sewing with kids

Well, it’s Mother’s Day.  Again. The day when many of us plan our own celebration–cheerfully, knowing that’s how we’ll have a special day.  It’s the rare occasion when we ask for…

I think most of us hesitate to teach our kids to sew not because they’re not very interested–they all seem to love the tools and toys and gadgets that go along…

There are precious few books on the market that are designed for sewing with kids.  More narrowly, there are super few that are written for adults who want to sew with…

I think kindness is under-rated in our world.  When most of us think about “the way things used to be” or “the Good Old Days,” am I wrong in thinking that…

There is something magical and sweet about a child handing you something they have made all by themselves.  It might be the look on their faces when they offer it to…

Sometimes, when children are introduced to new ideas, they struggle with getting their tiny hands around tasks suited to a bigger world.  For them, and for us, it can be tough…

In the last lesson, Patience, my kids spent their wait time talking about colors and what matches and doesn’t match, and planning out designs and stringing their noodles into perfectly unique…

It sounds like there are a LOT of us who are looking for ways to introduce our kids to sewing, and you can’t know how excited that makes me!  When I…

I learned to sew from my mother.  She learned from her mother (with assistance from 4-H, I believe).  And her mother learned from her mother.  There’s something about that consistency that…