When Is a Purse Not a Purse?

Most of you know by now that I’m into crocheting. It’s my creative hobby away from my writing. It keeps my creative juices flowing while I’m not actively writing. I have my crocheting; Saxon has her fabric art. I bought her a sewing machine a couple of months ago and ever since she has been cutting up old clothes and scouring flea markets for material. Some days I wonder where she disappeared to, then I hear the whir of the sewing machine from upstairs.

Last night, the machine stopped whirring...