These neck coolers are sitting in the fridge, ready for use. I suggest you google 'neck cooler' and you will find out how to make them. I picked up the dry powder stuff that gels in a rather large bag for $8 in the garden center of Kmart. You could probably make about 50 of these with one bag of the stuff. I did not actually follow any specific pattern, but winged it. We've used them twice so far and they actually work well!

This one came from a previous batch, but I'm just now catching a picture of it. Small purple flowers all over, slightly puffed sleeves using foldover elastic. This greenery is not found near us, but at a campground in Ohio.

An awesome book cover. Not made by me, but by an 8 yr old with my help. I am beyond excited to have finally been able to make one of these. I'll post mine another time.

I'm kinda lucky she wanted to put it on. I've been using this fabric for years and have just a small scrap left. I'll be donating it- I can't bear to make one more green ladybug anything.

Here is an after the fall and after the fix. This funky duct tape worked great to hide the glue. I will have to come up with a prettier option when I have more time.

Another process not product photo. There is some serious beading going on. I picked up a super cool multi-pack of glow in the dark beads to add to the fun. I can't tell you how much I love anything that glows in the dark!

CAUTION- Shield your eyes! Protect small children! When I showed this to a critical 8 yr old, she screamed "oh yuck! Get that thing away from me- I don't want my eyes to see it! It is so ugly!"
I thought a new bag to hold my knitting would be fun since I've been able to knit again. I used this pattern because I had some cotton webbing on hand and I was too lazy to make real handles and turn them. The top part to insert the handles works great with webbing! I may add a snap in the center. It also has a couple of pockets inside.

'Angel Bag'. Link to pattern: http://testerlola.blogspot.com/2008/04/angel-bag-tutorial.html