The Soolip Fix

How sweet are these hand sewn felt pillows?! My very dear and talented friend Shannon teaches children’s sewing classes in North Hollywood, CA. She has the greatest philosophy about her craft and teaching sewing to children. Despite being surrounded by high-tech toys, the Internet, and TV, kids still haven’t lost their desire to create with their hands.

In Miss Shannon’s Sewing Classes, Shannon teaches 4 stitches, how to sew on a button, and how to make a pattern with tracing carbon paper. The kids learn how to be self reliant by making their own patterns. Additionally, they learn how to mend clothing, embellish tank tops and jeans, sew tooth fairy pillows, stitch hankies, make pillows and pillow cases, tea towels, dolls, sachets…the possibilities are endless in Miss Shannon’s Sewing Classes!

Shannon says that another amazing thing about teaching sewing is sitting together as a class in the sacred sewing circle. Shannon says, “We sit around with our work in our hands, and the children talk…I hear the most precious things…secrets from the circle. Sewing calms the children, but also opens up their minds…they begin to see things differently…how things are assembled. I also encourage them that there are no mistakes and that perfection doesn’t exist…sometimes it’s the seeming mishap that makes their project beautiful. They’re all little folk artists.”

For more information about Miss Shannon’s Sewing Classes, visit Miss Shannon’s Sewing Classes on Facebook by clicking here.