I am getting so excited to start the Winter/Spring sessions with all of you! A welcome back to all my returning students and a welcome to all my new students at Tower Hill, Tatnall, and Ursuline Academy!

Usually, I try to write a newsletter each week to let parents know what we are doing in class and any remind them of any important dates like our parties we all love. This term I’m going to ask parents and kids to visit my blog each week on my website. All the blogs will be up on the site and you will never miss a weekly update.

I’ll continue to post all the dates of the classes, keep you informed of any changes, and post pictures of our creations!  And, if your kids enjoy the kits they can purchase additional kits on the website or through me at school.

I’ll also be posting the blogs on my Facebook Page (Fascination in Fabrics).  Please visit my page and “like” my page.  Read some of the articles that I have posted or share your own article on sewing to my page.  Anything sewing related would be fantastic and probably enjoyed by all.

I’m “Sew” excited about my Website, Blog and Facebook Page!  Come visit me soon and I’ll see you next week! And please share with anyone that might be interested in the joys of sewing!

Ms. Bobbi

PS My summer camps are up on the website and are ready for kids to register!

I’m so excited! Why? Because last week 32 “Measure Me Dolls” were born in the first-grade classes at Tower Hill School in Wilmington Delaware. And Ms. Bobbi stitched each one of them with lots of love.

The “Measure Me Doll” project was started by a Tower Hill first grade teacher about 3 years ago. Jill had done the project in another school and wanted to try it at Tower Hill. We fine-tuned the project, eliminating adding birth weight to the babies and found a better pattern that looked more like real babies and we were off and running.

Each doll is the height of the student when they were born. Students choose the fabric (skin tone) and then the dolls are cut by parents and sent to me for stitching. When the dolls are returned, each class spends a day stuffing their dolls, making hair, choosing faces, decorating a onesie, putting on a diaper, and making an identifying necklace with their name for the baby.

After the babies are born, the first-grade classes spend a week doing activities relating to their births and taking care of their babies. It’s a great project and I enjoy stitching the babies every year and listening to the kids tell me stories about when they were little!

Scroll down for pictures! You can click each one to view their full size.

Until next time,

Ms. Bobbi

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