Of course, there was also a faint anticipation in her heart, wondering what kind of surprise the system would bring her next.
By the afternoon, Jian Zhiqing returned with a bunch of children, chattering noisily. It was indeed lively. The little chubby one had already fallen asleep on his elder brother’s shoulder, drooling. Fortunately, Jian Zhiqing was wearing a white shirt today, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.
The little chubby feet were still in a pair of black leather shoes, tiny children’s shoes. They were small, yet delicately made. Although the craftsmanship then wasn’t as varied as it would be in the future, a pair of shoes on such tiny feet still managed to look adorable.
Jian Zhiqing carried the little chubby one back to his own room to continue sleeping. Such a small child, after all, spends most days either eating or sleeping. However, the little chubby one had recently developed a new skill; as soon as the music started, he would immediately get up from the bed, impressing Qin Xiangnuan beyond expectations.
"Sister, do they look good?" Jian Zhiqin showed off his new shoes, the same model as Taotao’s, just a few sizes larger.
"They look good," Qin Xiangnuan stroked Jian Zhiqin’s head. "Have your classmates all come over, I’ll take measurements in a bit and make clothes."
"Okay," Jian Zhiqin’s eyes smiled like the moon, and he already ran off to find his classmates.
In the afternoon, all the children came over.
Qin Xiangnuan took a tape measure and measured them one by one; indeed, the sizes were not too different, so she could make standard sizes for all. Only Taotao’s size was an exception, running several sizes smaller. However, the others fitting into standard sizes made Qin Xiangnuan’s job much easier.
Once measured, it was time to cut the fabric. With so many clothes, she might need to make templates. Actually, making templates was simple and not difficult, since there were no large machines, so she could only cut a few pieces at a time. But cutting several at a time was still better than one by one.
She used old cardboard to make the template, which involved drawing the cutting map of the clothes, placing it on the fabric, then following the map with chalk to mark the shapes before starting to cut with scissors. The fabric was thin and smooth, and she could cut five pieces at once, so in five attempts, she had all the clothes cut out.
She couldn’t put the sewing machine inside the system, so she was doing all this outside. In the future, she would keep small accessories inside the system, except during the morning market hours, she would sit in front of the sewing machine. As for the children practicing dance, Jian Zhiqing was there, although he couldn’t dance, he was strict in training, treating the little ones as if they were his soldiers, sometimes his stern face alone could scare the little girls.
Actually, making the clothes was very quick. With the skills from her past life, after all, being a tailor for over a decade was not in vain. Generally, a seam stitched, no major issues would arise, then she assembled the pieces together. She made the outfits look like sailor suits; the girls wore a little blouse with a pink pleated skirt below, and the collar was also pink with several white lines pressed on, and on the collar, she planned to embroider patterns to make it look more dimensional. Apart from this, she avoided making other decorations as they seemed too cumbersome and unattractive. The boys wore blue, but instead of skirts, they wore shorts.
However, on the front of each uniform, she would embroider the name ’Bayi Primary School.’ The letters were directly stitched on, with small flowers beside the text. After finishing one, it looked quite eye-catching.