Tutorial: Teaching a child basic hand sewing skills

Sewing a basic running stitch seems like a simple task – until you try to teach it to a young child.  The hand-eye coordination and spatial awareness that’s required can be a challenge for young hands.  Trixie from Coloured Buttons shares her best advice for teaching kids the basics of hand sewing – including sewing a running stitch and threading a button.  With these basic skills, they can start sewing their own softies and other small projects!!

Click below for her tutorial:

Teaching Kids to Sew a Running Stitch and Thread a Needle, by Coloured Buttons

[photo from Coloured Buttons]