Kids Sewing: Learning to Sew With an Electronic Sewing Kit

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Get your kids sewing with an electronics sewing kit! It’s a great way for children to get involved in arts and crafts, while learning a handy skill.

Sewing, in general, is one of the oldest forms of art. It is a skill of high esteem that is established in the art world.

The sewing community and its technology are ever-changing and ever-adapting. Today, companies continue to introduce a wave of smart sewing tools and machines.

The increase in resources attracts a new generation of sewists. It starts with kids sewing in a school program or learning to sew at home!

And Electro-Fashion is a great example of innovations in the sewing industry. It is a ‘kids sewing kit’ that introduces lighting effects to e-textiles designs.

In this post, we will introduce you to this advanced sewing technique for children. But before all that, here are the key benefits of what children learn from textile arts.

Kids Sewing Benefits

Sewing, knitting, crochet, and tailoring all fall under the category of textile arts. The tool (needles) and technique (quilting), as well as the objects made, are also included.

We can get many benefits from the functional skill of sewing. Children also have countless things to learn from this form of art.

The common yet helpful skills that kids can gain from sewing are as follows:

• Problem-solving
• Hand-eye coordination
• Focus and concentration
• Fine motor skills

Learning to sew also involves the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This helps bring out a child’s artistic talent and mathematical abilities.

Starting them out young (after considering your child’s responsibility and maturity!) also has perks. It will give them significant benefits to their mental and character development. Further, by picking up a needle and thread at an early age, they can:

1. Define Motor Skills

The sewing process involves small movements using the hands. Threading a needle, knotting a thread, cutting a pattern, or creating stitches.

Threading a needle requires concentration to get the thread’s end to slip through the needle’s eye. Cutting patterns also need precision in using scissors.

Tracing a pattern on the cloth, meanwhile, needs control in straight and curved lines. These movements contribute to the improvement of their hand-eye coordination.

And eventually, they help develop their fine motor skills.

2. Develop Cognitive Skills

Sewing is a life skill where both hemispheres of the brain work simultaneously. The process also involves both artistic and mathematical skills.

Take measuring the fabric’s size to use, for instance. Or working out the length of thread needed or the sizes and shapes that need to be cut.

These are some basic mathematic skills they can learn through sewing. Learning different colours and shapes can also bring out a child’s artistic side.

Their mathematical, artistic, and analytical reasoning abilities are honed in needlepoint work.

3. Learn To Be More Patient

Sewing by hand is a skill that has no shortcuts. Thus, learning how to sew can test a child’s patience.

With step-by-step procedures, you cannot move forward until the previous one is done. Kids will understand that some things have to wait.

Throughout, they will learn to thread, trace, and cut in precision while taking their time. Overall, sewing can teach them the value of patience – subtly yet very effectively.

4. Build Confidence

Praise and recognition help boost a child’s confidence. Learning a new skill like sewing is a great way to build their positivity.

For a young child, every little step accomplished is already a big thing. Even more so if they get better in needlework and complete a sewing project!

These are even more remarkable feats that a kid can cherish. Knowing that they can do and finish something on their own helps a lot.

5. Get Creative

Children have wild and brilliant imaginations. Introducing them to this art form can give them a fun and educational medium to show their creative side.

Exposing your child to sewing allows them to harness whatever talent they may have. Who knows, your little one might have the makings of a great fashion designer!

6. Practice Communication

Throughout their learning, children are also trained to be good communicators. Teaching them involves instructions; they need to listen and follow the rules.

Following instructions let them remember how to do things in an orderly manner. As well as learn from mistakes and the value of proper communication.

This also allows them to meet people of varied ages and make new friends who are of the same interests as they are. Kids will get more confident in communicating with people in the long run.

7. Learn a Skill They Can Use Daily

Once they have acquired the basic stitching techniques, they will be able to fix a hem, patch a hole, or mend a seam. These skills may be simple, but they can carry them until they are adults and will be such valuable talent.

Your child might even decide to pursue a career in fashion. They could be a dressmaker or an entrepreneur with a business related to needlecrafts.

Kids Sewing: Electro-Fashion Kit

Great for creating soft circuits, wearables and merging electronics with textiles! We offer a range of e-textiles from Electro-Fashion.

Get your kids sewing components here to encourage a knack for needlework!

Kitronik E-Textiles Kit for the BBC Micro:Bit

Product code: KT5607

A great starting kit for creating BBC micro:bit controlled e-textiles projects. The kit includes 5 x regular 5mm LEDs, 10 x ultra-slim LEDs, 10 x crocodile clips, and 6 meters of conductive thread.

With these components, you can start creating Emoji Bag and Rocket Pencil Case projects. There are also enough LEDs and crocodile clips to make your own design.

 

Electro-Fashion Conductive Thread

Product code: KT272x

Not your ordinary thread – one of the best available conductive threads! This conductive thread can be used in the same way as a traditional sewing yard.

The best part? It conducts electricity, thus, allowing you to integrate electronics into textiles. Ideal for use in a variety of e-textile applications.

Note: It is thicker than regular sewing thread but not as thick as an upholstery thread. Not prone to fraying.

 

Electro-Fashion Sewable LEDs Pack of 10

Product code: KT271x

When powered, these ultra-slim, pre-mounted sewable LEDs illuminate continuously. They have connections you can use to connect conductive threads.

Marked with a ‘+’ and a ‘-’ to state which connection is positive and which is negative. Double-sided PCBs, so the conductive thread connection is extremely reliable.

 

Electro-Fashion Sewable Buzzer

Product code: KT2745

Features a built-in driver circuit that emits a single tone when connected to a 3V power supply. It comes with two connection points to which you can connect the conductive thread.

Ideal for adding sound and alarm to any E-textiles project.

 

Electro-Fashion Latching Switch Coin Cell Holder

Product code: KT2752

Ideal as a built-in switch and power source for e-textile projects. It includes a 3V coin cell battery holder and latching switch on the same PCB.

It provides power and switches capabilities to an e-textiles project on the same board. The switch latches – simply press once to turn on the power and again to turn it off.

 

Electro-Fashion Sewable Slide Switch

Product code: KT2709

As the name suggests, it allows you to turn LEDs on or off in your E-textiles projects. It comes with two connection points to which you can connect the conductive thread.

The double-sided PCBs make the thread connection very reliable.

 

Sewing Needle Set

Product code: KT2741

This sewing needle set is a must-have for your next e-textile project. The needles are a high-quality stainless steel that is ultra-thin, rust-resistant, and long-lasting.

Each envelope contains three 48mm, 1.23mm thick needles and two smaller 39mm, 0.67mm thick needles.

Kids Sewing: The Bottom Line

Like any craft, sewing is a valuable skill. The benefits above are just a few reasons why every child should learn how to sew.

Kids sewing takes practice, patience, precision, and a steady hand. But once they get the hang of it, they can gain from the talent they acquired over time.