amma

Take the needle out and show her the right way to operate the machine. Have her practice with fabric this way. If she is listening and following directions, let her give it a try. You can always let her start with you sitting by her side. AND relax while she is learning!!! Sometimes it is hard to let our kids use machines...but they can get hurt just walking across the floor, too :wink: The key is, to show them the proper way of using a tool, machine, etc and then supervising them :D :D :D I would probably still cut her fabric as 8 is a little young for a rotary cutter, but she can watch you and hand you the fabrics, stack the cut pieces, etc...

littlehud

That is wonderful. Neither of my girls want to sew but my grand daughter has her own Sew Mini and loves to sew with me. She is getting a beginner Janome for Christmas this year. She wants a bigger machine. Isn't it fun to sew with them. :-D :-D :-D

mamabird3

Geez maybe this was a mistake. My 6 year old took over my machine and made a barbie sized quilt today. Both of them were sewing up a storm. Unfortunatly that meant I didn't get any sewing time in!!! But oh did they enjoy themselves. They plan on sewing again tomorrow. My saving grace is they have to have their room clean first, so I might get some time in while they are cleaning. Just love my babies!

Quilt Mom

* is a great age to start! Any time the children show interest, roll with it. It is so neat that both children have taken interest and are starting to work with fabric now. Just think how that encourages their creativity :thumbup:

memathomas

my 8 year old made a stuffed pillow for her new kitten and i taught her to make a pillow case so now she wants to sell them for 10.00 a set. of course i bought the 1st set i will post a picture later she wants to do it for money LOL

mema

SuziC

That is so wonderful!! I can't wait until my grandaughters get a little older so we can do projects together..... :lol:

quiltwoman

That's great! I hope you create many special memories together :thumbup:

tortoisethreads

My six yr old wants one! yikes! I think it's wonderful but she's pretty young.

memathomas

she wants one what a kitten or a sewing machine???? LOL

they have little machines

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