I sewed very intricate dresses for my first grand daughter. Some were even smocked. When they moved in with us a few months later I asked where the dresses were? "Oh, we didn't have room for them when we moved so we left them in apartment". I didn't make anymore. Later I made another grand child with different parents a quilt. It was the dogs when I went to visit. I don't do that anymore either. Since I have always made things they don't sew and don't value them. I also stopped altering clothes when I discovered they were buying things on markdown because I could alter them - never mind the size. I hate to alter and sure don't do it now.