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My DGD (8 yrs old) and I have made small tote bags. They were very easy for her & are really just a square with handles added. They can be made in any size. She made several small ones out of Halloween material for her classmates and a large beach tote for a teacher who was leaving. I'll try to find the pattern & post it for you.
Here's one of our pics & the link with instructions from All People Quilt's website: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projec...at-tote_1.html |
Thank you ladies for all the good ideas!!
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This might be a bit messy, but it's fun! And perfect for the holidays. A great scrap buster too:
Fabric ornaments: http://quiltingintherain.blogspot.co...ornaments.html |
A very quick project is a t-shirt bag. Have them bring a favorite t-shirt that no longer fits.
cut the sleeves off (keeping the arm seam attached to the "bag") use a small plate on the head opening and cut it out to make the handles and bag opening sew the bottom closed (reinforce it by sewing a couple of times) These are great for keeping in your purse for shopping. |
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
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Bean bags are fast and easy, and give them something to play with afterwards. Line up some buckets or bowls across the floor at different distances and let them stand in one spot and throw their beanbags in.
You can put actual dried beans in the beanbags if you have nothing else, but if they get anywhere near moisture they will swell and rot. Those beanbags won't last very long. There are plastic granules you can buy in craft stores for making beanbags and weighted bottoms to toys. Those would be better and safer. Another idea to sew would be aprons. They can give those as gifts for Christmas. |
How about place mats? They can be as quick and easy as you want. Also bags to carry stuff. Doesn't have to be quilted.
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theres a really neat small Christmas quilt by Eleanor Burns. She even has the video with a child making the quilt.
Its a tube quilt using 12 Christmas fabrics sewn into 4 in strips then tubed and cut into 2 1/2 in strips. By cutting one of the fabics in half before sewing to another strip you get a zig zag effect. Its in the book Christmas at Bears Paw Ranch. It has lots of patterns that kids can make in it. Im trying to add a picture in the editing mode but it will not give me that option. |
Im beginning to dislike the new computer geek expertese required to post with the new format. How can you post a picture in the edit mode?
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My 3 granddaughters wanted to learn to sew. We have made pillowcases, and then I bought a book "One-Yard Wonders" by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins. There are 101 projects in the book and require all skill levels. Each girl looked through the book and picked projects that they wanted to make. My youngest DGD who is 10 years old picked 80 projects to make both for herself and for gifts. The other 2 DGD picked a lot of projects but not 80. I think we will be busy for a long long time. They shop in my stash and if we can't find the "perfect" fabric we go to the store.
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Make some baked potato bags for cooking in the microwave. They would be easy and make great little gifts.
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