Sewing pillowcases...FUN!

So several months ago Anna & Carly asked Corrine and I to give them sewing lessons. We decided that pillowcases would be the best project...straight lines - simple. So today was the big day. Corrine called them earlier this week and invited them to go out to lunch, shopping for material and then back to our house to sew. They were really excited. Last night I started thinking about sweet Mac. He is becoming such a big boy now and he wants to go with the big kids. I mentioned this to Corrine and was concerned he would be upset when we left without him. Corrine talked to Rachel last night and we decided to play it by ear and see how he was today.

The plan was to be there at 11:00 am. I told Corrine we needed to be on time. They would be ready by 10:30 and would be asking Rachel....when is it time. Sure enough we pulled up at 11:03 am and the garage was open and the kids were out waiting for us! Mac came running out to the car saying he wanted to go too. Rachel said it was like Christmas morning--the kids kept asking when it was 11:00 am they we so excited. So, we decided Mac would go too!

Our first stop was Joann's Fabric store. We let each of the kids pick out their fabric. There were SO MANY choices! What was a kid to do?! Well after they looked at all of the fabric they finally made their choices. It was such a busy day a Joann's we had to wait in several lines. Corrine got a number to wait to have the fabric cut. I started walking around with Mac. We were really hoping to find "Lightening McQueen" fabric. As we walked around we found some in the quilting section and he was so excited! So, of course, we got it!

When it was finally our turn to have our fabric cut the kids were so cute watching the gal cut the fabric. Mac was on his toes trying to see over the table. Gotta love those smiles! The gal was great. She paid special attention to each of them as she cut their fabric and asked why they chose the fabric. Carly's fabric has monkey's on it and she told the lady, 'I climb every where and so my dad and uncle call me a silly monkey'. It got a smile out of the lady. :)

After the store we went over to Chick-fil-A for lunch. It was very crowded but we still had a great time. As we were finishing the girls told us their dad loves chicken and so they take the extra to him. So, on our way home we stopped by the office to give McKay some chicken nuggets. :)

We used both the sewing machine and the serger. Corrine recently had the serger serviced, etc. It is purring like a cat these days and the girls loved it. Corrine called the 'pedal' the 'gas pedal' and we all thought that was great. Every once in a while I would hear Corrine say "stop" and then Anna or Carly would laugh and say, 'I forgot how to make it stop.' We took Mac home for a nap because he was falling asleep and so we all worked on Mac's pillowcase together.

After we were done Rachel came and picked up the kids. Mac was done with his nap and so he was able to come get his pillowcase. The girls were excited to show it to him. They all plan to use their new pillowcases tonight. When it was time to go home Mac was not happy. He really wanted to stay. They will have to come back and play again.

Corrine and I had a great time and so did the kids. They want to do another project so there just may be pajama bottoms in their future (and mine).