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! Â 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. Â 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! Â 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!
If you would like to win this awesome book, fill out the giveaway form below. Good Luck! I know you’ll love it!!
My seven year old is begging me to teach her to sew with my machine, and I have no idea where to start, especially since I’m not great at sewing myself.
Every time I get the sewing machine out my daughter asks to help. This would be a great resource to get her started:)
My girl has been begging me to teach her to sew as well! This looks fabulous 🙂
My daughter wants to learn how to sew but I can barely sew a button!
Can not wait to learn with my little ones. Been wanting to for a long time.
I have been trying to teach my 11 year old how to sew – I need this help!! 🙂
I would love to teach my 2 girls how to sew, (I need to learn some myself) 🙂
My daughter has been bugging me to teach her to sew and this would be an awesome help!
What a great idea! I love this book and would love to use it with my kids.
I have been looking for a book like this – I thought I was gonna have to write my own!
My son is taking a sewing class this fall and we are planning to do a denim quilt. I actually just checked this book out from the library!!
This looks like lots of fun! Cute pictures!
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.
My daughter really wants to learn how to sew on my machine but i haven’t really known how to start. This book looks great.
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.
My daughter would love to learn how to sew on a machine. She loves to knit!!
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!!
I have 4 little girls who could benefit from this book.
I’d love to win this because we are using Sewing School right now for the hand sewing! What fun to do machine sewing! In fact, I posted about sewing on my blog today by chance! http://nodoubtlearning.com/2013/07/17/handiwork-teaching-kids-to-sew/
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! 🙂
I just got my little girl her first sewing machine. This would be perfect for us to work on together! Thanks for the chance!
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.
I would love this for my daughter, who already enjoys the first Sewing School book.
I have two daughters who are afraid of my sewing machine — I’d love to use this book to help them get over it! Thanks for the giveaway!
For my granddaughter and I to have quality time together.
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My three girls like to sew. Sadly they will only learn to sew from me……I just cut the pieces out & sew them together without any instructions. 🙂
For my kiddos! Looks like a practical and fun book! Thanks for the chance!
I’d love to win this for my daughter. It is perfect for moving her sewing on to the next step!
My daughter really wants to learn to sew and I think this is something she can use to try some stuff on her own 🙂