I am looking for a beginners sewing book for children. My granddaughter has shown an interest and she has been doing some hand sewing. Even though I sew, I would like something to help put things into her perspective. Any input will be appreciated. Thanks
By Nelwyn M.
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I have been sewing for many years...everything from home dec to wedding gowns. I began in 4-H. The wise leader started us out on a sewing machine with no thread and lined notebook paper. We were so proud when we could produce a page with our needle punches in perfect lines. It was fun and taught us patience and perseverance in our sewing projects. Hope this helps.
Best of Sewing Machine Fun for Kids - can be purchased at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. I have used this book to teach 7 and 9 year old girls. It starts from naming all of the most important sewing machine parts to sewing on paper and then fabric.
The sewing pages at about.com have loads of info on teaching children to sew.
LOL, it's been so long ago that I learned I can't even remember how I really started, but I'm thinking it was hand sewing on paper templates like Sandy writes about. I also vaguely recall being allowed to try quilting with my grans to get used to using a needle and thread. They taught me to embroider and needlepoint too.
I do recall clearly learning to machine sew, my first project was a half slip at around aged 8. My sister and aunts walked me through the whole process from start to finish-beginning with how to wind and load a bobbin, thread the machine, etc, and they made sure I was supervised on the machine use until I was around twelve. Then I got my own machine and was permitted to use it on my own.
I taught my son by teaching him to sew buttons onto scrap fabric that I also used to teach him hemming and straight stitching. He did alright with those skills for years until this past spring when I was visiting him in the US-I bought him a small simple machine and taught him to use it, he was thrilled!
Here is an idea that I hope will help. When my brother and I were aged 5 and 7, we were expecting another little brother very shortly. Our mother was in no shape to chase after us, so she put us to work embroidering baby quilt blocks in red thread.
check out: "Simply Sewing" by Judy Ann Sadler
and "The Best of Sewing Machine Fun for Kids" by Nancy Smith & Lynda Milligan
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