Pencil cases and cushions..............

Recently I began to teach my 8 year old daughter Sarah to sew. And she took to it like a duck takes to water. I was actually surprised at how easily she picked it up. She is very precise, neat and straight. Sarah decided she wanted a new pencil case for school this year however she wanted a handmade one and not a store bought one. She chose the fabric and designed her pencil case. Then we went about sewing it together. We had so much fun. It was a real delight to do this project together.

Here is one side:

And the other side:

Of course when Tom realised Mum could sew pencil cases he put in an order as well. He couldn't decide between cricket and star wars so we did one side of each fabric.

Soon I will begin a pencil case for Timmy as he has seen the possibilities.

And Jack, well he is in high school now and I don't think he thinks it would be very cool to have mum make his pencil case. But that's OK with me because he would like a few cushions for his room and it is OK for mum to make those.