The Summer List

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Did you, as I did, have a list of things you want to accomplish

this summer?

I am excited to report that several are checked off, including

this biggie....

TEACHING MY GIRLS TO SEW!

Yep! Check that off the list!

The new sewing machine Ron bought for me in May

(Mother's Day, to be exact) finally got a work out.

It is an amazing machine. I must admit, I was intimidated by

it as it has so many bells as whistles compared to the

machines I have used in the past.

Everything is computerized on this machine and making

fancy border stitches is easy-schmeezy. Once I got over

being intimidated by yet, another advance in technology,

I gave myself an afternoon orientation to the machine.

Soon, I sat down withMegan to teach her the basics of a

Sewing Machine, the names of parts, and how to thread it, etc.

It was like a Mini-Home-Ec Class.

I was amazed at what came back to me after all these

years. More amazing was how quickly she caught on (oh,

what an amazing teacher I am, Ha!) She has been busy

making pillows, purses, doll clothes, etc.

Katherine had a lesson after Megan. I had Megan help me

teach Katherine some basics (for Megan's review benefit).

They both are comfortable and capable of sitting down to

sew. I showed them how to mend several items, which

crosses more off my "TO-DO" List...Mending.

They are both itching to make an item of clothing. Using

patterns, cutting the pieces and sewing them together will

be our next frontier!

Now that I see how much they enjoy sewing and how easy it

was to teach them, I wish I had started earlier in the summer.

Click HERE to see the another exciting thing my

girls learned this summer...At least I think it is exciting, it

will be several years before they think so...after all, it has

to do with toilets...

Am I the only one with A Summer To-Do List?

Do You Have One?

If so, how did you do?