How to make a neck cooler

It's the end of September, and 100 degree days are behind us, but . . . just to get ready for next summer, here is a link to the site that taught me how to make neck coolers. It's a good use for scraps of material and it really does help to keep you cooler in the heat of the summer. We tried them out at a Rangers game in July with the temperature over 100 at 7 pm. Neck Cooler Directions

She who has the most material . . .

Today, I spent most of the day at the VITAS office, helping to sort through all the craft items/ thread / material, etc., which belonged to a patient, C.D.   Sigh.  It reminds me of all the material I have in my "stash" and makes me wonder what my family will say when they have to clean it out after I die.  After sorting through 10 big tubs of craft items / material and taking out what the "Quilting Ladies" can use, there was still a lot of material left.  My rational for keeping some of it, is that I can make vests or wall hangings out of the panels and they can be sold at the Bazaar in October.  Most of the material (that is not going to the "Quilting Ladies") will be donated to the Bazaar Workshop.  But . . . there were a few items that I just had to have:   Sunflower material and a few Christmas prints.  By the time I finished, I felt like C.D. and I were friends.  So stay tuned for photos of Halloween vests and Christmas wall hangings and Christmas ornaments.

I did find a quilt that she had started; it was beautiful.  I left it (and several other items that I thought her family would want) with a note for her daughter in law.  I hope they will have it quilted and finished; it would be quite a keepsake for C.D.'s family.

I also have a new Memory Bear project:  to sew 3 bears out of a cotton blanket with the Footprints poem.  I am not sure how I am going to cut out the bears from it.  I looked at it tonight and am still thinking about how to lay out the pattern pieces.  More later.

Matching aprons for little girls & their dolls. (More Bazaar projects)

Projects for the church Bazaar in October

Outfit for American Girl doll

Two more "critters." The pink one on the right is a bunny; the one of the left is a dog. Simplicity pattern 9524

Nativity wall hanging; I also made one for my daughter's classroom at St Mary's Catholic School in Temple TX

I also made one of these aprons for my granddaughter this Christmas.

Valentine Bears

Here is the first of the Valentine Bears to be given to hospice patients.

Go to "Sewing" to see the other bears.