Stitch and String Lab offers a broad variety of decorative and practical projects to teach embroidery, hand sewing, weaving, and other fiber arts like spool and finger knitting to children. The book contains tips for choosing the right needles, threads, and other materials especially suited for children. All projects come with detailed instructions. The fun and colorful projects appeal to boys and girls alike.

This book is fabulous. I will definitely be having a go at making some of these projects with my kids on the school holidays. My full review appears on Weekend Notes.

This book explores many different fiber art creations for elementary age children. After a section on the basics (materials, tools, threading needles, etc.), it has units with several labs in each. Each lab is a different project. I have some problems with calling these "units" and "labs" because it sounds too much like school, but a savvy leader could easily present these in a better way.

The projects are inventive and colorful. Virtually all of them use tools and techniques that are safe for children to use and that will produce good results. Some are simple enough that children in first or second grade could accomplish them, but most will work better for children 9 and up.

It would have been nice had the author provided age ranges for the projects and a resource list for leaders. That would have added to the value of the book.

There is one technique used that should NEVER be given to small children. That is needle felting. This technique uses extremely sharp and dangerous barbed needles. While Stephens does note these are sharp, she does not give adequate warning. This technique is notes to control and trying it if the adult does not know the technique could result in disaster. It is the only technique in the book that is like that. These projects had no place in a book of kids' crafts.

In spite of this flaw and of the obvious omission of two popular crafts, needlepoint and cross stitch, it's a fun book with many great ideas.

Stitch and String Labs for Kids plots out easy to follow instructions for a variety of activities that will spark your child's interest in the fabric arts. These are kid-friendly activities that will help not just with fine motor skills but cognitive sequencing. For bonding time, do these activities with your children and share the fun!

I received an electronic review copy for this book that did not show proper pictures. I will hence only review the written content.

This is a book about fibre arts for children and as such it is very well-organised, gives information for parents/adults as well as easy to follow instructions for different fibre related crafts like sewing, embroidery, knitting projects, dying, weaving (see note above).

This book is chock-full of fun and engaging projects for anyone who wants to try their hand at all things stitch and string. Thanks to easy to follow directions and wonderful illustrations these projects look doable. I plan to introduce weaving to a group of children at our library this summer using Cassie's paper plate lesson.
The author, Cassie Stevens is an elementary art teacher so these projects have been tested by hundreds of children.
Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry for a sneak peek at this outstanding book.

This is a fun book for kids and adults alike, as well as a good resource for learning stitches. I predict that parents and kids can have hours of fun doing these great activities. Not only does it have fun activities, but it also gives kids the tools they need to complete them. Great instructional photos!