Sew Simple: How to Make a Simple Sewing Kit for Children

I have designed a very simple sewing course for my little ones, and thought I would share it 🙂 Each week I will be teaching specific sewing skills to my girls who will then make something useful or beautiful using those particular skills. Each skill will build upon the ones previously learnt.

Last week I created a simple sewing kit, which contained everything required for the first week of lessons. This sewing kit will be added to each week, containing all they need for that week’s sewing lessons, so that the girls will have an inexpensive treat to look forward to each Monday.

How to Make a Sew Simple Kit

I collected the following from around the house:

A preserving jar
A couple of blunt knitting needles with a large eye
A skein of embroidery thread
Some pretty material
A small amount of stuffing
Some pins
Small pair of safety scissors

Cut out a large circle from your material:

Place the stuffing in the middle of the material and place the lid circle on top of it. Pull the material around the stuffing and the lid circle and pop through the screw part of the lid and pull so that the stuffed side is on the outside:

Tack ends of material together on the underside until secure:

Push some brightly coloured pins into the pin cushion. Gather together this week’s supplies:

Using the left over material, cut into a square slightly longer than the longest needle. Fold in half, inside out, and stitch around two of the edges. Turn right side in, stuff with a small amount of stuffing, flatten and sew neatly around the remaining edge. Create needle holders by doing a few stitches in the same place: