Hurrah!

It's true, fabric doesn't solder worth a [tinker's] dam, but it does have redeeming qualities.

Your cafe curtains sound pretty, and velvet curtains to match sound grand ... you do know about prewashing (twice at least) to get any nasty shrinkage out of the way?

I'm delighted to hear that Looby Loo is sewing, too! I think that's about the age I got started on the machine.