We started out our week with the maki
ng of yarn bird nests. We made a wire frame, free form style. Then we wove in soft colored yarn. Some were hung out in bushes and trees, for the birds to gather from, for their nests! They enjoyed it....MUCH!
A close up look at the nests!
Next! Much SEWING!!
!
We started on our pocket wall hangings.
They were fun, giggly, but all about the project at hand and the process it needed to take
to "get er' done!"
Colin encouraging Kaeyla! 
And awaiting his turn!
Finally it was his turn, they all kept Grandma pretty busy! One would be doing one thing, and the other, something else. I was instructing and doing the prep work needed to keep things 
running like......clockwork?
They really did do well, they found there was a lot of things to rememb
er when running the sewing machine. And that it takes alot of different steps to complete the project as desired!
They picked the fabrics they wanted, then I pressed out different sizes of squares and rectangles that would be the "pockets". They put them in the format they wanted on the canvas background.
I stayed up the first night to get all the straps sewed that would be used for the hanging. We went out and gather branches from the yard.....there were plenty 
with this winter we have had!!! I cut those to the length needed.....
Pockets were made by cutting the size wanted, very random, I a
ssure you, and sewn. Which the kids did, then they had to turn them right side out, and press.
I helped with that so that corners were turned out nicely. A large knitting needle did well w
ith that job, which after I showed them that, they could do that as well.
I turned under the final edges,
and gave it a final press.
They were than layed out in a manner that was pleasing too them.
Kayela helping! Hey MO
M! She can iron.....
We also had to add some fun beading trim on the girl's hangings!
You are probably wondering where my third child was....being 4, she was not too muc
h interested in the sewing part. She had definite opinions on what she wanted for fabric, and trim. She found my new pin cushion, so....she was put to work putting in the all the new pins....which she loved, then in my old one too. Some were dropped on the carpet, were quickly found...unfortunately, my sewing room is also my bedroom....YIKES!!
She also spent time with Papa! We have a toy chain saw, appropriate if you know that we have cut wood for years.
Well...she decided....too....well....
cut off Papa's....leg.
He would make painful noises, that we could hear upstairs....we would laugh....only at Grandma's...
She throughly enjoyed herself too! She like playing with 
our dog, Humphrey too. Though he stayed clear of the chain saw!!!!
We found we, (I) needed to decorated the branches to make them lo
ok more believable, nature-ie.
So I felted some caterpillars, and a butterfly. We put some beads on for eyes, and some on their body as well....Quit roll'in your eyes.....they WERE cute!!
Buttons were added, cause, hey, buttons ARE fun too!
Up close!
Hard to see the "critter", they were shaking I think!
Arm fatigue, from holding up the hangings for 
picture taking!
The pockets will hold cd's, craft supplies, hair thing
ie's, etc.
Some art work had to be done as well!
Those artists, there so serious!
Hannah sitting with Mom, I think she was pooped!
You just never know what we will be doing, when you sl
eep over at Grandma's!
The next day we made 3 tote bags shown in the previous post!
