#NeedleWorkMonday - Sewing For a Cause Part 2
Happy #NeedleWorkMonday everyone! If you missed Part 1 of Sewing For a Cause you might want to view it to catch up on what I’m doing.
The second part of my friends package consisted of this seatbelt cover! After a mastectomy that area is very sensitive and wearing a seatbelt could cause more pressure and pain. We want our loved ones to remain safe and wear their seatbelt but who wants to travel being that uncomfortable? This seatbelt cover is a solution for that. The tabs wrap around the seatbelt as the cushioned cover lays across your chest area reducing the pressure of the seatbelt.
Once again there were no patterns for these so we made our own and guessing the measurements. After cutting out the material we marked our measurements with a pencil. We labeled the seams as well as the sections that will be separated. When sewing the two pieces together you have to face the right sides together. My mother told me to sew over the lines we made so I would still see the sections from the wrong side.
After getting the three sections sewn it was time to stuff them with this stuffing tool. I love that this tool was included in the bag of poly fill because I didn’t have one. Stuffing these small openings wasn’t as hard as I thought but it was time consuming. I stuffed the last two rows at the same time filling each a little at a time so I wouldn’t have to start from the beginning again. That actually helped speed up time.
After every section was stuffed we made the tabs that will go around the seatbelt to hold the pillow against the chest area. We used Velcro to stick them on the cover and to close the loops. It made it easier and it worked just fine.
I wish we would have made it a little wider but my friend says it’s just fine. She loves it and says it is as helpful as the pillow. This is what makes it all worth it. Knowing these items are truly helping my friend and supporting her comfort really makes me happy and blessed to have been able to make them :)
I am now working on a few crocheted items to send her to complete my care package. I’ll try to make some time to share them but not sure since my time is limited and I want to send these to her soon . Thanks for following along and leaving your encouraging and supportive feedback, it really means a lot ~ 💓
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I love that you are making this for your friend it is such a wonderful idea, my mother has a pacemaker and the area around her chest is quite sensitive, she could definitely use something like this. I hope you are well my friend xx
Thank you. I just needed to contribute to her comfort somehow and I knew I could do so by making her something. Yes your mother could definitely benefit from using a cushion like this.
You are such a kind and caring person, I am sure your fried will so appreciate this care package
Initial results on my Daughter in law seem good the generic test came back negative which was goo, she needs to redo the MRI as it wasn’t conclusive but the Doctor feels its a good sign but wants to redo it, so t may just be a minor surgery if we are lucky so all the prayers must have helped :)
This is amazing news!!!!! I am so happy to hear this!!! xo
Thanks and sorry I should have told you as well :)
No problem. Now I know and am very happy.
Me to next week she has the MRI done again and let’s hope that goes as well as the Dr expects but either way it’s looking a lot better
Thank you for those sweet words.
Oh thank goodness! This is such great and relieving news. Thank you so much for sharing the update. Prayer does help for sure :)
ohh yes no doubting the power of Prayer, she has a follow up MRI tomorrow and then the Dr will decide the next cause of action:)
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Really nice idea and great job! I bet it works great and provides comfort!
Thank you! Yes she really loves it!
What a nice gesture. Bright and colorful, but also useful. Something personal like that, from a friend, certainly means a lot. I like the idea of Sewing for a Cause and people like you helping other people with sewing, that needs to be recognized.
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