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Tackle It Tuesday – A School Project

31st March 2009

Tackle It Tuesday – A School Project

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Tackle It Tuesday Meme

My daughter has had several huge projects this year, particularly in the last 3 months. This last project went along with the novel they were reading in her 7th grade reading class, “The Westing Game” and the assignment was to pick a character from the novel and create something that represented that character. My daughter chose to make a fabric doll.

Now, you all know I sew, however, I haven’t really talked about the talents of my daughter. She is very independent at 13, and has always been very creative. She also has never really liked for me to show her how to do something, she’s always liked figuring things out on her own. This project was a big change for both of us and I think we both enjoyed it from start to finish. I enjoyed the fact that she actually allowed me to demonstrate techniques and then she would go forth and conquer.

The doll is made from a flesh colored knit fabric which my daughter chose. I showed her how to pin the pattern to the fabric, mark the notches and cut. She did all of that, including cutting out the interfacing, which I was happy about because I’ve never enjoyed cutting out patterns! I do believe this was the hardest part of the entire project.

My daughter has sewn on my machine before, a little, so I only had to show her a few things like doing a locking stitch and back stitch. She completed 100% of the stitching while I sat in the background on my computer. I did pin a few pieces together for her, but she did everything else. She even did all of the hand embroidery on the face and did a very good job I might add.

Once the doll was completed, my daughter then used a turtle print fabric and made the shirt. She even did a 1/4″ binding around all of the edges, something I’d never done. I added a piece of velcro to the inside of the shirt and it was finished.

So, for this week, my daughter tackled her most recent school project and did a fantastic job!  Come back tomorrow for a picture of the finished project!

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  1. 1 On March 31st, 2009, Faith - That's Just Freaking Lovely said:

    Wow, very impressive! I hate cutting out patterns too UGH!

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 8:57 am

  2. 2 On March 31st, 2009, Sara said:

    Ohh I am curious. I will be back! BTW I love your blog layout. Beautiful.

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 8:59 am

  3. 3 On March 31st, 2009, Jude said:

    You sound like a very proud Mama and so you should be, looks like she was working very hard and I’ll be back to see the photos tomorrow.

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 11:16 am

  4. 4 On March 31st, 2009, Joyce Rowen said:

    Hi,I’ll be back to see the finished doll, too.

    I came across your blog whilst looking for a pattern for a quillow and saw that in April last year you were looking for a patchwork teddybear pattern. I’m afraid I don’t have the time to read through butI hope you found one. In case you didn’t and are still looking have you seen this book; The Embroidered Patchwork Bear by Carolyn Pearce?

    Joyce

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 12:07 pm

  5. 5 On March 31st, 2009, Karen said:

    Your daughter is sooo pretty! What a great job for her to tackle on her own.

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 2:46 pm

  6. 6 On March 31st, 2009, Kim said:

    Looks like your daughter did a great job! She’s very pretty.

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 5:26 pm

  7. 7 On March 31st, 2009, Beth (Margie and Edna) said:

    Looking forward to seeing photos of the finished product, and good for your daughter for tackling this kind of project on her own!

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 8:58 pm

  8. 8 On March 31st, 2009, heidi said:

    Sounds like she did a great job and I cannot wait to see the finished product!

    posted on March 31st, 2009 at 9:30 pm

  9. 9 On April 1st, 2009, L2L said:

    I can’t wait to see how it turned out!!!! And I love the first pic, I can so tell that will be my daughter looking at me like that, lol

    posted on April 1st, 2009 at 12:34 am

  10. 10 On April 1st, 2009, Sue said:

    That’s quite a school project! That’s great she did most of it on her own. Good job! I’ll be back later to see the doll.

    posted on April 1st, 2009 at 6:21 am

  11. 11 On April 2nd, 2009, lunaticg said:

    Hi!
    I don’t know what she is doing but her smile really make me melted like a chocolate in a hot sun…
    Can you send my smile back to her?

    posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 1:09 am

  12. 12 On April 5th, 2009, Laurie said:

    Somehow I missed this before, but I want to tell you how fantastic I think it is that your daughter is getting into sewing projects too. The doll turned out very cute. I really wish that my mom or grandmother had shared something like that with me. I bet she is really going to appreciate when she is older, even more than she does now. You don’t know how badly I wish someone had taught me how to knit or sew.

    Unrelated, but did you know Skeet is in our area now? I met her on Friday, and we thought it might be fun for all of us locals to get together sometime if you are up for it. Also I am having a breast cancer fundraiser in McKinney on April 16 if you and your family are able to make it. On the Border and they are donating a portion of the night’s proceeds from 5PM to close to the North Texas Race for the Cure.

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 2:07 am

  13. 13 On April 5th, 2009, lynne said:

    Thanks Faith, I am pretty impressed with her creativity and her completed project!

    Sara – I hope you come back, the finished product is now pictured!

    Jude – Yes, I am indeed very proud of her, she worked hard and did an excellent job.

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 3:53 pm

  14. 14 On April 5th, 2009, lynne said:

    Hi Joyce, thanks for stopping by and for giving me the quilted bear pattern information. I’m certainly going to heck into it. :-D

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

  15. 15 On April 5th, 2009, lynne said:

    Thanks Karen! She’s always surprising us with her creativity and I love watching her develop these skills. :-D

    Thanks Kim! She really did work hard and create an excellent project, we are very proud. :-D

    Thanks Beth! I hope you’ll come back to see her finished project, she really did do a great job!

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

  16. 16 On April 5th, 2009, lynne said:

    Thanks Heidi! Hope you’ll come back to see the end results of her hard work! :-D

    L2L – Yep, don’t you just love those looks we get from our kids! I just knew I had to capture that Kodak moment! :-D

    Thanks Sue! I’m so proud of her and she was very proud of herself. Her creativity has really come through in her last few projects. :-D

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

  17. 17 On April 5th, 2009, lynne said:

    lunaticg – Consider it done! She loves that I showcased her work here!

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

  18. 18 On April 5th, 2009, lynne said:

    Hi Laurie – I just saw your post where you met Skeet for lunch! I knew she was moving but I didn’t realize she was going to be so close! I think it would be great to get together sometime, just let me know when & where and I’ll do my best to be there.

    Thanks for letting me know about your fundraiser at On The Border. I’m hoping we can stop in, any excuse to go out to dinner! What a great idea too, I’m so glad they’re working with you.

    posted on April 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pm