Long Distance Sewing with Your Grandchild

Alex recently posted a video about sewing with children. In response she received a fun idea from Rita P-S.

My granddaughter is 3 1/2, but lives in Denver and I live in the Chicago area, so I can't teach her to sew yet. I just sent her a Ziploc bag of large buttons from my late mother's button box and some threader floss (like for those who have a bridge.) Amy said she strung buttons for hours! It's a start!

Rita P-S

Do you have any fun tips for sewing with children?

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#5 Stephanie Nordlin 2017-08-10 08:06

It started when my granddaughter was one. She visited and sat on my lap while I sewed. I instructed her to push machine buttons like presser foot up/down and cut (scissors). Yesterday I drove to her home to deliver her 11th birthday gift, my mother's barely used sewing machine and a huge bag of fabric and notions. She'd been raiding my stash and making projects for years when she would visit.

#4 Mugsy 2017-08-10 07:51

My grandson who is two loves to snip the threads between chained piecing. --- BT

#3 Ranjini Escalante 2017-08-09 14:11

Christine Connell I read about the Charm Strings in one story based in the 1800s!!! Soo neat!!! I loved it!!!

#2 Whidbey 2017-08-09 10:56

I showed my granddaughter how to trace her own drawing, enlarge the pattern, number the pieces and a method to hold the fabric in place. She did all the rest. We entered her quilt in the local fair and she was so surprised at all the ribbons her quilt won. An Art Quilter was born.

#1 Christine Connell 2017-08-09 09:13

This goes back to the CHARM STRINGS of the late 1800's. Girls would start with a button, adding as time goes on, not purchasing, but each button had to be different. Once the girl reaches 1000 buttons, her prince charming comes! Research CHARM STRINGS on the internet

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