She made shoe bags for my husband. He travels a lot for business and the plastic bags he has normally used are getting a bit shabby and aren't environmentally friendly. She made one each for a pair of black shoes and a pair of brown shoes.
Unfortunately the only scissors that would cut fabric were my right-handed ones. She couldn't manage as she is left-handed, so I cut for her. Besides the ironing that was all I did. She did everything else herself. The pattern is all her own as well. She had to measure, figure seam allowances, and double check her numbers.
She made French seams so the inside would be tidy and free of frayed edges. Though they took twice as long as normal seams, it was well worth the trouble.
Her favorite part was the button holes. She made two on each bag for the draw-string. While she was enjoying the ease of the "one-step automatic button-holer" on the machine, she had to endure listening to my stories of "the old days" and 4-step processes. Luckily the machine is fairly quick.
I am such a very proud mother. Her next project will be pajamas. I said I would do the top, if she did the bottoms. She agreed, but she got dibs on doing all the button holes.
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