Crafty Mary

Recently, Mary has developed an interest in the handicrafts. For some time, she was collecting scraps from my sewing projects, which are, truth be told, few and far between. Not only was she saving the fabric scraps but also the discarded thread! N-U-T!  Having observed her interest in sewing, Nana and Papa gifted her with a sewing box filled with sewing supplies for her seventh birthday. Her first project was the tea towel she's holding in the picture above. Among the sewing supplies she received were flour sacks, iron-on transfers, needles, and embroidery floss. She chose the April pattern because her birthday falls in April. Then, she chose her favorite colors of floss and we began the towel. I was really surprised how quickly she picked up the knack. It seemed the only difficulty she had was with threading the needle, but this task was simplified with the aide of a needle threader. She was able to stitch the entire pattern herself all except for the words, which were a little tricky! Upon completion, she gifted me the towel, since my birthday also falls in April. It's sitting in my towel drawer, but I find it too beautiful to use! 

Apparently Mary got some sort of a craft fever. After she completed the towel, she asked me to take her to the craft store so that she could buy a weaving loom that she could use to make potholders. So, I printed out a coupon and we stopped by Jo Ann's on our way to church. Instead of buying the weaving loom, she chose to buy this knitting loom. She picked up the knack for this pretty quickly also and made a beautiful hat for Maggie's birthday!