Sewing with Kids Resources Guide
If you’ve come to my blog looking to teach your child or students to sew you’ve definitely come to the right place. I hope my Sewing with Kids Guide will answer all your questions about how to sew with kids and what to sew with kids!
I love teaching children to sew and hope you will too. I’ve tried to make everything here as clear and simple as possible. Learning to sew is one of the most exciting skills your kids will learn. Teaching kids to sew can be daunting. It can be chaos when you have 20 or more kids all needing help. But after 25 years of teaching, I still find it exciting and rewarding to see the pride on their faces when they sew something they really love.
If you have any questions you are welcome to visit the Sew a Softie facebook group or email me at trixi(at)sewasoftie(dot)com
Everything You Need to Know to Teach Your Kids to Sew
I also have a video workshop which like the title says shows you everything you need to teach your kids or students to sew!
Supplies you Need to Hand Sew with Kids
I walk you through the basic supplies you’ll need to sew with your kids and how to decide which supplies are the ‘right’ ones to buy. I’ll talk about what needles work best with kids and why. Different ways to thread a needle. Should you use pins or sewing clips? What is a good thread to use? Different types of felts. What sorts of stuffings are available and what scissors work best when you need to cut fabric.
Basic Hand Sewing Stitches
Next I’ll show you the best hand sewing stitches to teach kids. I love teaching kids how to sew a simple running stitch. That is my all time favourite stitch. I’ll also give you a few extra stitches you might like to try with your kids.
How to Run a Sewing Class
I’m thrilled to say so many mums, teachers and librarians are teaching sewing classes/workshops these days. Teaching a group of kids to sew can be a little daunting. And I totally understand that. So this section gives you the basics on running a sewing workshop and includes answers to questions such as:
- How many kids should I have in my class?
- How long should the class be? and
- What is a good age to start?
The Do’s & Don’ts of Sewing With Kids
Here you’ll find my famous
Easy hand sewing projects kids (and mums) will love!
And of course now you’ll want lots of free and simple to sew fun sewing projects. This list of tutorials will keep your kids happily sewing for a very long time. These are the tutorials posted in the last 6 years for Sew a Softie in July by hundreds of bloggers around the world.
I hope these posts help you get started on your sewing with kids adventure.
Fun sewing Books
And if you’re looking for some fun hand sewing books to give as a gift to your kids then have a look at The Zenki Way: A Guide to Designing & Enjoying Your Own Creative Softies or Sewing Simple Softies with 17 Amazing Designers.
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.
If you still have a few minutes to spare, and I hope you do, you might be interested in reading my article on why hand sewing is so important for young kids to learn.
If you have any questions you are welcome to visit the Sew a Softie facebook group or email me at trixi(at)sewasoftie(dot)com