Sewing school book layout and design sample pages

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: Findin

Hand-Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make

Now I know how to

MAKE COOL STUFF forME & MY FRIENDS!

forMEM && MY Y FR

IENDS!S

ME & MYY FR

IENDS!

AMIE PLUMLEY

&

ANDRIA LISLE

Photography by Photography by JUSTIN FOX BURKS

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

Save My T-Shirt Pillow • Scrappy Art Pin

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

Ph

“This is a great purse I can use

it to hold my phone, my wallet, a pen, and my house keys.”

— MALLORY, 1

3

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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

LET’S REVIEW

Before you begin, you’ll need

to know how to:

whipstitch (See page 24)

sew a running stitch (See page 22)

What You Need

Pattern for Hold-My-Stuff Bag

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Cotton fabric, ¼ yard

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Ribbon for a handle

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Chalk

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Scissors

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Pins

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Sewing needle

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Thread

×

Hold-My -Stuff Bag

Find the pattern piece in the back

of the book, and use chalk to trace it onto the fabric two times

1

Cut out the two fabric pieces

2

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

3

Sew the fabric together along the sides and bottom Use a whipstitch

Leave the top of the bag open

Remove the pins

4

Put GOOD STUFF

in here

4

LOVE ME!

I’m yours!

5

Your Little Friend

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 stuffi ng the arms, legs, and ears

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)

What You Need

Pattern for Your Little Friend

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Cotton fabric, 2 pieces as

×

big as a sheet of paper Stuffi ng

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Notions

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Chalk

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Scissors

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Pins

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Sewing needle

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Thread

×

You can use two different kinds

of fabric for the front and back.

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

1

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

2

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!

3

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!

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Available October 2010!

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•Author appearance at Quilt Market, Houston

THE AUTHORS

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 fl aps:

$16.95 US / $21.50 CAN

ISBN: 978-1-60342-578-0

No 62578

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Amie Plumley is a kindergarten teacher in

Memphis, Tennessee Together with coauthor Andria Lisle, she created the popular Sewing 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 co-creator of the Sewing School day camp She lives in Memphis.

Justin Fox Burks is a professional photographer living and working in

Memphis.

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