Seamstress in the making

My daughter was overjoyed to help review the Cool Maker Fashion Studio Activity Kit, I had just taught her how to hand stitch the week before we received this item free for reviewing purposes. She had a lot of fun with each of the items she got to create! I would recommend this to any child that is interested in sewing the self threading set up was a breeze for her, she hopes they will release more patterns for her to try in the future!

Good little toy

We were lucky enough to be able to review the sewing machine . It’s tiny but works very well . Way too much packaging and when you have an impatient child this isn’t always a great thing. I will say she likes it a lot however she said it was a little small . She had a fun afternoon making napkins and fixing her doll clothes . She got dis interested though after a few days . I think this is a great toy for rainy days

Hours of Fun!

My daughter loved this toy! She’s creative in nature and loves to spend hours making things. Cool Maker Fashion Studio Activity Kit did not disappoint. We found it very easy to use. She made a scrunchie and case for my glasses. We bought one and gifted it to my niece!

Safe and Fun

This was super fun to do with my daughter! This is not an activity that my 10 year old was able to do on her own…it does require some parent help to set up and get them started. Once she started, it was really easy to use. I love the fact that the needle is “inside” so you can’t get poked with it. It came with a few cute projects…we completed the sunglass case and are working on the purse. I have only used the material provided for the projects,but I look forward to trying a variety of other materials to see if they work. Overall, a great little machine for a first time sewer with the help of an adult.

Highly Worth It

I received this as a free product to test out and it was a fantastic toy. My little cousin really enjoyed this sewing kit that we both worked together on. The sewing machine needle is never fully exposed so it is child safe.

Great Idea but dont get your hopes up

Very cute idea if your child wants to learn to sew but not a reel feel of a machine. I put in brand new batteries that died within days.. so replacing them got costly, and ,my kid had a hard time staying on the lines for sewing. id almost rather it didn't have lines so if it didn't look perfect the kid wouldn't know!! Finding refills is hard most of my local stores don't carry.

Fun machine for kids without sewing experience!

The Cool Maker Fashion Studio Activity Kit is fun for those who has no previous sewing experience. It's super easy to use and comes with a few great projects, and the instructions were clear enough for my 8 year old to figure out on her own. My 8 year old has previous sewing experience with a regular sewing machine, and it was actually problematic because the design of this machine (meaning to make it easy for kids to use) became confusing for her because it doesn't have regular sewing machine functionality. But for kids without previous experience, this kit is a great starter kit to see if they are actually interested in sewing.

Easy and fun to use

This was great for my girls! It was easy enough that I didn't need to help to much. The kits include everything needed to make super cute items. They loved it and it kept them busy for quite a long time. Mom win!

Fun sewing machine for kids

It is the cutest sewing machine we ever tried. It is a fun and safe way to introduce children to sewing. Our kids learned how to place fabric, fold, check bobbin and thread and use a foot lifter. The kit includes 5 project to work on, a fabric with detailed instructions how to cut, where to fold and sew. There are also nice accessories to customize the final projects like stickers and prints, elastics for a headband and a scrunchie. It is fun to watch how pieces of fabric become a purse, a glass case and a plushie. Hopefully will use it for more sewing ideas in the future. Kids are easily bored with toys but with this machine they eager to learn more about sewing!

Great Idea But.....

My daughter was very excited that we were chosen to try out this Fashion studio Activity Kit! The idea is great, its a sewing machine with a needle but the needle is completely covered from all sides so little fingers don't get pricked. It functions like a regular sewing machine but it uses "Smart Stitch Sensors" , its supposed to sense the lines on the fabric and know when to automatically start sewing and when to stop sewing all by itself. All it has is a start button and the machine takes off by itself. I found that the machine wasn't very good at detecting the lines on the fabric and it just sewed willy nilly. You need to guide the fabric through without pushing or pulling by it definitely didn't stay in a straight line and readjusting was needed. I like that it came with the needle prethreded and that it came with all the fabric we needed to make a few different projects, as well as the template to cut out. We managed to make the sunglasses case (first project) without too many problems other than wonky lines, but the second project was a ponytail and that had some difficulties. For that project it required you to double up the fabric and sew through 4 layers. The machine was not having it. Everytime we tried to sew the ponytail ends together (last step), the machine/ needle kept getting jammed. I'd fix it, reposition the fabric and try and but it just kept jamming, we followed the instruction to a T , even tried to flatten the fabric to make it thinner. Nothing worked. After the 4th attempt, my daughter wasn't feeling it anymore, and I told her I would just finish the ponytail by hand (needle and thread). That's where we stopped with the machine and I'm not too sure if we will be trying it out again soon.