Home Ec Sewing

The girls are both supposed to take some kind of sewing classes in Home Ec at their Japanese school this year. I don't know for sure if it will happen in term one when we are here, though Sophie's class seemed to indicate that, but if so, I wanted them to have what they needed. 

It was pretty basic stuff, but I didn't have anything to put it in, so rather than taking apart what I had in my housewife, I just picked up a small sewing kit and thread from the 100Yen store near us. After doing that though, I realised it would be good to have something to keep the thread and sewing supplies together, so I ended up making a thing anyway. 

I used some of the leftovers from the girls bags. Not wanting either girl to feel I was favouring them, and also not wanting to make two of the same thing, I just made one reversible thing. 

Everything fits nicely. I don't know how or why that white ribbon ended up coming to Japan with us, but it was rather perfect for this little project. 

And then you flip it out, and suddenly, it's a whole new pouch. Is this Housewife 3.0? Don't think I'd go that far, but it does the job and I can't complain about another little sewing project to keep my hands busy while I practice listening to Japanese.