my granddaughter is down on holiday and she wanted to craft like nanny .she is 9 years and has never picked up a needle and cotton before but this is her first attempts and apart from starting her cotton and finishing it for her she did everything else herself.i am well chuffed with her efforts and also it has given me an idea what to get her for christmas.
Very well done cookie's g/daughter they are lovely, my little one's love crafting and baking with their Nain 
Well done her :). My granddaughter started crafting on saturdays when she was with me, so one christmas, when she was about 9-10 I decorated a big cardboard box and filled it with little cross stich kits, nlank cards & card making embellishments, starter knitting kit etc, she loved it. She's now 13 & last christmas she asked her mum for a sewing machine & sewing box. She now has the best dressed rabbits in Kent 🙂
For this coming Christmas I've bought my two granddaughters a sewing machine each. One's bright red and one's purple, not quite full size. They'll both be 9 in November and January. I've got plastic boxes and am putting in, scissors, pins, needles, tape, buttons, fabric, tape measures and children's instruction books. They've both made little things before, so whether they'll have the patience to learn or not remains to be seen.
Well done cookie's granddaughter, I think all that blanket stitch would have proved too boring for my two! .
thanks for your lovely comments.i did tell her she could finish them in an easier stitch but she wanted it to look like mine bless her.they have all gone to the beach for a few hours.so i have a bit of peace but as soon as tara is back she will have her needle in her hand.i thought she would get board but she is sticking at it bless her .
cookie's granddaughter is a very clever girl, I think 
VERY NICE, CRAFTING IS A LOVELY THING TO DO AND GOOD TO GET YOUNGSTERS INVOLVED. AWWW .
Long story cookie...
fishie does beautiful things with glass
budge up Stan, here have a cushion it may be a long wait
