Eve has a birthday party to go to this afternoon, and insisted on helping with making the present. I was slightly hesitant with this, because I wasn't ready to share my baby with her. Only one other person, who had never touched a sewing machine before, has used mine, and even then I was nervous. But what could she really do?

First we cut it out, which she got to use my rotary cutter, and she thought it was cool. Then she picked out the font for her "B". I made sure that she got to help with each step, except the ironing because she fell asleep! I couldn't even sew it together while she was at school! I let her sew two of the seams and I did the zipper. I think her own machine is right around the corner. And here is her design for her friend Bridget: