Patience is Not my Virtue

 

What does summer bring?

 

-Kids-

 

-Bored Kids-

 

-Kids who want to run a sewing machine.-

 

It sounded like such a good idea in February -

"Yes, we'll make a Pokémon quilt this summer. Yes."

 

I sort of sold all the Pokémon fabric,

thinking of course,

I can get more.

  I can't get more :(.

 

We settled on Playball by Riley Blake.

I cut 6" squares for him.

 

 

It's not that I don't love kids sewing.

I just don't love teaching my own kids sewing.

 

You've been here, right?

 

The project is ready. 

The child is attentive for an hour

and then it gets too hard.

And then the project sits.

 

But... today was different.

This boy has perseverance.

He just sewed ALL of these rows

in a looong afternoon.

 

He didn't want to stop.

 

I've never had it go like this before.

He really can sew by himself.

 

 

He learned all about unpicking

 

 

and ironing. 

 

 

I did the pinning, babying the machine

and cheering him on.

 

 

And just like that, the top is done.

I'm still impressed.

 

 

We can check this off

the summer list!

 

 

I'm off to machine quilt this

which I've never done.

And will probably be whining and

saying "this is too hard" after an hour.