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| From st button flowers, scarf hunt |
Todays main project was a sewing project for the kids and moms to work on together. I got the idea for this project online at Chasing Cheerios. I got everything set up in advance by using an iron- on fusible webbing to attach green gingham stems and floral leaves to the blue and white background. The children chose their buttons and with the help of their grown up sewed them onto the background. My suggestion was that the moms start by pushing the needle from the bottom up through the button. The kids pulled the needle and thread through then poked it back down through the button. Mom and child worked together to sew the buttons on. Once the buttons were sewn on the kids chose felt and fabric to create their flowers. Moms cut a slit in each fabric piece so they could practice buttoning while they create their flowers. This was a sweet project because it wasn’t too much for the kids, it caused them to work closely with their parent and the moms were free to add their own personal touch. I had intended to mount the finished piece on a piece of foam core board so the kids could take their button flower board with them and “play” with it as they practice their buttoning. One of the moms had the idea of making the piece into a pillow. The idea was a hit so most everyone took their project home to complete.
