My 3 year old can sew her own clothes.
Addie, It’s time for bed.
But mom, I’m awake.
No you’re not. You need to go to sleep. You are so tired.
Mom, I want to be with you.
Go to bed.
But there are monsters.
Go to sleep.
Mom, can I sew a dress?
What?
Pause.
Puppy dog eyes.
OK. Let’s sew a dress.
I have always been interetsed in teaching Addie to sew. I knew as soon as she learned, she would be hooked. I just didn’t know the right age to start. She is 3 1/2 and needles and such aren’t much for 3 year olds. But I pulled out a yarn needle, and a full length of embroidery thread, and we began to sew. And amazing! She got the hang of it!
Poke it in/Pull it out/Pinch the eye/ pull until it stops/ poke again close to where it came out.
She is a rhythm girl, and even began singing a song about the above routine.
Hum-dee-dum. Pinching the needle. toodle-oo. Poke it through.
Seriously folks…she sewed every stitch in this dress. Granted it didn’t last long, but I couldn’t believe it.
But she is hooked. Every day since: “Mom, can we sew today?”
And now she notices her toys, clothes, blankets, couch pillows: “Mom! Somebody sewed this for me! I can see the thread!”
Since this dress, she has made a dress for Flower and a toy cow and is working on a blanket for her baby.
I can’t wait to get her an embroidery hoop. She may still be too young. But this might be just the thing to keep her away from Barbi just one more year.
15 Responses to “My 3 year old can sew her own clothes.”
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This is too, too cute! What a little smartie. That takes a lot of coordination to do. You have inspired me, my almost 8 year old has been begging me to teach her to sew. I promised her I would once school was out. Maybe I will let her this weekend instead. Thank you for being such an artistic inspiration to me as well as others!
I’m impressed your daughter will still nap occasionally. ;o) We had to give up on our 3 year old napping—unless we want her staying up until 11pm that night.
What a good mommy you are! You have inspired me to get out and teach my kiddos something new!:)
ooohhh…I have a LOOOONG summer ahead of me!
Awww! I think this is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! I’m going to have to see if my DD will do this when she is older!
Her curls are to die for cute!
That is so sweet, and good for you for encouraging her to try!
wow! That’s impressive.
That is FANTASTIC…you’ve got yourself one smart little cookie!
Oh, and my son stopped napping around 3 1/2 too…so sorry!
I am inspired by you! What a fabulous mom! Thank you for sharing such a sweet part of your 3 year old’s day…so sweet. Your photos are also breathtaking as well as your artwork! Kim (love that LDS.org is a part of your blog too!)
Oh, Sarah, this is absolutely DARLING! You are one patient mother. Love the shots you took of her. SUCH a cutie!
That is absolutely amazing! She will love it for life now!
You know how you see interviews of talented people (musicians, artists, etc.) and they always say: “Well, I started (singing, dancing, sewing) when I was three years old.” Now I know that actually does happen!
jb
Wow, I’m impressed! My little girl just turned 3….. makes me wonder what she can do with needle and thread.
oohhhh, she’s a darling!
Oh!!! Buy the embroidery hoop!!! My Hannah has been doing simple embroidery (what I call ‘primitive stitchery’) since before she was 3 years old! She loves it. She draws her own pictures, then we trace them on the muslin with pencil and she stitches.
It is amazing what children can do when it is in their hearts to do it. Your little one is so sweet and very blessed to have such a wonderful mommy!
Blessings… *Linda*
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