I can’t tell you how proud I am of my little girl. She completed her very first sewing project! We had a little bit of down time last week while Gavin was napping, so I asked her if she’d like to make something.

She decided to make a toy bunny, so we picked out several different fabrics from my stash. She chose white, dark blue, and sage green flannel, and pink ribbing. (We ended up not using the blue.) Since this was a real sewing project, we got out the real sewing tools: heavy duty Gingher scissors, a sharp needle, and fabric marking pen. We used hand quilting thread, since it’s heavier weight and less likely to tangle.

Olga did all of the cutting herself, and as I held the fabric for her, she sewed around the edges with the needle. At first she needed both hands to manipulate the needle, but by the time she got to the ears she was able to work it with one hand, although she still needed a little bit of help to pull the needle all the way through the fabric.

When she finished the sewing, she used a disappearing fabric marker to draw the face, then I embroidered over it with floss she picked out. She wanted to be sure everybody knew that bunnies have belly buttons. In all, this was a pretty quick project. Olga worked on it for a little under an hour, and there was about 15 minutes of embroidery for me. Olga is so proud of her new bunny, and even more proud that she can sew “for real.”