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Teaching my daughter

I have started teaching my dauther how to sew and thought I would share some of the patterns that we have used. I'm sure there are others out there trying to teach a child how to sew and could use some simple ideas to help.

We started with a simple skirt.

Materails:

elastic

fabric

measuring tape

To make this skirt, buy 2x the length you need. For example, if you want the skirt to be 12 inches long you would buy 2/3 of a yard.

Measure the wearer's waste and cut the elastic that length.

Sew the ends of the elastic together to make a loop.

Stretch the elastic as far as possible, That will be the width of the fabric that you will need.

For example, my daughter's waste is 22", the elastic streched 45" so I cut the fabric to 45".

Cut your fabric to size.

To attach the fabric to the elastic you can use one of two methods. First, you can either stretch the elastic while you sew it which leaves a gathered finished. As this method can be a bit difficult for new sewer's you can employ the second method; we first sewed a gathered stitch to the fabric and then pulled the material the the width we wanted.

To do a gathered stitch, sew a straight line across the top of the fabric at length four or longer. Do not backstitch. Pull the material to fit your length.

Sew fabric to the elastic

Hem the bottom and you're all done.,

We added pink heart pockets for a little bit of extra color. You can add whatever you think your skirt needs or leave it plain.

The skirt turned out great and my daughter wants to wear it everyday to show off what she accomplished. Feel free to post any questions.

Out and Playing

Just wanted to share some pics of the fam playing in Boulder Canyon.

Thanks to the belay slave we were able to stay warm as it was a chilly fall day. Windstopper fleece, hood with baclava mask is a life saver when your out at the crags. It was perfect.

The new headquarters

As I mentioned before, Esh has relocated to Boulder CO. Along with the move came a new set up for the company. Things are a lot less squished than they were and I finally have the room all organized and ready to go. I've been able to get a lot of work done here, as you can tell by the chalkbags and fabric all over the floor. But things are moving along and there is a lot of new product being sewn.

Esh in Boulder CO

We are up and running here in our new home. There is a lot more rock to climb here, and trails to ride. I mean..... a lot of time to test products. Here are some photos of me and my family out climbing in Boulder Canyon.

My wife's awesome climber hands.

Yep, I think that Boulder is going to be a nice fit for Esh.

All work and no play.

Today I met with the owners of the new branch of the Eco Lounge that is opening up in Meridian next week. So, as of May 1st, Esh will be sold at the new store! Super exciting news but that also means that we have A TON of work to do to get ready for it. More details to come. We just wanted to share the exciting news and let you see the piles of fabric that are all over the place.

All the colors!

As I mentioned before, the Bouldering Bags are now being made out of AIRE boat scraps and they are amazing. Here are the colors that we currently have to work with.

More pictures will be posted as soon as the finished products are in and ready to order. In the meantime, you can custom order your bag with any of the two colors posted above. Design the bag of your choice.

Black

Yellow

Blue

Light Gray

Green

Golden Rod

Red

Purple

Orange

Dark Gray

White