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Sewing School Kids Book Review & Giveaway!!

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I have seriously fun thing to share with you today. I love sewing little projects for myself & for my kids. My daughter has been bugging me for about a year now to learn to sew & I have neglected it for way too long. When I was approached to review a new book called Sewing School 2: Lessons in Machine Sewing by Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle, I was SO excited!  I also get to give a copy of this book to one reader!

Their first book, Sewing School, taught kids how to hand sew. This second book teaches kids ages 7 and up to make projects on a machine. They could do this on their own, or with a little supervision if necessary. My kids have no sewing experience & I helped them along the way, but they were really able to do so much of it on their own. The book is written on a 2nd grade level, so it is really meant for kids to do all on their own!

When I got it in the mail, I was immediately drawn in by the beautiful full-color pictures and the easy to follow step-by-step instructions.  There are patterns right in the book, too. There is a built in pocket with all of the patterns right there. I loved this!! My kids and I had fun searching the book to decide what to make first. There are 20 different projects to choose from. Each one is something fun that kids would really want to make. There are projects like secret message pillows, water bottle holders, a zippy pouch, and even a fabric microphone & guitar.

We chose to do the microphone & guitar because they are just SO cool!  MY kids really wanted to do as much as possible on their own. They helped with all of the fabric selection, cutting and basic sewing. I did have to help and guide them a bit, but they were able to make these projects almost completely by themselves!

Look how amazing they turned out!! My kids & I are so proud of what they accomplished. We will definitely be making more of these projects!

You can find the authors’ Sewing School blog HERE.
There are even more great ideas on their site!

If you would like to win this awesome book, fill out the giveaway form below. Good Luck! I know you’ll love it!!

There are a bunch of other bloggers on this blog tour giving you many more chances to win the book. Check out some of the other blogs!!

July 7 – Our Busy Homeschool
July 8 – scrumdilly-do!
July 9 – Crafty Moms Share
July 10 – Jane of All Trades
July 11 – Windy Lou
July 12 – Adventures of a DIY Mom
July 13 – Improv Diary
July 16 – He Sewed She Sewed
July 17 – Teach Beside Me
July 18 – All Things with Purpose
July 19 – The Crafty Crow
July 20 – Family Style School
July 21 – Such Designs
July 22 – Red Bird Crafts
July 23 – The Long Thread
July 25 – mayamade

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29 Comments

  1. My daughter has been taking sewing lessons from a lady in our church, so she know the basics. This would give her some projects that she could do more independently.

  2. My daughters really want to learn to sew, but being as I’ve never been formally taught, I’m at a loss for how to teach them. They’d love to start doing sewing for 4H projects.

  3. I have two daughters who are beginning seamstresses but these projects looks fun and do-able! They would love to try them out 🙂 Love your pictures!!

  4. How exciting! As a homeschooling mom to 3 daughters, I would love to win this book. We are a family of creators. We spend many hours each week just making things. From making cardboard dolls or sewing baby doll clothes out of fabric scraps or inventing to designing structures out of toothpicks and marshmallows, we seem to always be making something.

    Sewing is an activity that my daughters have all shown interest in, but I haven’t really gone beyond teaching them hand sewing as I have never been formally trained to use a machine myself (not that that has stopped me from using it all the time!). Having a book with patterns and instructions specifically designed for kids would quickly become a often-used book in our home. Best of luck to everyone! 🙂

  5. I have two step daughters that have been asking to learn how to sew for quite a while now. I would love to teach them, so that they can learn to love sewing as much as I do. I also would love to someday teach my 3 year old.

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