What's the first Letter of your Name? How about an easy sewing-tutorial with colourful felt and playing around with letters. Combined with empty tin cans you get personal pencil holders for the kids.
By cutting and sewing the letters, they will learn about the shapes for sure.
This tutorial is one of fifty great sewing craft for Trixi's Sewing a Softie July 2020.
Look out for oldspoolnj.com and paintboxartstudio yesterday; costuraelemental today as well; creativefunforkids and art__teacher__life tomorrow!
Get some empty tin cans an messure with the paper around to get the exact form plus 1cm longer.
Search for a lettertype you like (mine is Baskerville bold) and find the right size.
NNN is about 280pt - Giulia is 223pt - kkkkk are 190pt
Now get some colourful felt and sewing yarn, some pins and sharp scissors out and let's start with the ABC!
What you need of sewing technique:
to thread - making a knot - back stitch - running stitch - cutting a template exact - work with pins
Beginner craft:
The pencil holder or make only one letter to start....
