Once a month or so we split the children up at the weekend and have some special time, one on one. Ruby and I had a girly day on Saturday. (Tommy calls his time with Daddy "boyly" time which doesn't sound so appealing does it?). We went to dance class, out for lunch and then we had a little sewing time.
She's been asking to use my machine for a while so we started with something simple. She wanted a bag for her treasures just like mummy's ipod bag (mini artsy clutch from Amy Karol's Bend the Rules).
She chose her fabric and button (why pink of course Mummy!).

She wound the bobbin on the machine, did all the pinning and unpinning and used the pedal all by herself - with a bit of "stop!" and "go!" from me. Great job Ruby!

A useful tip we picked up about the clutch here was to use a hairband for the fastening.
She didn't feed the fabric through this time, I wanted to see how she got on with the foot pedal first. I think next time she'd be fine sitting at the machine with a bit of supervision and with the help of the 1/4 inch foot she'll soon be better than me.