My DD never wanted to sew but my DGD loves it! When she was about two and a half I took the needle out of my machine and put the pedal on a stool and she was off and running. She learned how to control the speed sooner then I thought she would. She also learned how to guide the fabric straight all without a needle to hurt her. She loved doing her sewing. I let her pick what fabric she wanted to sew. She loved all fabric with dots and stars.