Sewing Camp at the YMCA

 I wanted to share a few pictures of the YMCA's summer

sewing camp program pictures.  This was session 3 of 4 and the one

I was asked to be a part of.  It was the American Girl Doll sewing

session and 11 girls signed up all bring their dolls.

 I didn't have a second in the Y class to take pictures because there was

only the instructor and myself to handle 11 girls.  We were teaching

them to hand-tie a doll quilt. The quilts were made already so it was

learning how to thread a needle and push it through the fabric to

tie a double knot then a bow.  I found it amazing many girls didn't know how

 to tie a bow ... I guess we've entered the age of Velcro!

 After class we loaded the girls onto the Y bus and off we went

to Kathy's quilt shop to show the girls how quilts are professionally quilted

by using the two machines Kathy had set-up in her shop.

 The large machine {you can see the lights across the top}

costs $35,000.00 ... I'm not sure what the smaller one cost

but it's way up there also.

 Each girl was assigned a number and they used the hand control

to do a design in their block.  The girls were fearless!

 After leaving Kathy's shop we headed back to the Y for lunch

and part two of the sewing camp.  I left at that point as two other

instructors came in.  It was fun showing the girls what

a pattern looked like and examples of clothing and quilts

I took along.  I wish I had taken a picture of the table I set up

with everything displayed.  

I made these little skirts for the girl's

American Girl doll.  They loved them
and put them immediatley on their dolls.