Lily’s First Machine Sewing Lesson

After a long break from sewing, I finally made myself four new cotton skirts this past weekend.  The fabrics are very pretty and I am so pleased with the results.  My denim skirts were getting a bit tiresome.  While I was sewing on my machine, my second daughter, Lily (6 3/4), was handsewing near me.  She had been taught how to sew on a button and was happily adding button eyes to her bear creation.  I was very impressed with the mouth she made for this bear.  The mouth was all her own creation and this started me thinking that perhaps Lily was ready for some basic machine sewing.  Today we took advantage of Peter’s nap (2 1/2) to have our first lesson.  I didn’t get into a lot of detail about the operation of the machine.  I threaded it for her and explained the basic safety rules.  She practiced sewing straight and using the foot pedal.  This can be quite a feat for a person of any age.  She sewed along lines I drew for her on a piece of scrap fabric.  She did great and very much enjoyed her first machine sewing lesson.