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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Rainbow Stitching

In the craziness I like to call life, I ran out of time to show you the neat craft I did with my son's class for St. Patrick's Day.  It started with this rainbow of colorful yarn...



I originally saw this idea at Filth Wizardry to use that rubbery shelf liner as a sewing medium.  What a fantastic idea!  It works great for kids who are learning and practicing simple stitches.  I loved how she drew pictures on the shelf liner, and used the rainbow to fit in with our St. Patrick's Day craft.


The kids all worked really hard on this - boys and girls alike!  I cut out a cloud for the kids to stitch to one side of their rainbow and a pot for the other end.  They each got a few Rolos to add as gold to their pots also.  It ended up being a two day project but everyone was able to take home their beautiful rainbow, complete with pot of gold.


Here is my son's finished project!


2 comments:

  1. They turned out so cute! Was it tough for the kids to do?

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  2. Laura, a majority of the kids seemed to get it, but just needed a little practice before they really got moving. Those who didn't finish on the first day, finished pretty quickly on the second. There was a handful of students who finished on the first day, but also a handful of students who needed A LOT of help. Our biggest problems were losing the yarn from the needle and not stitching correctly.

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