Sewing & Crafts

 One positive about the stay at home order followed by the social distancing guidelines has been the amount of time it has given us to work on crafts in the Heinisch home.  Cal and Doug haven't joined in the fun, but have given positive reviews on our work.  The first project that I worked on was a large latch hook lighthouse wall hanging.  I also spent time on cross stitching as well.  My next goal has been to learn to crochet which I plan to work on this fall.  

Meg and Cam have also spent time crafting during the pandemic.  Cam learned to tye die and worked on painting and oragami as well.  Once golf season began and tennis practices started at Bethany, Cam's time crafting wanned.  Meg has been the one who has produced the most in the craft department since March.  She has worked on friendship bracelets, painting, making her own necklaces and tie dying.  My favorite activity that she has done this summer, however, has been repurposing clothes for herself and her friends.  She did some thrifting in Bloomington and has raided her Grandma's closet looking for shirts and swimsuits to crop and take-in for a new look.  I have been extremely impressed with her sewing ability and have loved her "new" wardrobe.  

With all of the crafts going on in the Heinisch family I finally decided to purchase a sewing/craft table for the mud room.  The desk that originally held the sewing machine was moved to Cameron's room for e-learning this spring.  We had been using our six foot tote table for sewing, but that was awkward and took up a lot of space in the room.  I read a lot of reviews on Wayfair, Amazon and Walmart regarding sewing/craft tables and finally found the perfect one for our space.  I was thrilled that it arrived a week earlier than expected and was thankful that Doug was able to put it together for me tonight.  Meg and I both love it and she was even able to put it to good use before the evening was over.  

Sewing and crafting have been a fun way to pass the time during the coronavirus outbreak.  Grandma Jane has enjoyed seeing all of the end products that have been produced in the Heinisch home recently.  I know that Grandma Heinisch would have loved watching Meg sew and craft these past four months as well.  It was the activity that they enjoyed the most when spending time together.