Originally Posted by bakermom

That's how i learned, too. Must have been 8 or 9. No real sewing till i could show i could follow the lines[/QUOTE
I would not teach kids that way. They want to MAKE something, not stitch on paper. I stitched on paper too, but that was in Home Ec. and by that time, I already knew how to sew. If sewing lines on paper had been my introduction to sewing instead of doll clothes, I doubt I would have been inspired enough to stick with it. Kids will find out soon enought that if they aren't accurate, their projects won't turn out, and they will get better - or give it up - but at least they will have something to show for it.