Macy Deakyne, like all of the other children in New Jersey, has been out of school since the middle of March. The third-grader at the Long Beach Island Grade School doesn’t know if she and her classmates will be going back to school this year because of the coronavirus shut-downs. She has been spending her days riding her bike, keeping up on her distance learning assignments and walking on the beach with her family. And then there’s her new venture.

“My dad sews a lot repairing sails, and I asked him to teach me how to use the sewing machine.