My First Quilt Book KIT Machine Sewing

Part of a sewing skill-building program for children, this kit is ideal for kids who are old enough to sew on a machine and have had some machine experience. Young seamsters can lay out their own designs for quilts using the templates provided in the kit. After picking a quilt plan, children learn how to color in their designs and how to shop for fabric at a store. This guide covers cutting and sewing patches together, assembling the parts, adding batting, and ultimately creating a child-sized quilt. This book is also ideal for adults who want to learn the very basics of quilting.

Winky Cherry has been teaching children to sew for more than 40 years. She is the author of the My First Sewing Book series of kits, and a teaching manual and two DVDs based on The Winky Cherry System of Sewing. She believes that hand sewing rewards the child with a feeling of accomplishment and a completed project. Sewing is also a way to learn safety, sharing, decision-making, confidence, and patience. She uses rhymes because they make sewing rules fun and easy to remember. She lives in Tesuque, Arizona.