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i was in mrs. downies class at the time, grade 3. would have been 8 or 9 years old. i hadn't yet learned to use a sewing machine, but my mom and dad, had taught me some hand stitches - particularly, my mom showed me an 'invisible' stitch. i have no idea where i got the fabric from, but i had this white with skinny pink stripes, seer-suckery type fabric and i decided to make a skirt. i cut a large rectangle. folded it in half. hand stitched up the long side, then folded over the top and bottoms and stitched them and on the top, i threaded a white cord through, to cinch the waist - and i wore it to school the next day. oh, and the skirt reached my ankles - i think i even left a slit!