It began to become very obvious that making a dress was a bit commitment that would require a lot of resources and one adult and one sewing machines was going to make it all a very slow and maybe frustrating process. Mrs Hanlon only has one set of hands!
Mrs Hanlon had also noticed that many of us didn't have any of the basic skills like threading a needle and making stitches. She can remember spending a lot of time learning these with her grandmother when she was the same age as some of us. So ... she thought that maybe we should start with some of these skills, she had some bright colourful fabric which we cut rounds out of and showed us how to sew around the edge ready to gather the top.
When we were about to do this we then pulled it tight and stuffed the round with pillow filling. Then we made shapes out of felt and stitched these onto the top to cover the gathering
We were very proud of our work, especially those of us who had found this challenging.
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