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but have a mom that can't....
My dc really want to, so any suggestions for a how to when I REALLY can't?
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I really like the "Stitches and Pins" and "Buckles and Bobbins" books and patterns for kids learning to sew from
Bunk House Sewing
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I can sew, so take this recommendation with that bias:
My son and I both really like Sewing with Saint Anne from Catholic Heritage Curricula. It seems more geared for girls, but my son is 4 and doesn't mind that so much yet (plus he initially learned to sew from an older boy!).
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I've looked at Sewing w/ St. Anne before, but I was always worried it would be to advanced for me to teach him. I'll check into it again.
I love the projects in bunkhouse. My son would really be interested in those. So far he has hand sewn a pouch for cap gun bullets, a holster for the gun and he really wants to make moccasins...so this should be right up his line of thinking. Plus, it would probably help the projects stay together better.
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saigemom wrote:
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I have to agree with Catholic Mommy! I machine sew, but never learned to do hand sewing the right way. Sewing With St. Anne is perfect for a child beginning or a mom who never learned properly. I would also ask if you have considered embroidery? I started doing embroidery first with my girls and they love it. We are learning proper stitches together but I just let them get started with simple stitches. They would draw their own designs on the fabric and then color them in with thread. It felt like sewing to them without having to understand patterns or seam allowances or anything like that.
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I'd forgotten about the embroidery aspect - this is something I LOVE to do, but it wasn't until later in my teenage years I realized I could apply the same concepts to sewing. Sewing is just an extra step.
When my son attended a Montessori school last year, I taught the children some basic back- and cross-stitching - really truly, it's a great way to get into the sewing idea. The child can see the stitches and perfect making them straight or whatever shape they want - before they go on to sewing something where the stitches won't be seen afterward. Sort of a one-step-at-a-time thing: first make the stitches well, then worry about holding two pieces of fabric or other material together.
The boys loved it as much as the girls and can use it to decorate personal objects as they get older.
BTW, I made the connections when I was so frustrated with the tediousness of sewing on a button... I realized it's just a cross stitch!
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Know anyone that sews? An older lady at church? a older homeschooled child? perhaps someone who could give a few basic lessons.
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I say Sewing with St. Anne too, the projects are simple and fun. I like too that it narrows down the choices, sometimes I just find too much information and the whole idea of doing whatever it is I want to do becomes overwhelming so I don't do it. 
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