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[myschyf]

I've been sewing a lot lately (though, I really will be getting back into stamps soon as well...'cause I haven't sent five to everyone on the planet yet. *Grin*) (Goals are good, after all.;) and Sammy's very interested. She's too young for a regular needle, especially since my quilting thimbles are far too large for her and since I never got the hang of using a metal thimble, I wouldn't know how to teach her to use one. (a quilting thimble is usually leather and goes over the whole finger...it has a stretchy bit of fabric to keep it on and, unless it's too small, it won't come off till it's taken off) So, what should I be looking for, supply-wise for her? I'm quasi-quilting pillow tops and I know I used to use big almost blunt needles when I was a kid, but the only thing I've seen around are plastic ones...which are great for the needlepoint kits they're sold with, but I doubt they'd go through the thinnest fabric.

Hey Mum, do you remember how old I was when I started embroidering handkerchiefs with Nan? I know I was young, but I don't think I was as young as Sammy. I *think* that when I was her age, I was going through my first ceramic phase, the one where I found out exactly how well greenware broke. Oops. *grin*

I've been sort of looking around for sewing kits, but I think this is something I'm going to have to put together myself, because the only things I've been able to find are stitching kits.