Welcome to Sew a Softie
Where you can find resources to teach your children or students to sew; through online video tutorials, free easy to sew projects, the Global Kids Sewing Party and a range of kids sewing books.
Run by Trixi Symonds, Sew a Softie is a passion project turned global movement bringing the simple joy of sewing to a new generation.
Global Kids’ Sewing Party
The Global Kids Sewing Party is a month long celebration for kids to sew a softie to gift to someone in their community and began in 2019 when Trixi partnered with the Children’s Museum of the Arts, NYC and it’s Civickids program and founded the first ever Sew a Softie Global Kids Sewing Party.
Sew a Softie in July
Sew a Softie in July was held for many years as a creative fun-filled month of free softie tutorials and get-togethers to show the world that absolutely anyone can sew. It’s a great resource. If you click on the read more link, you can find hundreds of kid-friendly tutorials that participants posted over the years.
Hi I’m Trixi
I help parents and educators around the world teach kids to sew through my online video tutorials, free easy to sew projects, the Global Kids Sewing Party and a range of kids sewing books.
I’ve been teaching sewing to children for over thirty years and I’m the founder of Sew a Softie, a global movement to inspire adults around the world to sew with the kids in their lives.
Books by Trixi Symonds
Kandinsky Inspired Softies to Sew with Kids
Exploring Kandinsky’s paintings through sewing. These projects offer a great way to get your students to explore Kandinsky’s beautiful abstract paintings and to use his colours and shapes to inspire a whole new world of wonderful whimsical softies.
The Zenki Way
A step-by-step guide that shows you how to make a simple softie, which I call a Zenki. Ideal for teachers, librarians, people running workshops and parents to make with their kids and of course, for young children themselves.
Sew Together, Grow Together
Sew Together Grow Together is an original and exciting sewing book for kids. It features 20 easy to make sewing projects developed and road-tested over two decades in classes and workshops with children aged 5-12.
Sewing Simple Softies
This book brings together seventeen Sew a Softie participants who show you how to create a variety of wonderful softies ranging from tacos to ballerinas. Sewing Simple Softies is co-written with Deborah Fisher.
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