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September is Sewing Month and Why You Should Celebrate with Your Child

September is National Sewing Month and retailers everywhere are celebrating by offering special sales and classes. Sewing is a wonderful craft and should be celebrated. However, one may question whether it is really important and why should they consider it for their child? Unfortunately, not a lot of research has been done that has measured the actual physical, mental and emotional benefits of doing this kind of crafting. However, one thing has been determined in a consumer report by the Home Sewing Association. In their 2004 Overview of the Sewing Industry by the now defunct HSA, it was found that you increase your chances of machine sewing as an adult if you learn before the age of 10. “Current sewers of all ages are significantly more likely than are lapsed sewers to have learned to sew at a very young age, under the age of ten. Lapsed sewers, on the other hand, more often learned as a teen or adult.” Besides the fact that the likelihood is greater to machine sew if you start young, what are some of the other benefits to your child? Although there is no scientific proof of the benefits, let me share with you my observations in my work as a needle arts educator for the last seven years.
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