more sewing projects
July 15, 2008
Cause I don’t have enough that I’ve got to get done.
I’ve got 2 more pair of shorts for the oldest, 3 for #2 and a pair of pants for each of the older boys (that I think I’ll hold off on until fall). Despite that I am dreaming up more to do. I know. I need to find a different fix!!
The current project(s) I am planning have to do with my #4 child. He likes weighted things like stuffed animals etc. Today at OT I asked about the possibility of a weighted blanket to help him regulate. They had a weighted vest that she had him wear during table time. He put it on and kept it on the whole time. I was really surprised at how he took to it. He did say that it “pushed” him “down” but that wasn’t quite a complaint. SOOO I’ve been researching them. Yeah. It’s a vest with some pockets inside with velcro to put the “weights” in. The weights? Nylon, leatherish “bags” filled with a specific weight of sand and sewn shut. That’s it. I think I can just run to the thrift store and buy an old men’s vest and add a couple pockets in front and in back for the weights and I’ll have a vest! The blanket I’m not as sure about. I don’t know how easy that’s going to be, but the average price for a SMALL weighted blanket is over fifty bucks and I’m just not spending that much on something I could probably throw together with a couple of old quilts and some velcro. We’ll see.
I will probably start with a stuffed animal (to use as a lap pad) and then move up to the vest, then the blanket, if the previous things work. Here’s hoping!
Peace!
