Sewing School: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make

Kids everywhere discovering the wonder and joy found in simple needle and thread. And while sewing offers lots of benefits for children — it nurtures creativity, cognitive ability, coordination, and confidence and is a skill they'll use their whole lives — kids know that it's just plain fun.

Authors Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle teach a sewing camp in

I Made It Myself!

Kids everywhere are showing off their stitching skills as they learn to sew their very own fun things with needle and thread. Sewing nurtures creativity, develops coordination, and boosts confidence, but kids know that it's just plain fun.

Amie Plumley teaches kindergarten, where she utilizes her creative background and her Masters Degree in Education to inspire students to sew in the classroom, in an after-school Sewing Club, and at a summer camp. She is the mother of two small children and lives in Tennessee.

Andria Lisle, freelance journalist and author of Waking Up in Memphis, writes about music, food, and pop culture for The Commercial Appeal newspaper and the Memphis Flyer alt-weekly, as well as for myriad magazines including Paste, MOJO, and Garden and Gun.  When not at her laptop, she loves to sew.

Contents

A Note to You from the Authors

About this Book: An Introduction for Adults

Welcome to Sewing School!

Lesson One: How to Use this Book

Lesson Two: In Your Sewing Kit

Lesson Three: Finding Out about Fabric

Lesson Four: Sewing School Rules

Lesson Five: Ready, Set, Thread

Lesson Six: Get Your Stitch On

Lesson Seven: Patterns Down Pat

Lesson Eight: Button Up

Lesson Nine: Bring Your Project to Life

Lesson Ten: Stuff It!

Lesson Eleven: Making Casings

Lesson Twelve: Pop Quiz

Hug

So Soft Pillow, Stuffies, Your Little Friend, Take-It-With-You Blanket

Hold It!

Hold-My-Stuff Bag, Wonder Wallet, Draw-It-Up Tote, Just-Right Pouch, Get-to-Work Apron

Give

Cute Coasters, Quiet Mouse, Eye-See-You Case, Too-Hot Holder

Wear

Sweet Dreams Mask, Hat Attack!, Superhero Cuff, My Doll's Very Own Skirt, My Very Own Skirt, My Very Own Apron

Recycle & Repair

Save-My-T-Shirt Pillow, Scrappy Art Pin, Felt Patch, Iron-On Patch, Where Oh Where Is My Button?, My Hem is Falling!, Repair That Rip, Close Those Holes

Vet Clinic

Holey Moley!, Have You Seen My Leg?, I Can't See!

Look It Up: Sewing School Dictionary

Find It Yourself: Sewing School Resource Guide

Index