my daughter and grandkids came over just as i was pinning the binding to "paint lake." little man was very interested in my project and wanted to help. i was thrilled! of course you can help me. granna loves little quilt helpers. we had to keep sister out of the pins, but that wasn't too hard.
he kept asking me, "do you want it here? can i use this one?" at first i had him help me push each pin through, but when we reached the corner and i was working on mitering it, he just started pushing pins in where ever by himself. after that we worked in tandem doing our own pins. his pinning skills weren't the best, but i worked around him and it was good enough. there were a few ballheaded pins in the pincushion and i kept telling him to use the flat ones, but he reeeaaally wanted to use the round ones. so i let him put a few of those in. grandkids can get away with a lot.
when we first started out, i forgot to put the sewing speed on turtle and he laid his foot down on the pedal, giving me a start when it roared to life. he stopped immediately when i said to and we reset everything.
sometimes he would tell me to do the pins. he pushed the needle up/down button, scissor button, or held down the reverse lever for me when i asked. sewing on the turtle speed, which is best for the walking foot anyway, was nice and slow, easy to manage with a two year old on board.
he stuck with me right up until about a foot from the end, which is when i needed to join the tails anyway.
what a fun time we had and how good he was at helping! granna will sew with this little man any day.
Enjoy that little boy! My grandson started playing with me in my sewing room at about 18 months, and at age 11, he designed and helped sew his own "science" quilt, which he is still using 5 years later! (And we occasionally still sew together!)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful your little guy is helping you! Maybe a future quilter?
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