Originally Posted by
Lori S
When my Mom taught all of us to sew ..we started out on regular machines... but sewed on paper (no thread) with lines and curves till we got control and coordination with speed control and acuaracy. We had to learn to stop at intersections lift the pressure foot and pivot all get comfortable with the basics of the machine. We all started in about the third grade.
I loved learning that way .. and moved on to taking pages of my coloring books , "sewing them" , making them all perforated on the lines , then punching out the pieces and glueing them onto another sheet of paper... Guess my mom knew how to keep us busy and teach us something at the same time.
What an awesome idea! So far my grandchildren, ages 2 & 3, "sew" by sitting on either side of me and handing me what I ask for, either a "big square", or a "little square" from two stacks of squares. I'm doing snowball blocks, and they had to learn how to separate the pieces and only hand me one piece. I can't wait until they can really sew!