Life is in the Details

The kids finish their tote bags

Ryan completed his tote bag and has used it a bunch of times already.

He was very excited about it as you can see!

His favorite part, as he will tell you if he can remember the name, was sewing the gusset (the bottom corners of the tote bag that give it some depth. You can see it above... It appears as a straight-ish line across the bottom of the bag in the side view).

Jessica completed her tote bag (in her favorite colors) as well. Here she is hard at work.

 

I couldn't help post these two photos below too... from our visit to see the *incredible* ballet of Alice'sAdventures in Wonderland by the National Ballet of Canada. Thank you Kennedy Center for the great ticket special for the matinee! We had a great girls afternoon out!

Happy Tuesday! Tomorrow I'll have a photo of me in my finished Funked Out Peasant Top! Off to my kitchen to heat up a bowl of green soup ammended with some brown rice and chickpeas. On this cold winter day, this is just the kind of soul-soothing nourishment that I need!

 

The next batch for "Word of the Week"

Ryan's first napkin

Here are photos from Ryan's first few sewing lessons and the culmination of his first project: a cloth napkin to use at mealtimes. We started the lessons on Jessica's Janome sewing machine (her 5th birthday present) but it was acting wonky and after trying to fix it 2-3 times it was still acting up and I can't figure out why. We switched to my machine and he liked it MUCH better. The boy has great taste, what can I say?! Sewing on a Bernina is a dream.

He was so excited with his first sewing accomplishment that he brought it in to school to show his friends and teachers and to use at lunch. He even brought it to dinner when we went out to eat (!!). He started planning a tote bag last night!

If anyone can recommend any other beginner projects that would be good for boys please let me know. I've signed the kids up for beginner seeing classes that start in February but it's always good to have a few projects in my stash for days off and free time when the motivation strikes.