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Hand-Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make
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Contents
About This Book: An Introduction for Adults
The Patterns (in special envelope)

Welcome to Sewing School

Lesson One: How To Use This Book
Lesson Two: In Your Sewing Kit
Lesson Three: Finding Out About Fabric
Lesson Four: Sewing School Rules
Lesson Five: Ready, Set, Thread
Lesson Six: Get Your Stitch On
Lesson Seven: Patterns Down Pat
Lesson Eight: Button Up
Lesson Nine: Bringing Your Project to Life
Lesson Ten: Stuff It
Lesson Eleven: Making Casings
Lesson Twelve: Pop Quiz

Hug

So-Soft Pillow • Stuffies • Your Little Friend • Take-It-with-You Blanket

Hold

Hold-My-Stuff Bag • Wonder Wallet • Draw-It-Up Tote • Just-Right Pouch
Get-to-Work Apron

Give

Cute Coasters • Quiet Mouse • Eye-See-You Case • Too-Hot Holder

Wear

Sweet Dreams Mask • Hat Attack! • Super Hero Cuff • My Doll’s Very Own
Skirt • My Very Own Skirt • My Very Own Apron • Up, Up, and Away Cape!

Recycle
Mend

Patch It Up • Where Oh Where Is My Button? • My Hem Is Falling!
Close Those Holes • Repair That Rip

Vet Clinic

Holey Moley! • Have You Seen My Leg? • I Can’t See!

Sewing School Dictionary • Sewing School Resource Guide

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Photography © Justin Fox Burks

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Hold-My -Stuff Bag
What You Need
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Pattern for Hold-My-Stuff Bag
Cotton fabric, ¼ yard

Ribbon for a handle
Chalk

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Put
GOOD
STUFF
in here

Scissors
Pins
Sewing needle
Thread

LET’S REVIEW
Before you begin, you’ll need
to know how to:
whipstitch (See page 24)
sew a running stitch (See page 22)
A NOTE FOR GROWN-UPS
This practical project is ideal for
both beginner and advanced
sewers. Whipstitching around
the top edges is optional;
some young sewers may have
trouble with this step. Placing

the handles at the seam can be
tricky too.

1

2

Find the pattern piece in the back
of the book, and use chalk to trace it
onto the fabric two times.

Cut out the two fabric pieces.

3

4

Put the fabric together with the good
sides out. Tip: Use pins to hold the
fabric together.

Sew the fabric together along the
sides and bottom. Use a whipstitch.
Leave the top of the bag open.
Remove the pins.

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Your Little Friend

You can use two
different kinds
of fabric for the
front and back.

What You Need
× Pattern for Your Little Friend
× Cotton fabric, 2 pieces as
big as a sheet of paper
× Stuffing
× Notions

LET’S REVIEW
Before you begin, you’ll need
to know how to
whipstitch (See page 24)
sew on a button (See page 34)
stuff a pillow (See page 38)

1
Find the pattern piece in the back
of the book, and use chalk to trace it
onto one of the pieces of fabric. Now,
trace the pattern again onto the other
piece of fabric.

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×

Chalk
Scissors
Pins
Sewing needle
Thread

This little friend wants to be
whatever you can dream up.
Close your eyes and imagine your little
friend. What will it look like? Does it

have a name? Now, go make it!

A NOTE FOR GROWN-UPS
After making a few pillows, kids will be ready to hand stitch
a friend to hug (machine sewing is not recommended for
this project). Oftentimes when dolls and stuffed animals are
made, the legs and arms end up too skinny to sew or stuff. The
proportions on this pattern work well. Advise sewers to decorate
the face and body before sewing the sides together. You may also
need to help when it comes to stuffing the arms, legs, and ears.

2

3

Cut out both pieces of fabric. Tip: Cut
out both fabric pieces together so
they will match best.

Decorate the pieces before you sew
them together. Use buttons or other
notions to add a face, tail, clothes, and
anything else to make it yours!

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GET SEWING!
Available
October
2010!

Sewing School
Full-color; photographs throughout, full-sized
cut-out patterns in a front pocket
144 pages; 9 x 9½
Paper with partially concealed wire-o
and flaps:
$16.95 US / $21.50 CAN
ISBN: 978-1-60342-578-0
No. 62578

THE AUTHORS
Amie Plumley is a kindergarten teacher in
Memphis, Tennessee. Together with coauthor
School day camp and the accompanying blog.
She is the mother of two small children and
lives in Tennessee.
Andria Lisle is a freelance journalist and public
programs manager for the Memphis Brooks
Museum of Art. She is an avid sewer and cocreator of the Sewing School day camp. She lives in Memphis.
Justin Fox Burks is a professional photographer living and working in

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