Mila Sews

Pony Pal Mila loves her new Breyer Cupcake. She is also aware that I make blankets for model horses. Naturally, we had to get together and make one for Cupcake!

She came over Friday morning, Cupcake in hand, and trotted upstairs to my office to get to work. She chose pink fabric with purple lettering, and wanted "fancy" letters so we went for cursive.

Once you've programmed the embroidery machine, you simply press the Start button and it sews by itself. No foot pedal is needed. Mila was thrilled to push that button and then sat and watched the machine work. (I agree with her - it is fun to watch.)

Then we took the fabric out of the hoop and cut it out, trying it on Cupcake to be sure it would fit. (That full mane is a bit of a problem!) Satisfied that the blanket was going to fit, we switched over to my sewing machine. 

Mila asked if she could sew. Since a blanket has multiple curves, I told her that we would compromise with her running the machine and me guiding the fabric. That worked better than I thought it would - I expected some Indy 500 stitchery speeds!

The finished product. Mila was thrilled and so was I.

Meanwhile, Lukie had quietly been busy. 

I hadn't been able to keep an eye on him while guiding that fabric through the machine, and he had had a little fun with his favorite horse in my collection. But he is getting good at being careful and no models fell or were banged around.

Mila went home one happy little girl. And you know what? Her Grammy was pretty happy, too.