Stuffy Sewing

I recently used a birthday gift card to purchase some crafting books from Amazon.  I'm sometimes very hesitant to buy books online when I can't sit and peruse them beforehand but these purchases all turned out quite well.

One of the books I bought was Sewing School.  Lila has been interested in learning to sew and I thought this might be a fun book.  I was taken with the colors and image on the cover and somehow missed the subtitle explaining that the projects in the book are for hand-sewing.  Although my first reaction was a bit negative, I think Lila {and others} will have a lot of fun with this book.  I do plan to start her with some machine sewing this summer.

I set Lila up with a stuffy project this morning and Kennedy and Luke decided to join in the fun.  The kids each drew a picture onto muslin {Kennedy drew a heart, Luke drew a fighting monkey, and Lila drew a cow with a heart covering the mouth ... apparently she didn't like the mouth she drew}, we cut around it, backed it with fleece, and they all whip-stitched around the edges, stuffing it before closing the final gap.

The twins were so pleased with their sewing projects and I was so impressed with how well they did.  Not only did they sit and studiously finish the entire project ...

... but the stitching was excellent, especially considering this was their first time ever holding a needle and thread.

After completing this first project, I'm feeling a lot more enthusiastic about this book and I think it would be a great addition to any crafting-with-kids library.