Well, last time we dug out the portable sewing machine (I actually have 3 but the cabinet ones are in the basement under piles of mom stuff yet) but this time I thought it would be easier (less messy) to do the whole thing by paw. ....ummm...NOT! Very primative, looks like a sampler and if that were true early last century, it would be clear that neither of us would qualify as a potentially perfect wife!