(or girls – no discrimination here)
There are no sewing projects for boys. That’s only a slight exaggeration; a woman a Hobby Lobby recently told me that she sewed all her son’s blue jeans until he started middle school. So that’s an option. But besides that, I haven’t found many things that are realistic. Until Rush discovered belts. He wears them whenever he can and most days will only wear shorts or pants with belt loops.
Making a Belt: Buy nylon webbing and D-rings. Cut it to slightly longer than belt length. Melt the ends with a lighter. Sew one line of stitches to attach to rings. DONE. Making one each for both boys truly took two minutes. Tate’s belt was immediately lost, but I’ll still slightly hopeful that it will one day be found.
How do professional bloggers get their kids outside and modeling their projects? Candy bribes? Here’s Rush’s response to my request to take a picture:
Much begging later-
It’s a good thing that a belt is a quick project, because here’s my workspace. Please note the spilled applesauce.
A belt is a great project because it’s fast, easy, durable, usable, cute, and, a rare find in my world of making things for my children, masculine.
Rush's backward photo and the spilled applesauce workspace made me laugh out loud. Cranking out awesome things like your advent calendars, quilts, etc. when your workspace is a kitchen table and you have to drag your craft stuff in and out of a closet and you have two little ones running around is 10,000 times more impressive than anything Martha Stewart has made ever.
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