Making Time - Sewing practice

Do you find hand sewing tricky, or want to teach the basics to children? This is the tutorial for you.
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the cover of making time sewing practice book with colorful stitchs and fish on it
Making Time - Sewing practice
This tutorial will help you practice some simple hand sewing techniques.
someone is making a card with the words, place your card on thick cardboard use a pencil to punch holes where the dots are marked
Step 2.
Place your card on thick cardboard. Use a pencil to punch holes where the dots are marked.
a fish made out of paper with the caption sew around the outside of the fish using backstitch
Step 5.
Sew around the outside of the fish using back stitch. Swipe right to see instructions on how to do a back stitch.
scissors, yarn and crochet hooks on top of a piece of paper with the words card wool needle scissors pencil
You will need
Some card, wool, scissors and a pencil.
a poster with an image of a fish on it and the words draw the outline of a fish on your card
Step 1.
Draw an outline of a fish on your card. Mark dots about 1 cm apart where you will be sewing.
a hand holding a green crochet hook next to a blue piece of paper with the words start your sewing from the back of the card
Step 3.
Start your sewing from the back of the card. Knot your thread to the needle the end to secure it.
a blue piece of paper with an image of a smiley face on it and the words use running stitch for the fins and tail and cross stitch for the eye
Step 4.
Use running stitch for the fins and tail and cross stitch for the eyes. Slide right for instruction on how to do a running stitch.
an image of a piece of art with the words, use backstitch for the zigzag - zag pattern what picture could you sew next?
Step 6.
Use back stitch for the zigzag pattern. What picture will you sew next?
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