The Everything You Need to Know to Teach Kids to Sew

A practical workshop that will help you feel confident teaching children to sew.

Would you love to teach children to sew, but aren’t sure where to start?

Perhaps you’re wondering what supplies you’ll need, how to teach skills like threading a needle and tying a knot, or how to successfully manage a sewing activity with a group of children

Whether you’re a teacher, educator, librarian, parent or grandparent, this workshop will give you the knowledge and confidence to get started. The workshop is based on more than 30 years of teaching children to sew and the methods I’ve developed through Sew a Softie.

About This Workshop

If the thought of teaching children to sew feels a little overwhelming, you’re not alone.

Many teachers, educators, librarians, parents and grandparents would love to introduce children to sewing but aren’t sure where to begin. What supplies do you need? How do you teach skills like threading a needle and tying a knot? What projects are suitable for beginners? And how do you help children succeed without becoming frustrated?

In this practical 50-minute workshop, I’ll guide you through everything you need to know to get started with confidence.

Drawing on more than 30 years of teaching children to sew, I’ll share the tools, techniques and teaching strategies that have helped me make sewing fun, creative and enjoyable for thousands of children.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a clear understanding of the supplies you’ll need, how to teach essential sewing skills, and how to create a positive sewing experience that children will want to return to again and again.

You’ll also discover how my Zenki softie approach makes it easy for children to experience success, express their creativity, and enjoy sewing from the very beginning.

What You’ll Learn

• The essential supplies you’ll need to teach children to sew

• Which needles, thread, felt and other materials work best for beginners

• Simple ways to help children thread a needle and tie a knot

• Beginner-friendly stitches that children enjoy learning

• How to introduce sewing skills in a fun and stress-free way

• Common challenges when teaching sewing and how to overcome them

• How to use my Zenki softie approach to encourage creativity and individual expression

• Practical teaching strategies developed over more than 30 years of sewing with children

• How to create a sewing experience that children will want to return to again and again

What’s Included

A 50 minute pre-recorded workshop based on more than 30 years teaching children to sew

Lifetime access so you can revisit the workshop whenever you need a refresher

A Complete Sewing Supplies & Techniques Info Sheet with links to video tutorials

A Get to Know my Softie printable

What others are saying

Sew a Softie is well under way at our school. Thank you for the inspiration, motivation, patterns, tutorials and book! We are having so much fun!

Ms Powis

I must confessI was worried about teaching my daughter how to sew (you know, needles and sharp scissors), but reading your articles made me fell more confident and more at ease and its paid off, she’s just thrilled! Thank you!!

Daniele Andrade

About Me

Hi, I’m Trixi Symonds.

I’ve been teaching children to sew for more than 30 years and am the founder of Sew a Softie, a global initiative that inspires adults around the world to teach children to sew.

Since launching Sew a Softie in 2016, I’ve helped educators, parents, grandparents and librarians discover how simple, creative and rewarding sewing with children can be. Through my workshops, books, ebooks, online tutorials and global sewing events, I’ve inspired thousands of children around the world to pick up a needle and thread for the very first time.

I am the author of three books on sewing with children—Sew Together Grow Together: Sewing Projects for Parents and Children, Sewing Simple Softies With 17 Amazing Designers, and The Zenki Way: A Guide to Designing & Enjoying Your Own Creative Softies—as well as several ebooks in the Sew a Softie Workbook series designed to help adults confidently teach children to sew.

I’m looking forward to sharing the tools, techniques and teaching strategies I’ve developed over decades of sewing with children, so that you can confidently introduce sewing to the children in your life.