Little e begged me to make their basketball team snack pouches just like the ones we made for her soccer team but I was just not up for it. It takes a lot of motivation to make 8 pouches, especially just one week in advance of the game. But, little e is so persistent and she wore me down. Plus, she promised that she would help and do half of the work for me so I agreed.
She did keep her end of the bargain and did most of the sewing, serging, and cleaning up of the threads while I handled the cutting, ironing, the embroidering. We inserted the ribbon pulls together while watching Shark Tank. =)
In the end, I was happy that we worked on this project together. It was fun to spend an afternoon with little e, I got to clear up my fabric stash a bit (finished all of this chevron fabric that was originally meant for a crib skirt for little c’s crib – he has been out of a crib for over 2 years… that was a project that never happened), AND little e got to get more practice sewing straight lines.
She was so excited to hand out the pouches after the game and the girls loved it… well worth the 2-3 hours it took to put these together. I’m loving our embroidery machine, by the way. It’s more than paid for itself (~$220).
Little e has also just completed a summer dress, finishing off the last bit of fabric she picked out from Hawaii as a souvenir last summer. She used the same pattern that I had made for her other Hawaiian dress but she didn’t like the dress bottom so just made a simple shirred skirt attachment.
I think it looks lovely and am so proud whenever she makes anything. I’m just waiting for her to be good enough to go on project runway junior. =)
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