Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Teaching My Daughters to Sew

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Here's a fun throw back from when I first taught my daughters to sew.  I wanted to teach them a few different techniques like design, using a sewing machine, hand-stitching, embroidery, and sewing on a button.

I bought a cheap flat sheet
This is the cheapest way to get a good amount of fabric.

I split it into four pieces, and told the girls this is what they had to work with.

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I drew a face on the front side of my pillow with a disappearing fabric pen.

Using embroidery thread, I showed the girls how to stitch on a face. 

They loved that they could use different colors to make their monster unique.

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I taught them each how to sew on a button, by making one eye a large button.

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I taught them the importance of tying them off good before cutting the extra string.

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Then, we designed, cut out, and used the sewing machine to add arms, ears, and feet. 

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Make sure to pin your body parts so they will be stitched into the monster and not on the outside.  The girls had a little trouble with this.  We might have had to unpick a few places with a seam ripper.

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We sewed the body together and stuffed them with polyfil.

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We hand stitched the bottom

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They wanted to make them girls monsters, so they added bows and flowers by the ears.

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They were so proud how they turned out.

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She loved her floppy ears.

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The pictures really don't do justice to how cute they turned out.

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These pillows could be put on your bed, used while watching TV, or they made excellent traveling pillows when we went to visit Grandma.


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