
Project Guide: Sewing Cart
Sewing activities can be a great way to teach math skills, including patterns, measurement and geometry.

This is a guide to creating a mobile Sewing Cart, which can be brought into different classrooms for making activities.
Sewing is a great low bar, high ceiling activity. While students feel successful in a short amount of time, there are also infinite ways to increase complexity and skill level. Sewing activities can be a great way to teach math skills, including patterns, measurement and geometry.
Sewing is also a great skill to teach kids to develop maker empowerment and agency. If they can sew, they can fix buttons or rips on clothing or create a custom cushion to make their life more comfortable.
