Emma's newest adventure is her interest in sewing. We purchased a small, chain stitch Discovery Kids machine for her birthday in December, but it just wasn't cutting it. Yesterday, we decided to dive in and purchase her very own Janome machine--here it is! Hello Kitty Janome. It comes complete with 10 stitches (A-J), 3 bobbins, her very own seam ripper and manual. She's ecstatic!
She couldn't wait to take it out of the box to show daddy when we returned last night. She showed him all of the stitches, how to put the thread on, where to find the bobbin and how to only rotate the dial toward you instead of away from you. Why? Because that's what papa said! :)
Today, while she was (still is napping), I adjusted a table, brought in her old-fashioned school chair from the mud room art area and set up her table with many of the supplies she has been accruing over the past few year--she's up to 19 fat quarters (she chose 5 when we purchased her machine yesterday). She also has a basket full of 'Emma's fabric" scraps from projects that I'm doing that she loves to cut apart, pin together and sew (to make things for her babies). Here's what I put together for her this afternoon--as much as I want her to stay sleeping, I can't wait for her to open her eyes to see it!
Her Grandma Cheryl HAS GOT to be beaming down at us from Heaven right now in sheer joy! It was only a short year ago that Emma sat down with her at the quilt shop and made Emma's very first sewing project--a mis-matched flannel noodle pillow case!
Emma was so proud of herself that day, and it continues to be her favorite pillow case. We miss Grandma so much every day, but hope that we can spring a talent in Emma--sewing, something her Nana loved and excelled at during her short 50 years on this Earth.
Happy Sewing!
