I spent a few hours each week in April and May preparing for and teaching a 'sewing for sleepovers' class for second through fifth graders. It was fun! The group sewed and stuffed pillow liners and then made knotted covers from fleece or wool melton. They added little pockets to the front of their pillows to carry stuffies which they also designed and made.
A few examples of their creative work!
The group especially enjoyed digging through my scrap box of fabrics, felt, sequins, buttons, beads and cut shapes and I was very impressed with the variety of ideas they came up with.
We made small bags to hold toiletries - here's my (rather wrinkly) class sample:
We finished it all up by decorating canvas tote bags with fabric paint, felt shapes and buttons and packed them full of our handmade goodies.
