My First Sewing Book: 35 Easy And Fun Projects For Children Aged 7 Years + Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Here are 35 brilliant projects that will help you learn how to sew. If you’ve never used a needle and thread before, don’t worry—start with the ‘Sewing Techniques’ section, which simply explains how to do every stitch. Then pick something to make from one of the four chapters. In the ‘Toys’ chapter, you’ll find juggling animals, sock monsters and rag dolls, while in ‘Fashion Fun’, there are gorgeous bags, hair accessories and more. Next, discover some brilliant ‘Decorations’—from hanging felt stars to pretty lavender bags. Finally, ‘Great Gifts’ is packed with ideas, such as the finger puppet cards, felt egg cosies or the sausage dog draft excluder. All the instructions and cute step-by-step artworks are easy to follow; plus, each project has a grade so that you can start with easy sewing and move onto using more advanced stitches as you get better at it.
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: CICO Books (August 11, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1907563717
ISBN-13: 978-1907563713
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 10.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Grade Level: 7 - 11
We've had this book for 2 years now. I did not know how to hand sew when I bought it, so I have used it to teach myself as well as my kids. My "big" kids (now ages 8, 6, & 4) have been interested in many of the projects in this book and have made several with varying degrees of help from me. The projects have made great Christmas and birthday presents for siblings and grandparents. My 8 year old is almost completely independent after a few years of having my help. My 6 year old needs occasional guidance and help. My 4 year old needs constant help, but can do some of the easier rated projects and feel really accomplished. There are so many cute things in this book. The little mice are so cute, and my four year old loves hers and has carried it around in her pockets daily for several months now. My only complaint about this book, and it's a big one for me (although maybe this is typical- this is pretty much the only sewing book we own), is that several of the projects need the pattern to be copied at 200%, which our home copier can't do. So, often, the kids will get excited about making something, but we can't start until we've made a trip out to use a copy machine. The patterns aren't very big, so I really don't understand why she couldn't have just added a few more pages to the book to put the patterns at full size. The obvious answer to this quandary is just to copy a few of each pattern the next time we're at a copy machine and keep them in a folder, but I wish I didn't have to. The patterns provided at the correct size are just so much easier to work with.
I promised my soon to be 6 year old daughter that I would teach her how to sew after this Christmas. I put together a sewing kit for her and got this book to put with it for Christmas. I'm not really impressed with the available projects. I looked through the projects and most of them are what I would call filler projects. They serve no real purpose other then to fill up space. There are 1 or 2 projects we would actually be interested in. I'm still debating, but I think I'm going to return it and just use a bunch of great tutorials I found online for stuff that she actually would love to make instead of this weird mish mash.
My 7 yr. old daughter found many projects in this book she is interested in making. Very simple and cute. Already picked out a few great Mother's Day projects for Grandmothers. Would recommend to others.
The projects in this book are simple and fun. Many of them use recycled items such as old socks. They are less dependent on having just the right fabric than projects in some other books. The layout and format are easy to follow. The kids in my sewing school really like these for when they're between their regular projects.
I have been sewing for over 40 years. This book is an excellent tool for children as well as adults to begin the process of learning to sew. I plan to have a lot of fun with my grandchildren this Christmas season.
This book is great for starting young kids out on a sewing adventure. Supervision is important when starting out but once you determine that a child can handle the projects, they are clearly written so a child can do them alone.
This was a gift for 5 year old grandchild, and her non-sewing mom. My daughter suggested this gift. They both love it! I used this book to go with a sewing kit gift that I put together. I included many of the materials pictured in the book. Their first projects have been the simpler projects. I am getting photos from them with my grandchild's proud smile and the items completed. Makes me smile too!
This book is well worth the money. I bought it for my oldest granddaughters, who are nine and ten years old. They couldn't wait to start sewing. So they came to my house today and, with very little help from me, made the sausage dog and modified the sausage dog and made a snake as well. I helped them thread needles and use my sharp scissors but other than that they had no problems following the directions. Great product and well written. They are planning their next visit to Gama's and their next projects.
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