Last week I taught a hand sewing class and I saw her sitting there with a glum face. So I asked her what was wrong and she said that she doesn't enjoy sewing by hand.
I gave her the scrap box and told her to do whatever she wanted with it and to show me what she DOES enjoy doing.
![Fabric scrap box](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef3b53_39e079790d9747d886558e53f09dc57f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_118,h_160,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ef3b53_39e079790d9747d886558e53f09dc57f~mv2.jpg)
First of all the she fished out all of the solids and from those chose blues and greens. She then cut them into small rectangles ranging between 3 x 4 cm to 5 x 7 cm.
She arranged them into color piles and began sewing.
![Blue and green fabrics](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef3b53_394d3c60e3b34b5290015139e9e056d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_158,h_158,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ef3b53_394d3c60e3b34b5290015139e9e056d1~mv2.jpg)
She sewed them into strips and then joined the strips.
I watched her color coordination. She is extremely talented.
Her sewing technique needs to improve but that is a "practice makes perfect" skill so I chose not to comment at all during the lesson so as not to stifle her creativity in any way.
![Scrap art piece](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef3b53_8be3f93b01764ebe8de83dcb3b846888~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_158,h_158,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ef3b53_8be3f93b01764ebe8de83dcb3b846888~mv2.jpg)
At the end of the lesson I asked her to stay awhile and then discussed the sewing and ironing with her.
I chose not to interfere with her choice of fabrics, cutting sewing and ironing at all. They can all be improved upon with time. She needs to develop her talent.
![Blues and greens](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef3b53_c88375d8c58d4580b385b7e389c3e3d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_128,h_158,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ef3b53_c88375d8c58d4580b385b7e389c3e3d9~mv2.jpg)