I am washing and repairing blankets for the horses, pony, and donkey! Nothing glamorous but very necessary with these arctic blasts we have had. Another arctic front will settle in tomorrow so I will finish up with them, then on to doll clothes, much promised to the resident 7 yr old along with first sewing lessons in basic little girl doll clothes making. I was 5 when I learned to sew on buttons(still legally blind), then age 7 my best friend and I cut out doll dresses, straight dresses or gathered with string at the neck, cut from scraps from "real" school dress sewing, all hand sewn with little girl raggedy stitches . we were proud of those wardrobes. Age 8 meant we could join 4-H (my bestie's mom was the leader as well as the high school home ec teacher) and start to sew on the machine and enter our items in the summer fairs. Do little kids sew anymore? Mine did, my sons and daughter and my little cousin here can't wait till tomorrow to start. Remember those first home made doll clothes or pot holders or bean bags anyone?