I’ve created a monster!

For Christmas, Bea got a Janome DC1050 and the book Pretty in Patchwork Doll Quilts from Santa. 

She and I marked the quilting lines with a washable pen. I was a little worried that since it sat around 2 weeks before she actually quilted it that the blue marks wouldn’t wash out. But they did!

Santa also brought two doll clothes books that came with instructional DVDs.  We sewed this dress on Christmas day.

I love the little appliqued daisies with button centers.

According to Bea’s first grade teacher, she writes about sewing in her morning journal nearly every single day.  And these came home in her folder in January.  Of course I saved them!

I’m not sure what one person would do with 100 sewing machines, but it sounds good to me!  I love the little drawing of a sewing machine she put at the bottom.

My husband jokes that one day “the student shall become the master.”

Linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts Finish It Up Friday.  Have a great weekend and hope you get lots of sewing done!

Where I Sew

Kathy is having a Where I Sew linky party, so I am posting this photo of my sewing tables.  I am ashamed to say that this is what it always looks like.

This is where Bea sews.  It’s on the wall to the side of my tables so I can keep an eye on her crafting or she can do her homework while I sew.

And just yesterday I borrowed back my first sewing machine that I let my friend borrow when she wanted to learn to sew.

It’s so cute, with purple knobs, but it sews so FAST!!!!  There is just no way to sew slowly on this machine, which is one of the reasons I never sewed much until I got my newer machine.  The plan is that I am going to sell both of these machines and buy Bea a Janome DC1050.  On that model the speed is adjustable and it has a needle up/down function.

Everybody is hard at work sewing and coloring this morning!