Originally Posted by wildyard
I'm just wondering what age is a good age for a child to be allowed to use the rotary cutter and the sewing machine? My DGD is 6, and I'm eagerly waiting to teach her. She lives far away in Ohio, but I have time with her every summer. Last summer I taught her hand sewing, and she and her brother both made pillows. Now I want to teach her quilting but I'm afraid she is too young yet.
At 6 I wouls think she is way too young for a rotary cutter. You can pre cut strips for her. I teach a sewing workshop every summer for 9 to 12 year olds, and they are allowed to sew on the machines, press, anything by hand, but not the cutters.