When we came back from the school run this morning, Eloise and I were extremely excited to find a
Fishpond parcel waiting on the doorstep. It was Emma Hardy's latest book:
Sewing for Children. I have all of her other books and love the way she explains things. Her books are beautifully illustrated too and full of gorgeous things to make so when I saw she had a book aimed at children I had to have it for my girls.
It's aimed at 3 and above and Eloise (aged 3 1/2) was desperate to get stuck into learning to sew as soon as the book arrived. She chose to make a spoon dolly, which was lucky as it was the easiest project in the book and this was her first time handling a needle and thread. The only sewing involved was a running stitch across the top of the dress to gather it, but she just loved it!
The button is her nose in case you hadn't gathered that!
As soon as she finished this one, she immediately wanted to make another. Could you resist this face?
Needless to say we now have to go and buy some more wooden spoons to replace the ones that are missing from the kitchen drawer.
2 comments:
too cute!
How cute, you might need to go to the $2 shop and stock up on wooden spoons with a sweet face like that! That book looks fabulous. My three and half year old daughter keeps telling daddy stories about "when I get my sewing machine". Maybe I should get that book too. Also I buy my books here if you want to check it out, free worldwide shippping - http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/
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