Sewing School ®: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make

I bought this book for my 11 year old, she had recently received her first sewing machine and I wanted a super basic instructional book for a beginner. This book was a perfect fit for her, it provided a variety of different projects that combined both hand stitched and sewing machine projects which she loved. The projects are easy to follow with lots of great photos to help you throughout. The sewing projects themselves are adorable, skill level appropriate and the author does a wonderful job of choosing projects that a beginner would actually want to do.

I bought this for my 7 year old granddaughter. This is a tremendous first time sewing book. I will be teaching her long distance so I needed something thorough and easily understood. The pictures are very good as well as the text. I like the fact that all the work shown was done by kids. What a great way to demonstrate to kids their work is just fine. The book is broken down very well from what tools to use, how to take care of them, how to use them, as well as the projects. I especially liked the section on how to correct mistakes, great idea! We already used that section & it kept her from being discouraged since she now knows mistakes can be fixed. I used the book to teach her the running & whipstitch, thread her needle & tie a knot before I had to leave but I'm sure the book will help her reinforce everything. She was so excited when she opened a box of scrap fabric from my sewing room that I'm sure she will make lots of projects. This book is so good I am ordering another one for me so I can teach her from a distance. I also bought the sewing machine book & was very pleased with it also.

We bought this book for my daughter for her 7th birthday and she absolutely loves it. She’s made numerous projects from this book and she’s had it about 4 weeks. Although she needs assistance here and there, she’s completed some of the projects on her own. The descriptions are great and the projects are cute and appropriate (simple). The pictures are nice too and my daughter loves looking through it at the kids and reading their quotes about sewing. This book is wonderful for sparking creativity. The only negative thing I could say is that the book doesn’t really describe how to tie off a stitch; they just basically say “tie a knot”. If you have a crafty child that is interested in sewing, don’t hesitate- buy this book!! I’ve included pictures of the following projects: So Soft Pillow, Stuffies, Apple Pincushion, Book of Needles, Cute Coaster and Quiet Mouse. If you found this review helpful give it a thumbs up!

A really good book that kids can use or parents or teachers can use to help children learn to sew. There's not much use teaching only how to use a sewing machine as many sewing tasks including mending, hemming, and sewing on buttons will require some skill at hand sewing and this book teaches those skills. Very clear instructions that build skills in a logical order and allow children to learn how to sew and also make things at the same time. Two drawbacks in the book for me are 1) the use of synthetic felt which only sets up children to create cheap looking items and 2) sewing is taught as something to play at rather than as a real-life useful skill. While I'm all for having fun while creating, there are real skills to be learned and the attitude of just having fun contributes to the problems children have thinking they have to be entertained by everything that comes their way or it has no value. Luckily, I am hoping this attitude is offset by the lovely comments actual children have included that show their pride in learning and in making something new. Also the projects are rather infantile. I could sew better after one lesson from my grandmother. Children can sew much nicer projects with the skills they learn here than are presented. Even so the lessons and presentation order and advice to help children is really excellent. The photos are lovely and instructions very easy to follow. Very nice book if you are an older child who wants to learn to sew or a parent, teacher, counselor, auntie, or otherwise would like to introduce children to sewing.

My 6 year old granddaughter is excited to sew some of the items..she can sew on her sewing machine but excited to learn how to hand sew.

Excellent value for the money. The quality is much better than I expected based on the price. It was exactly what I expected from the pictures online. I love how comfortable and easy this item is to use. It fits my needs perfectly. I am extremely happy with the purchase.

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my 8yr old daughter and it has been really great for her. I taught her the basics of sewing and laid down the law that she had to finish a few small projects by hand before she could try a machine. I know, I'm a horribly mean mother. Shockingly she rebelled a bit, and didn't want to make the projects I suggested. This book has some really fun little projects that I never could have come up with and it has her interested in sewing again. The directions are clear and she loves that she has her own patterns. I've tried to be very hands off with her projects and the book is so well done that she has hardly needed any help. I highly recommend this to any child, or parent and child team who wants to get into sewing.

Very nice quality book, but very disappointed. I was hoping for a book to help my granddaughter learn to sew with a sewing machine by using the patterns offered in the book, but the book offered hand sewing instruction instead. Still looking for a “sewing machine” instructional book with simple patterns. Would have given it 5 stars if it had been informational for beginners using sewing machine.

Tante idee ben illustrate che fanno venire voglia anche agli inesperti di cominciare a cucire. In inglese, sono fascicoli messi in una sorta di raccoglitore. Dimensioni non piccole... Regalo di Natale perfetto!! non vedo l'ora che mia figlia lo scarti : )

i love this book, very easy to understand for a young sewist. my daughter is already working on her third project within one week.

My 9 year old niece had taken an jnterest in sewing so this book will be great. Clear photos and instructions for a varied range of small projects

Lots of easy to follow simple projects for young children. My 5 year old needs help but my 7 year old can follow the 1 & 2 star projects on her own more or less. Great for a family like us that are just getting into sewing for the first time. Book is beautiful to look at. Great photos & step by step instructions. Patterns & pockets to hold them. Book lays flat with spiral binding. Highly recommend it. Shipped next day with Amazon.

I bought this book for my 6 years daughter as a gift. It’s wonderful! It teaches kids how to sew step by step. I’m sure my daughter will like it!