She Picked It All By Herself

While we were at the fabric store getting thread and needles, we saw some sample projects hanging on a display. Elise fell deeply in love with them and wanted to take them home right then, but instead we bought the pattern, and then went to the other fabric store (Ok, so we went to JoAnn's and Walmart to buy the fabric, where we can actually afford the stuff they have, instead of those fabric boutique stores....yikes they get expensive!). Anyways, we went to the fabric stores. There, Elise made her first fabric selection for this project: a Care Bears print. The second selection was more guided by me, as it had to coordinate, and ended up being a fun yellow. We brought everything home, and over the course of a day or two, we got the item all sewn together. What was the item? you ask....well, it was a little bag with the main compartment for a pad of paper, and slots/pockets for crayons on the front of the bag. She LOVES it!!! She carried it around and would pause to color almost anywhere the fancy struck her. I had a small spare notepad from my tidepool trips, which had a piece of yarn tied on it. She calls it her scrapbook, and has been coloring lots of pictures in it. When it was time for lunch, she brought her bag, and told me it needed to stay right next to her while she ate. It is so cute that she loves this thing so much!

Now she is busy helping choose fabrics for all my projects, and helping me rearrange them all when I try to lay them out. I have a picnic blanket quilt I'm trying to do for her, and when I lay the blocks out, she tells me they are hopscotch, and jumps on them....or tries to rearrange them. Sewing is more challenging when she is in the middle of it, but the result is always something she loves! About the only real problem I had was when she sat down with her new Care Bear bag and crayons while I was laying out fabric to cut for quilt projects, and proceeded to color on my fabric with her black crayon......Luckily black crayon washes mostly out, and it turns out they sell washable crayons!!! There are some real geniuses out there who are working hard to make my life a little easier and less stressful!

And also a funny thing about the crayons...they have inspired my girl to be creative. I found her later trying to put one crayon between each toe! It was so funny! She was very meticulous, and used pretty much all her crayons. So, of course I grabbed the camera! I thought it was funny for my girl, who is so concerned with keeping the lint out from between her toes that she will double check them every chance she gets, to be purposely putting these crayons between her toes!