Liz Sewing a Pillow Case - Pt. 1

Miss Elizabeth flutters from project to project. We LOVE that she is always wanting to learn something new. At the same time, she also is quick to leave a project shortly after she has figured it out or realized that it takes time. :) This week we are doing a sewing project. And I say 'week' because it will take a few nights for her to complete it :)
She wants to make pillow cases for her brother because all our extra cases are her girly ones. So instead of buying some for him she wants to make them. I do believe she attempted sewing once in New Hampshire with my mother, but that is it. We did a 'test' pillow a couple days ago. She did great. We started the full size pillow case last night.

She ironed it with this cute pink craft iron that my mother-in-law, Amy, got us for Christmas one year. We love it. It gets just hot enough to get out the wrinkle or flatten the edge but not hot enough to damage the table...or Liz's fingers when she repeatedly touches it to see if it is warm :)

She wanted to do a 'fancy' stitch and not the 'boring' one. :)

You can see where she bunched up fabric, or tugged a little. You can also see where she would simply stop and look at what all she had done so far and then resume... in a different spot. :) All in all, not too shabby. :) This was as far as she got. Her interest quickly turned to a new TV show about to start. Since there is no homework this week I'm hoping she will finish it tonight. Maybe by the end of the week Michael will have two new cases! :)

Our first attempt at melting crayon

Elizabeth and I were reading blogs this morning when we saw Karen's. We were immediately interested in her melting art seen here. So Elizabeth and I gathered our crayons and canvas and decided to experiment ourselves! Ours didn't come out as well as Karen's but we sure had fun!

For her first attempt she chose an assortment of colors

It took awhile to get the colors to start flowing

We really liked the glitter colors. We may have to find more of those!

She took a 4 inch cardstock 'E' and got some of the crayon to melt over it. I don't think it turned out quite the way we were hoping but we'll figure out a better technique next time.

Our second attempt had colors a little more organized

We made a heart and melted purple and blue crayons over it and hot glued it on top. Elizabeth liked Karen's flowers so much that she took a flower we had saved from a broken headband and glued it on top. Tomorrow we will hang them on the wall and maybe make a few more. I have a feeling our wall art will be changing regularly.