A Sewing Machine Made for Children
I saw this on the Japan Today website - Fuwamoko Hug Craft Sewing Machine by Ax Yamazaki. It is designed especially for children and comes with sewing patterns for children too. The machine is battery-powered and is so simple children ages six and older can easily start sewing. It costs 8,778 yen and will be available starting in October.
When I was a child, I made many Barbie doll items by hand sewing them. I wonder if having a little machine like this would have changed anything about how I like to sew and stitch now. I had an Easy Bake Oven as a child and now I never cook. With that line of thinking, maybe it is best that I didn't have this cute little machine as a child!
4 comments:
Sewing machines are excellent for industrial stitching, and if you want to complete long lines of stitching quickly. There is no JOY in machine stitching, for me, at least. I would not give this cute 'toy' machine to a child before they he/she has learned to stitch by hand.
If remember correctly, this sewing machine is a children's sewing machine without a needle. I think I was able to make some fluffy items using yarn.
The company seems to want children to get used to sewing machines from an early age eventually use a full-fledged sewing machine.
My mum had a machine like that as a kid. It still worked when I inherited it, but just barely! She doesn't like to sew today either, so maybe you are right...
I had something like that in the early 70s, but I think it was fully manual (no battery or electrical cord). It was great. I remember sewing a square dancing dress for a Barbie (Francie, actually) out of a shocking pink polka dot scrap one day. The ruffle got sewn on a bit wonky, but I was 7 or 8 so that’s ok I think.
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