Sewing at School

Sadly we only have one more session of the evening sewing club at school 

But there are some fab finished projects (Tara's bag, and Tracy's tooth pillow), 

some nearly finished projects (Kate's quilt) 

and an 'I know what I'm doing' project (Tara's umbrella appliqué / embroidery) 

so we're all doing well 

(Also an "I want to make of of those" projects - Kate's cactus pincushion)

Held in place, not by glue, but a button

Sewing School

Lots of hand work happened at school tonight!

Kate got the hang of spray basting and quilting,

Tracey progressed with the tooth fairy cushion, learning French knots (thanks Tara) and blanket stitch 

Naomi made a bolster cushion, although stuffing it was a mamouth task

And Tara worked on the pink reversible bag and an umbrella wall hanging 

New Windsor Class

I am planning to run a fun evening sewing class in Windsor from 15th January to 12th February: 

Finish something old, or start something new!

I am happy for you to bring projects you're working on; projects you've got stuck on; inspiration from items you've seen, or ideas that have sprung from your imagination.

I bring all basic sewing supplies & equipment for you to use, and have a range of fabrics etc that you can use at no extra cost.  If specific supplies are required I am generally happy to buy equipment, and I can suggest where you may find appropriate fabrics etc

 


Benta@SLIKstitches.co.uk

Spiders at School

M, O and M have really got working on their Story Sack - they did this spider's web at home, but have now decided they want black instead of purple, so are going to re-do it

Great design!

Super Spiders

This is one of M, O & M's spiders.  One will go onto the outside of the bag, and another one will go inside as a 3D spider.

We ask M, (age 4) to tell us how many legs a spider has - that was no problem - 8!

We then showed him how we planned to use the pipe cleaners to make these legs (ie two legs per pipe cleaner) and got him to work out how many pipe cleaners we needs for 8 legs - well done M, 4 - just right!

Sewing at school

We started a new Family & Community Learning project at school:  We have decided to make patchwork quilts for the SCBU unit (Special Care Baby Unit) at Wexham Park hospital, and Story Sacks for our own Foundation Class.

M,O and M have chosen a story about spiders

N,O and N have chosen The Lion King - some great drawings here, N and N

We have used the rotary cutter to cut bags and looked at how to stitch them with, or without a sewing machine

G (with mum, C) has chosen a Princess book, and E has chosen a book about Aliens and Underpants - some great sewing ideas there!

 Each group has looked at its book and taken key words and pictures to decide what they want to make to go into the story sack.

L, A and S have decided to make a quilt