I have just received these beautiful photos, taken at the Parents & Kids' Sock Doll workshop I conducted last week. The workshop took place at Emily, a beautiful children's bookstore in Tel Aviv.
The greatest challenge for me at this workshop was to make the participating girls (unfortunately, there were no boys) do their own stitching. As it was a Parents & Kids workshop, the girls found it much easier to let their moms do all the hard work. I had to insist that the little ones could and should sew by themselves. At that point, they had to face the fear that the dolls they would create wouldn't be as appealing as the one mom could make.
We settled on a compromise – the girls will give orders to mom, while sewing their own dolls.
The greatest challenge for me at this workshop was to make the participating girls (unfortunately, there were no boys) do their own stitching. As it was a Parents & Kids workshop, the girls found it much easier to let their moms do all the hard work. I had to insist that the little ones could and should sew by themselves. At that point, they had to face the fear that the dolls they would create wouldn't be as appealing as the one mom could make.
We settled on a compromise – the girls will give orders to mom, while sewing their own dolls.
The effort really paid off! There was such a lovely bunch of dolls, some of them made by the moms, and some by their 6-year-old girls.
Now, if you happen to live over here and haven't visited this lovely store yet, you should!
The photo below captures just a hint of its unique and cozy atmosphere.
On Sunday, November 29, I will conduct another workshop at Emily. This time I will teach participants how to create these yellow monsters, and we will also create creatures inspired by Maurice Sendak's classic book, Where the Wild Things Are.
