My Smurf never ceases to amaze me. This weekend we collaborated on a craft project I have been thinking about doing together for the longest time.
He drew his own images on fabric and I sewed them into something 3 dimensional and filled with stuffing. Only, my vision was slightly wrong. I didn't do the sewing, the Smurf did.
After learning how to lift the presser foot, manually move the needle, place the fabric and cut the thread he was ready to sew some lines. And then turn corners.
He was busting to bring his fabric drawings to three dimensional life. A tree with bark, leaves and birds to become a soft toy and a tree with an owl surrounded by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a cushion.
And so off he went, after carefully choosing his backing fabrics (flannelette for the back of the soft toy as it will be cuddled and the flannelette is soft!). He sewed some parts completely by himself (foot on peddle and guiding the stitching) with verbal guidance from me and some parts with me physically helping to guide the fabric or sewing a line first for him to then follow on his own.
He could not be more proud of the outcome. Nor can I.
He is busy planning his next few creations. Every time I look at these photos my heart feels like it might literally burst with pride.
6 comments:
Gosh he is SUCH a great kid! You are justified to feel so proud.
Clever boy! That is such a wonderful project, and I'm very impressed with his creativity and sewing-machine dexterity.
So wonderful. :)
Awesome he did a great job
He is the coolest kid! Love his creations.
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