I wanted to do something, though, and making a stuffed toy didnt work out at all: First, I started cutting out the pattern, then realised that there was another pattern on the back. Oh, okay, so I should photocopy it? But the pattern paper was bigger than my printer/scanners bed by about four times.
Right, so I used my lightbox to trace out the pattern, struggling to ignore the lines coming through from the reverse side. Then I cut out the zillion pieces of fabric and discovered the many of the shapes were half as wide as they should be. The pattern pieces had a little box with arrows that — I guess — means This shape times two, mirrored. Or something. The book had absolutely no explanation for how to use the included patterns.
So I decided to go back to paper. I know paper. A card is pointless, but Craig already bought her a dress.
I dont know have a clue how to relate to very young kids. Im looking forward to my friends kids and my niece being older. Oh good, youre here, we can talk, I can draw stuff for you, we can make up parameters for games, and you can stay with me? Great, lets play!