The little girl for whom I love to sew is the youngest of only 2 granddaughters mixed in with 9 grandsons. She is five and enjoys ballet and tap. She surprised me by reading one of my e-books to me as we sat together on the couch the other day. All the things I have sewn for her from a fleece cape to pjs and nitegown, and play dresses and dressup ones, she wears with pleasure. Her mom tries to send me photos via the internet. We now live two hours away so we don't visit as often. But, since she is so receptive to grandmaman's gifts, there's much motivation to use for her some of my favorite stash and trims as well as the embroidery stitches built into my 1630 Bernina. New ideas for projects such as stuffed toys and little accessories such as purses would be welcome.

rotary cutting machine would simplify and make projects even more enjoyable i.e. before actually finishing them. contest forced me to find a photo and led to uploading picture of quilt I'd forgotten about.