Summer Vacation!

Yesterday was the first day of summer vacation for my 7 year old.  This means that my sewing time will either be greatly reduced or will happen mostly at night.  At least that was what I thought!  For a few years now, she has been asking me to teach her how to sew.  And when I bought my Pfaff, I kept the old Singer thinking it would be a good machine to learn on.

Yesterday we got her set up.  She's close enough for me to help her and still sew on my own machine.  I started her out practicing basic straight lines and then lining up her stitches at 1/4".  It didn't take her long to get bored and she declared she wanted to make a blanket for her baby cousin.  I can't say I blame her since she just spent 20 minutes watching me FMQing :)

I pulled out my bin of scraps precut to 3 1/2" squares and she started choosing.  And sewing.  And pressing and pinning.  Before long she had her first collection of four squares.

For the most part they look really good for a first attempt.  Only one is extremely wonky :)  And she's standing behind me eagerly waiting to go down and work some more!

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday!