SEWING WITH BABES

In my free sewing with kids e-course I suggest teaching kids ages 8+.  So these past few weeks, as Lenna has been begging me to teach her to sew, I diverted her attention elsewhere, assuming she wasn’t ready.  She is only three, afterall.

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But she persisted.  And I gave it a go.  You should have seen the process, trying to set her up at a sewing machine.  She’s a very small three-year-old, so I had to set up several books on her chair, and prop the foot pedal on her stool + books, as well.  It was awesome.

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I took out the needle and explained the presser foot + feed dogs to her (using the concepts from this lesson) and she understood it so well.  I just watched, as she’d try to sew with the presser foot up, and quickly realize why it wasn’t working, and then would lower the presser foot before trying again.  Before I knew it she was exploring the machine.  She was using the reverse stitch, and telling me how it goes backwards, and adjusting the speed on the machine.  I watched her concentrate.  I watched her learn.  It was such a new experience for both of us.  A very good one.

sewing with babes \\ yellow spool

While I didn’t think she was ready at first, I wasn’t surprised that Lenna loved sewing (can you call it sewing if we didn’t use a needle and thread?)  But what I didn’t expect was that Bev would wind down from her usual turbo mode and sit to listen and learn, as well.  Bev wasn’t strong enough to operate the foot pedal, so I had to help her with that, but I’ve never seen her so focused on anything.  Ever.

I think this has opened us up to a whole new world.  What else are they capable of?  What else can I be teaching them?!

2 thoughts on “SEWING WITH BABES

  1. This is so precious! I too wouldn’t expect them to be ready yet, but perhaps girls are easier to sit and learn than boys, so maybe we need to give them more opportunities to surprise us!!! My little one is still way too little, but I love reading posts like this! xx

    1. I agree! Our kids want to mimic our interests, so it’s fun to simplify one (like sewing) to be more age appropriate for them to participate :)

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