_{[ He beamed, glad that she approved, and went back in to get some thread, scissors and a needle. A patch like this wouldn't work well through his machine, so a hand sew it was. He could work around the edges of the tear much better. ]}

Did you ever get your tour of the university? I thought you had mentioned wanting one.

_{[ He settled on the group, opening the skirt and holding up the tattered area, taking the scissors and 'cleaning' the edges. ]}