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Sewing With My Niece Lauren

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Gail Yellen in Blog

Spent a long-awaited weekend in Cambridge, MA with my wonderful niece, Lauren, for a sewing extravaganza. She received a sewing machine for Christmas (what could possibly be a better present?!) a year ago and we’ve been trying to plan a weekend ever since.

Lauren found a great Insulated Shopping Tote project on the Sew4Home web site http://sew4home.com/projects and it looked like the perfect project for learning a bunch of new skills. She purchased the fabric, insulated batting, etc. and I printed the instructions, packed my bag, grabbed a few of my own sewing tools and was Boston-bound.

Here’s Lauren reviewing the instructions before we got started. (Ever the excellent student.)

Here’s a shot of her using a rotary cutter for the first time. (She’s a quick learner.)

Concentrating very hard (note the furrowed brow.)

We decided to stop sewing and go out for dinner. (No pics.)

Back to work on Sunday morning in our PJs. Don’t you just love finally turning a bag right side out and admiring your work? I told Lauren that admiration is one of the most important steps in the process. She loved the boxed bottom technique.

What could be more worthy of insulation than a pint of Ben ‘n Jerry’s Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream?

Great job, Lauren! Thanks for a wonderful weekend–can’t wait for our next one!