The Sewing Lesson

From a very young age I wanted to "do it all". I could go from girly girl to tomboy in two seconds flat. I would sew and do crafts with my mother, hit yard sales to add to my china and doily collection, spend countless hours with my Grandfather in his garage working on cars and be elbow deep in the latest remodeling project or plumbing repair with my father. I loved it! At the time it was all just fun and games but as I got older I realized just how valuable these lessons were. I had a flooded bathroom in my first home and I was able to diagnose the problem, fix the supply line and clean up the mess. The alternator went out on my car- I replaced it myself. I love to paint and sew and never have to ask for help. Although sometimes I do, but that is more out of laziness than lack of knowledge. I remember my husband joking with me saying that one of the reasons he fell in love with me was because I came with my own set of power tools!!
It was very important when I started having children to teach them as much as I could. I didn't want to stick to the typical gender "standards" as were set in place moons ago. I want to teach my daughter how to use power tools and change her flat tires. I want to teach my son how to cook, do laundry and...............sew. I want my children to grow up very independent and not have to rely on other people more than they need to.
Today Bella was sleeping and I wanted to get my pillows done for the living room- finally. So I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to give Kyle his first sewing lesson. It actually went better than I had expected. Kyle asked a lot of questions and I did my best to answer everything in words he could comprehend. He is fascinated with anything electrical so the sewing machine definitely held his interest! He wanted to know how every button and gear worked.
I sat the sewing machine on the floor so that Kyle could see and reach everything comfortably. Not so comfy for mommy but it worked!

This is Kyle now telling me how the needle works! Apparently he was paying attention!

Uh, yeah................ I think he has the hang of it now!

The finished project! Even though I could have had 20 pillows done in the time it took to make just this one- it was time well spent! The pillow has it's imperfections but to me it is perfect!

I'm not sure who is more proud of this pillow- Kyle or Mommy!

Say "cheese" Bug! Mommy is so proud of her little man!

Well, I am off to do more sewing. Hmmmmm, he is such a great helper maybe I can get him to help me paint the bedroom later...........

~Heather :)