Recovering from major surgery is tough. But, these sweet notes from my kids lift the spirits! "I want you to feel better" complete with my favorite daisies! Another thing that lifts the spirits these days as I lay around is STITCHING! Here is one item I got done and framed today!
I love how the white stands out so well on the pink fabric and think any girl would love this in her room! It was hard to get a good picture through the glass of the frame, but it is a nice color pink with beautiful colors around the temple!
I am happy with how it turned out!
Next you will turn the tube right side out. I did this by using my handy dandy turning invention! I bent a regular metal hanger as flat as I could.
The hook at top where you hang it on the closet rod will catch the end after you stick the whole thing through the tube.
After you grab the other end, help fold it over this end and pull back to the beginning.
When you get to the other end, help the fabric off the hook.
Then, flatten the tube with the seam in the center. You can press it if you want.
Then sew across from top to bottom 10 inches from the end.
Next you are going to mark an end point for a center seam. Fold it over and pin where the seam lands on the other end.
You should have 2 open tubes now in the center of the larger tube. You are going to fill each side with 1/2 teaspoon--and ONLY 1/2 teaspoon--of polymer. I found mine in the gardening department. Mine is called Soil Moist. Using a small funnel helped this process:
Fill up each side with your 1/2 teaspoon of polymer;
Then sew up the other end at the end of the small tubes, which should be 10" from the other end. And, make sure you don't sew the polymer!
Then close up both ends by folding in the raw ends and sewing close to the end.
And, there you have it! A nifty neck cooler! Perfect for working outside, going on a pioneer trek, or just anytime you need to cool off! 
