Halloween is everywhere and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves with decorating and
dressing up. My granddaughter had to dress up as super hero. She chose wonder woman.
I made her a pair of little royal blue shorts made from the polyester satin and sewed a few gold
stars on them. She put it together with a little red tube top that we added straps to and then we
made a crown and the golden cuffs The cuffs were made out of gold lamey. Then we made some
simple red leggings with a white cuff that looks like the red boots that wonder women wore. Anyway
she looked very cute. I'll try and get a picture of her real soon.
I found this black skirt in a bag of clothes my daughter was getting rid of. I like to sort through things
before I send them off because once in a while I will find something I can still make use of. This skirt
was made of a very nice black fabric and the embroidery on it was too beautiful to waste. I really wanted
to make use of this skirt somehow.
I decided to make a bag. I cut off the waist band and the hem. Used felt for the lining to give it some body.
I found a very pretty piece of dark red fabric for the lining and the straps that matched the embroidered
flower on the skirt. I cut the felt and the lining fabric to fit the bag and put it all together. It turned out very
nice. I gave it back to my daughter for her birthday. We both got a good laugh out of it.
My motto is never waste anything. I was in such a hurry to give it to her I forgot to take a picture of the
finished product.
I'm a sewing instructor and love to teach children sewing. I find that the kids are
so eager to learn and are very creative. They always do exactly what I ask them
to do, but when they have an idea or if they feel they can do something differently,
then they usually speak up. I love it when they do speak up because they often
have a very unique idea. Mainly their ideas evolve because they want to finish the'
project and they devise a faster or shorter way of accomplishing their task.
There are often times when they want to omit steps altogether. I explain why
each step is necessary, but I give them the freedom to do it their way as long
as I know it will not totally ruin the project. To my surprise most of the time it
works out just fine and everybody is happy.
The sweet girl that is pinning is my granddaughter. She
doesn't like to pin. She just wants to cut, sew and finish.
I asked her to just put in a couple of pins for practice. She
was working on a pillow and was so eager to finish. She
finished in record time and it turned out pretty good. As for myself, I always take the long way around because
I try to get as perfect as possible. That is the fun part for me.
