More Birthday Club for an XI year old

 I wanted to have a sewing project in my birthday club. The project I set up leans heavily on my grandson 's interest in baseball. Hence the project - making a baseball. Fortunately I was able to be with him to guide him through this one. 

This was what was in the kit:

  

After pinning the 2 pieces together, he stitched them together. Backstitches helped him keep control of the stitch size. To his credit, he was able to thread his own needle!

When it was stitched together and stuffed, he started the baseball stitch. 

The finished ball. He was well pleased. 

With Whimsy: EPL exhibition

 Eleven of my Book Houses are on exhibit at the Stanley Milner Library downtown until November 20, 2026. They are part of the With Whimsy exhibition.

 

They are on the third level at the top of the walkway.

There are a few different gallery spaces in the library. There is an 'Art Guide' available, but it gives information about the permanent collection, not about the temporary exhibits. A little wandering and asking staff will get you to the other gallery spaces. 

Birthday Number: 16

 

The Coffee Bag Flower

 This is made from coffee bags. 

The flower ball is about 28 cm across and, with the stick, it is 74cm tall.

Birthday Number: 68

 

68

2026

Baby Sloth

 

One of a kind. I made it up as I went along. 

Birthday Craft Club for an XI year old

Like the other birthday club, this will run for 6 months. 

The first project is building an Eiffel Tower out of cardboard. It took me a day to figure out the design and build it. Then another day to make a new set of parts and write the directions. It took an afternoon for the XI year old to build it. 

These photos show some of the process:

The second project will be building a kaleidoscope. The hardest part of preparing this project was finding reflective enough paper.

These are the elements:

The finished product:

The third project will be to make a pocket book using maps.

The elements:

The process:

This sets me up until September. The last 3 projects are in the design phase.