Teaching sewing

My daughter has been chomping at the bit to learn how to sew. I think I was a little intimidated (remembering back to how many times I messed up my mom's machine when she taught me so many years ago) so I kept putting it off. It seemed like a much better summer activity and when summer finally rolled around she was more than excited to get started. This is when the 5 Week Summer Sew School was created. It was never my intention to teach my 8 year-old every function of the machine and every…

{Proud mama alert!} For tips on teaching a child to quilt, please scroll to the bottom of this blog post! 'My almost-seven-year-old daughter completed her first quilt yesterday! She made a small patchwork quilt and intends to give it to her kitten. We used a charm pack (to limit the amount of cutting needed, since I do not feel she is ready to use a rotary cutter). She chose a cute set of prints in a rainbow of colors. I explained the basics and let her lay out the squares however she liked…

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Teach kids to sew using burlap and yarn for an easy first lesson in the mechanics of sewing. Learning how to sew on burlap is a great sewing lesson for beginners. It is also a great fine motor activity to practice before trying more advanced forms of embr