Best of Sewing Machine Fun For Kids -The

Great book to teach young kids about sewing. I just received this and walked through the steps with my 6 year old girl and 8 year old boy. Both were so excited about learning the parts of the machine and then doing the exercises of sewing paper to practice straight lines, foot pedal speed, turning corners, etc. I made copies on my printer and each had their own practice sheets and took turns. Really a fun, unique way to introduce this old skill to young kids. Also love the homemade crafts included for the various holidays throughout the year. They seem really cute and crafty and we can actually gift them (home sewn Christmas Tags/Ornaments on brown paper, So Cute!!) We can't wait to begin sewing after school. Easy way to start a project they can see results quickly without losing interest and gain satisfaction and confidence. Highly recommend this as your first starting book for beginners. Content is spot on. I ordered several different books as I was unsure how basic to begin but glad we started with this one. Thanks to the author, Lynda Milligan!!

This is the perfect introduction to sewing for the beginning seamstress. I love the page by page instructions, activities, and projects. This little book is informative, entertaining, engaging, and fun. Well written and exactly what I was looking for to help my child have a positive introduction to the joy of sewing. I would definitely recommend this to any other mom looking for a fun sewing book to get her child started.

Have just received and skimmed through the book, and will give it to 2 granddaughters as soon as I see them again. My impression is that the book is excellent for young children, 8 through 11 years, who have not yet begun to sew or formulated any idea of what they can make when they do start to sew. Having given them Hello Kitty sewing machines for Christmas, I am hoping they will start to use the machines once they see what fun things they can do with them, and this book will help I am sure. (I have ordered others, but no others have arrived yet.)

I got sewing machines for each of my three young granddaughters for Christmas this year. I am looking forward to teaching them the basics of sewing and getting together regularly for sew days with them. This book was just what I was looking for with some ideas for getting them started and some fun little projects to encourage their interest. I might not want the little animal projects, etc., for myself, but I know they will have fun making them and will be so proud knowing they have made them. Can't wait to get started. I am very happy I bought this book as a starter to our little sew-together times.

This book is a bit bigger then i thought it would be..but oh so nice i got it used and was like brand new! I cant wait too give it too my grand kids i know they will really enjoy it..it is so made for young ones to understand easily and so many "games" and pictures relating too sewing its really a great book! Sure wish i had had something this "neet" when i first started sewing many many many years! great book..so colorful really holds your attention!

From the "Look Inside" feature, I had a pretty good idea of what this book would be about. Even after getting it, I'm a little disappointed that there aren't more projects involving fabric and actually sewing something functional. I do like the practice pages that you can copy and have a child practice stitching straight lines, curved lines and turning corners. However, I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that they have them follow the line with the needle rather than paying attention to the seam allowance.The workbook portion of the book is really helpful and I think it will do a good job teaching a young {and excited} child about a sewing machine and make it a fun and enjoyable experience as well.

I used this book to teach and inspire my 7 year old to sew. The paper templates were a great skill and confidence booster for her! She was able to read and follow along independently, and there were projects we could do together for skill building. She truly loves this book, and I recommend it to every parent sharing the love of sewing with a child!

I love the fact that the kids start off using only line paper and start to graduate from there. This was a very well thought out book and I am so very please to start using it with my eight year old daughter! I also love how it steps you throug the different things you will encounter when sewing and about taking pride in your work!Thank you for making such a wonderful book so I too may pass on some WONDERFUL memories to my daughter. I know I will enjoy teaching my daughter to sew (with a little help;) just as my mother did me:)Thank you!!!!!!!

I had this book for years - then lent it to someone - forgotten whom - big mistake! It was hugely popular with numerous grandchildren as we worked our way through the exercises. Just HAD to order another!

My daughter (6) loves this book. It takes them through the use of their machine step by step, in an easy to understand way but makes it masses of fun. She hasn't lost interest at any point, loves playing the games on her machine that the author uses as a teaching tool, and is becoming very competent in sewing in a very short time. I would recommend this book to anybody. And I have also found it illuminating! It also has a number of child friendly and graded projects which are fun to make and very attractive.

I recently got my daughter a sewing machine for her 7th birthday as she and her 10 yr old brother really want to learn to sew. Since I never had any formal training, I wanted to guide them the right way. Ok, maybe its the teacher in me, but I absolutely love this book for the step-by-step exercises that make them learn about sewing with a machine. Its great that the exercise pages are available to download separately so you can just print them out as worksheets. I plan to start practice lessons with them this half term.By the way, big bro will be using my machine for now.:-)

this is a great book that makes learning about sewing machines facts fun. I bought it for my 9 years old Granddaughter along with a sewing machine for Christmas.

kindle version is absolute rubbish.. cant use it properly at all.