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July 12, 2006
Making Beauty
I'm in graduate school now learning how to be a teacher. This past Saturday was good practice. Rachel and Emily came over for a sewing lesson. We went to a local fabric stop where the girls chose their own fabrics. They have a highly developed sense of color. I don't have a fraction of the fashion saavy these two have. Rachel's shirt is reversible, her idea, and Emily's mod mod fabric coordinated beautifully with her top. She also beaded the necklace she's wearing.
It's amazing how much work goes into these kinds of learning activities. And how incredibly fun! I have visions of setting up a little red school house in the backyard, where I would teach girls and boys to quilt and sew and knit and weave. Rachel was so blue when she left that I gave her my two knitted babes to keep hers company. Poor babes, they weren't getting much attention here.
There's something about kids that makes me want to give them my best self. And somehow knitting and quilting and reading, all the things I love to do, is part of that.
I hope I'm a good teacher. I really want to be.