{"id":17,"date":"2022-08-09T13:20:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcollective.dev\/explore\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T00:41:19","slug":"sew-a-softie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Sew a Softie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to Sew a Softie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where you can find resources to teach your children or students to sew; through online video tutorials, free easy to sew projects, the Global Kids Sewing Party and a range of kids sewing books.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Run by Trixi Symonds, Sew a Softie is a passion project turned global movement bringing the simple joy of sewing to a new generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead more about Trixi<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Teaching Kids to Sew Workshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Are you a teacher who has toyed with the idea of teaching your students to sew, but you don\u2019t know where to start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or you\u2019d like to add sewing to your curriculum but feel a little unsure about how to manage a sewing class with kids?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Global Kids\u2019 Sewing Party<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Global Kids Sewing Party<\/strong> is a month long celebration for kids to sew a softie to gift to someone in their community and began in 2019 when Trixi partnered with the Children\u2019s Museum of the Arts, NYC and it\u2019s Civickids program and founded the first ever Sew a Softie Global Kids Sewing Party.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sewing with Kids Resources Guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve come to my blog looking to teach your child or students to sew you\u2019ve definitely come to the right place. I hope my Sewing with Kids Guide<\/strong> will answer all your questions about how to sew with kids and what to sew with kids!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sew a Softie in July<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sew a Softie in July<\/strong> was held for many years as a creative fun-filled month of free softie tutorials and get-togethers to show the world that absolutely anyone can sew. It’s a great resource. If you click on the read more link, you can find hundreds of kid-friendly tutorials that participants posted over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hi I’m Trixi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I help parents and educators around the world teach kids to sew through my online video tutorials, free easy to sew projects, the Global Kids Sewing Party and a range of kids sewing books.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been teaching sewing to children for over thirty years and I\u2019m the founder of Sew a Softie, a global movement to inspire adults around the world to sew with the kids in their lives.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Kandinsky Inspired Softies to Sew with Kids<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Exploring Kandinsky\u2019s paintings through sewing. These projects offer a great way to get your students to explore Kandinsky\u2019s beautiful abstract paintings and to use his colours and shapes to inspire a whole new world of wonderful whimsical softies.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Square Zenki Softies to Sew with Kids <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Art teachers and parents take note: sewing softies with kids doesn\u2019t have to be complicated. It can be as simple as drawing a square. If you can draw a square, then you can create your own softie
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The Zenki Way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A step-by-step guide that shows you how to make a simple softie, which I call a Zenki. Ideal for teachers, librarians, people running workshops and parents to make with their kids and of course, for young children themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sewing Simple Softies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This book brings together seventeen Sew a Softie participants who show you how to create a variety of wonderful softies ranging from tacos to ballerinas. Sewing Simple Softies is co-written with Deborah Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sew Together Grow Together<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sew Together Grow Together is an original and exciting sewing book for kids. It features 20 easy to make sewing projects developed and road-tested over two decades in classes and workshops with children aged 5-12.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sew a Softie Workbook No. 2 is Out!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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Kandinsky Inspired Softies to Sew with Kids, Teachers will Love<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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Out of this World Easy to Sew Softies: A Creative Experience for Kids<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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Trixi’s Free Summer Sewing Camp for Kids 2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
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Thank you to our sponsors!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sew a Softie would like to thank the following companies for their generous support.<\/p>\n\n\n

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