While you can find many sewing supplies around the house, we recommend that young sewers use a few special tools that are designed for smaller hands. Share this guide with an adult who is helping you learn to sew. It will tell you what supplies you need to start sewing and where you can find them.
All of the materials and tools needed for your sewing kit (see In Your Sewing Kit) as well as the other products we suggest, such as Heat ’n Bond and fabric markers, are readily available at most craft and fabric stores.
Many of the projects in this book use felt. Felt squares are available at craft stores and online stores, including the following:
A great number of the cotton fabrics used to make the projects photographed for this book are the creations of designers such as Joel Dewberry, Robert Kaufman, Lizzy House, and Heather Ross. A variety of their printed and patterned fabrics are available in retail stores nationwide. There are many online sources that sell fabric. Following are a few to get you started:
While the following blogs are written for adults, they offer projects, tutorials, ideas, and resources for crafty kids.
Visit our Sewing School blog (http://sewingschool.blogspot.com) for tutorials for young sewers and ideas for sewing with kids, as well as to learn about our own crafty pursuits. We hope you’ll share photos of your projects on our site.
As we craft with kids and in our everyday life, we find the blogs listed below to be sources of inspiration. These bloggers beautifully weave sewing in with their daily lives and busy families. While their featured projects are not specific to kids’ sewing, many of the ideas could be adapted or sewn by an advanced young sewer with adult support.
