Not Quilt Related but Definitely a Lot of hand sewing
I just spent a week with my ten-year-old DGS. His DM had purchased John Murphy's book on how to create Stupid Sock Creatures. He and his DM found socks at the clearance racks in appropriate gaudy designs. I taught DGS how to hand sew using a single thread and we stitched these together in a week's time. DGS made #3 and #6 and a third one that is not in this photo. He and I worked together on #2. This DGS has never shown an interest in sewing but he loved making these critters.
JudyPete
4 Comments:
At April 12, 2007 at 8:51 AM , QM Judy said...
How fun! My DGS6 loves to sew. He prefers my Bernina to my featherweight. Could the sock guys be done by machine?
At April 12, 2007 at 9:26 AM , WhiteStone said...
Yes, but I think you would want to use a ballpoint needle rather than the regular needle. Ballpoint needles are used for knits, slick fabrics, etc. Hand stitching allows for close detail. But if you were careful you could machine stitch. Would certainly go faster!! Some of the finer details would require handwork. But simple seams would be fine on machine.
At April 12, 2007 at 1:35 PM , Sandi Irish said...
Those are a riot! I really like the black and green one.
Thanks for sharing.
At April 12, 2007 at 6:07 PM , Doris W. in TN said...
Those are absolutely precious!!!
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