I made myself a mei tai baby carrier the other day, and then a second one when my MIL gave me some Thai silk she’d been given.  The girls were so entranced by the sewing machine and all the sewing paraphernalia that I let them have a go at sewing some patterns on a spare piece of fabric.  They loved it and I suggested they make something, which they very eagerly agreed to.  We decided on bandanas, which I initially thought was a bit daft as hemming is so boring, and that’s all that’s required.  However, to those new to sewing, even boring straight lines of hemming is exciting so, in the end, they loved it.  They helped me pin and then we sewed together, with them controlling the needle and me controlling the fabric.  Flopsy took to an even pedal pressure very quickly but Mopsy took a bit of experimenting before she got the hang of not doing desperately fast or nothing at all!  But by the end she was sewing like a pro!  It was really fun and we all enjoyed it.  I’m thinking of suggesting they make simple bags next, if they express any more interest.