In the beginning of June the first grade teacher sent out a request for volunteers for sewing projects. I offered to help, so Annie volunteered to make 30 crayon cases for first graders.
The teacher cut out rectangles of red corduroy and a pretty print. They had to be sewn together, turned, corners shaped, pressed, 16 pockets sewed, name tags and ties. We honestly must have sewn 40 hours between us. Although we tried to get another sewing machine, our mechanical luck was poor and we only had one that stitched well enough. It looked and sounds fairly easy, but the rectangles were not the same size, we had trouble marking, on and on, it was a lot bigger project that we thought.
When Tina was here we enlisted her for a few hours one day. Bottom line, they weren't done and the teacher wanted them last Friday. Annie called and requested an extension and her and I hauled our bottoms on Saturday finishing about 8:30 PM. Annie delivered them to the teacher on Sunday.
Tess started school today. She is at Kelly's until tomorrow afternoon. She talked to her mom and wanted to know if we didn't get the cases done. The teacher didn't give them the crayon cases. Other than that, Tess had a terrific first day of school.
There was a Rose Ceremony this morning in which the new eighth graders gave the first graders each a rose. I guess they bigger kids kind of help out with the littles. They all lined up on a stage, we clapped, and they were off to class.
Chloe was nervous as she changed schools to attend the program Tess does. Her phone report also was that she had a teriffic day.
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