silly girls sewing

The girls had a birthday party to go to on Saturday.

Their friend likes art,

so we bought a pack of 36 watercolor pencils

and 3 different sizes of watercolor paper pads.

Then,

we decided we should make a little bag to hold her pencils.

Of course....

June's favorite color is blue,

so I dug through my blue fabrics

and found one that I thought would be super.

It was mostly blue,

with some red/pink

and sorta abstract watercolor-y looking.

Lexi said it was the exact fabric she had in mind,

so I guess it was a good choice.

I cut 2 rectangles

sandwiched them with a  batting scrap,

and the girls had their first go at the sewing machine!

Taking turns,

we randomly quilted straight and diagonal lines

all over our sandwich,

then I attached the zipper,

drew lines for them to sew along for the side seams,

and let each girl sew one side of the bag.

Lily was pretty cautious,

wanting me to operate the foot pedal for her,

but Lex' wanted to do it all.
and go faster.

(Since I'd done the foot pedal for Lil', though, I went ahead and did it for Lexi, too.

Gotta keep things even, you know)

They had a great time making a gift for their friend,

and at the party,

(refer back to the top photo - note Lexi's hair....crazy girl.)

but now they want more sewing lessons.....