Need some help here....
02-26-2013, 06:27 PM
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Need some help here....
My sister and I were talking last night on the phone. She said my daughter had a sewing machine she did not need and gave it to Miss Nat. Now here is the dilemma I live 9+ hours away(give or take an hour or so)...depending on who's driving...lol I can't be there to teach her to use her machine and she can't be up here because of school and her Mom's work schedule.
My sister's idea of sewing a button back on is using a staple and bending it through the holes on the button.
And then she waits for our Mom to visit and asks her to sew it back on the right way. I kid you not...those were her exact words.
I need some ideas for books for Miss Nat who is around 9 years old. Something easy to read and learn from.
This is so funny..My sister can design a house, add air conditioning duct work to a high rise. But can't thread a needle.
We laugh about this all the time.
My sister's idea of sewing a button back on is using a staple and bending it through the holes on the button.
And then she waits for our Mom to visit and asks her to sew it back on the right way. I kid you not...those were her exact words.
I need some ideas for books for Miss Nat who is around 9 years old. Something easy to read and learn from.
This is so funny..My sister can design a house, add air conditioning duct work to a high rise. But can't thread a needle.
We laugh about this all the time.
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02-26-2013, 06:41 PM
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I *just* gave a set of 3 books for children's sewing away to Goodwill. I don't see the same series on Amazon (mine were about 15 years old), but I did find this one:
http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Sewin...dp/1908707054/
and this one:
http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Sewin...dp/1908707003/
http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Sewin...dp/1908707054/
and this one:
http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Sewin...dp/1908707003/
02-26-2013, 07:56 PM
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I just did a search on Amazon using the phrase "kids sewing" and it came up with a lot more books to choose from. Good luck!
This one written by a couple of famous quilt book authors looks especially interesting:
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sewing-Ma...dp/1571202544/
This one written by a couple of famous quilt book authors looks especially interesting:
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sewing-Ma...dp/1571202544/
02-26-2013, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
My sister and I were talking last night on the phone. She said my daughter had a sewing machine she did not need and gave it to Miss Nat. Now here is the dilemma I live 9+ hours away(give or take an hour or so)...depending on who's driving...lol I can't be there to teach her to use her machine and she can't be up here because of school and her Mom's work schedule.
My sister's idea of sewing a button back on is using a staple and bending it through the holes on the button.
And then she waits for our Mom to visit and asks her to sew it back on the right way. I kid you not...those were her exact words.
I need some ideas for books for Miss Nat who is around 9 years old. Something easy to read and learn from.
This is so funny..My sister can design a house, add air conditioning duct work to a high rise. But can't thread a needle.
We laugh about this all the time.
My sister's idea of sewing a button back on is using a staple and bending it through the holes on the button.
And then she waits for our Mom to visit and asks her to sew it back on the right way. I kid you not...those were her exact words.
I need some ideas for books for Miss Nat who is around 9 years old. Something easy to read and learn from.
This is so funny..My sister can design a house, add air conditioning duct work to a high rise. But can't thread a needle.
We laugh about this all the time.
Some possibilities.
4-H and take sewing and someone surely would be willing to help Nat learn.
Look up the Home Ec (or whatever those classes are now called) teacher in the local middle school or high school. If he/she can't tutor, they may know someone who can.
Look up her local Home Economics Extension branch---------generally thru a state college. Again, they may be able to point Nat toward help.
02-26-2013, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Some possibilities.
4-H and take sewing and someone surely would be willing to help Nat learn.
Look up the Home Ec (or whatever those classes are now called) teacher in the local middle school or high school. If he/she can't tutor, they may know someone who can.
Look up her local Home Economics Extension branch---------generally thru a state college. Again, they may be able to point Nat toward help.
4-H and take sewing and someone surely would be willing to help Nat learn.
Look up the Home Ec (or whatever those classes are now called) teacher in the local middle school or high school. If he/she can't tutor, they may know someone who can.
Look up her local Home Economics Extension branch---------generally thru a state college. Again, they may be able to point Nat toward help.
Thanks
02-26-2013, 11:41 PM
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Alex Anderson wrote one for kids..... http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Start-Qui...start+quilting
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