sewing with sophia

Before we left we worked on "making our home more beautiful" projects. When my parents left back for Germany they took with them the crib Mateo and before him Sophia was using. The crib is an old erloom. My younger sisters slept in it already and it was build by a carpenter friend of my grandfathers. When they were they were leaving it seemed the right time to say good bye to the little bed and send them off with it.

Mateo therefore moved into the lower bed of Sophia's bunk bed. We bought a new dresser and to make the room more cheerful we sewed a garland. Sophia and I worked on this project together.We decided what the shapes should look like, the fabric, the pattern, and we sewed it together too.

We were a team! I drew on the pattern, she cut, I sewed. She sewed some too, and felt very happy about it. She was making something for her very own room, to make it more beautiful. We are not done with their room, as we need to change the curtains and perhaps rug, but slowly and gradually it is turning into their little happy space, reflecting both their qualities and things they like.