I bought her
3 dress pattens, material, cotton, zips/buttons all packaged up in three separate parcels (complete projects)and a sewing encyclopedia
I went into to Norwich and blitzed John Lewis, was helped by the most wonderful assistant (I wrote her a thank you note & made sure her manager got it)
I hope she likes it - we can sew tomorrow morning & all day on Boxing Day & we can take it with us when we go to the cottage in Southwold.
Fingers crossed