Alexa WardSewing For Kids: 30 Fun Projects to Hand and Machine Sew

Beautiful graphics. Instructions are age-appropriate. I bought it for my seven year-old granddaughter. I think it’ll work for her as long as she has help from an adult.

Saved their mother's sanity over winter break.

The book is amazing (more on that later). The process to get the patterns is less than ideal.Because many reviews state that they can't access the patterns, I'll share what I found. To get the patterns, there is QR code. You scan it, and it takes you to a request form where you put in your email and choose your product from a list.Here's the key, in order to receive the patterns, you have to check the box saying you want to receive emails. We tried multiple times with multiple email addresses before realizing that box was for the downloads and not to sign up for newsletters. After that, the patterns arrived in our spam folder in about 5 minutes.The book itself is amazing. It has hand-sewing and machine projects. The projects build on each other and give kids multiple opportunities to practice a skill. Our kids (girl and boy) and are excited to get started on the projects. I have the very basics of sewing and have not felt confident about teaching them how to sew, but this book makes it very doable.

Good resource to help start teaching kids to sew. Lots of information and beginners projects.

Good introduction book for a young sewer. Perfect addition to the sewing machine she received from Santa this year. Easy enough for a kid to follow along and feel independent.

I loved how easy it was to show my grandchildren how to start sewing. This was their first attempt at trying to learn about sewing. I actually used it for my 5 year old granddaughter and my 8 year old grandson. The 5 year old had a little trouble keeping her attention, but I was so pleased that she actually learned how to thread a needle, make a knot, sew on a button, and learned a little bit of running stitch and whip stitch. My 8 year old grandson was able to stay on task a lot better. He was thrilled with making his own stuffie by drawing and coloring muslin and then putting that with felt to back it, and stuffing it.

A bit basic and its all felt based. I would look for something else if you want to use other fabrics

While I have been sewing forever, my granddaughter just started. I purchased a book for each of us and before we start the hands-on activity we both have to read the chapter. This makes it a smoother process as we do the projects together. She visits every other weekend or so. But I know when she comes with book in hand we’re gonna have a sewing weekend.