The latest book in the My First Sewing Book Kit series teaches young crafters the backbone of quilting: learning to piece fabrics together. Children first learn how to choose and prepare fabric, make and draw around a template, and sew four patches together into a block to make a pillow or flag. The book then guides them to make more patchwork blocks with squares, rectangles and triangles, sew appliqué, combine blocks and then make the alphabet patchwork blocks of the international code flags.
Winky Cherryhas 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 lives in Tesuque, Arizona.
Detailed instructions for variations on a simple project build confidence and dexterity