Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by katkat1946
My granddaughter has watched Grammy sew and her mom's been picking it up a little and now she wants to have a machine. She's only 6 but as with ALL of our grandchildren, she seems very capable. She'll be frustrated unless she can actually sew two pieces of fabric together but I'm hoping there's a child's machine that won't have the force to sew right through her finger :oops: Any suggestions will be so appreciated.
Get her a good machine. Teach her to not get her finger under the needle. Getting a machine small enough and lightweight enough that it won't put a needle thru a finger also means it probably won't be much of a machine and will be frustrating to use. Millions of kids learned to sew on their mom's Singer and lived to tell about it with all 10 fingers intact.
:thumbup: I started my daughter and one of her friends on my vintage sewing machines when they were 6. They are very careful to stay away from the needle and go very slow. and, the metal machines have the benefit of holding a magnetic seam guide. We tried one of those childs machines... I fought with it for about an hour and couldn't make it work right - so in the trash it went.