class, sewing with grandchildrenRita

Well, I don’t know about you, but I had a very productive weekend. I was able to get all the Christmas put away and I went to town on cleaning my house! I got my steam cleaner going and I got everything sparkling clean! Well, at least the main living areas. :) I am still working on organizing my closet, I have been waiting for a jewelry organizer to come in the mail, and it came on Saturday, so now I can complete that little project! :)

One of the projects that we did during the holidays with a couple of the granddaughter was another “grandma sewing class”. One of my granddaughter’s kept asking me if I would do another sewing class, so we decided to do pillowcase doll dresses! The girls each got a “Fur-Real” monkey friend for Christmas, so we thought it would be fun to make some dresses for each of the dolls.

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