Re: A Piece of Paper

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> ...... What piece of paper (no printed patterns,you silly thing!) have you
>used as an impromptu pattern, and what did you create?  

       I think the strangest thing I have ever made a pattern for is an ostomy
bag!  My DSis (who crossed the Rainbow Bridge a number of years ago) had
bladder cancer and had to have a urostomy -- removal of the bladder.  As a
result she had to wear a urinary ostomy bag.  The bags were made of plastic and
were worn right against her skin and she would break out something fierce from
the plastic.
   I took one of her new bags and used it to make a pattern for making cotton
covers for the bag.  It was quite a challenge as they had to be thin enough
that they weren't bulky under her clothes yet be sturdy enough that they could
be laundered and bleached regularly.  They also had to be made so that they
*stayed* on the bag but were easy to put on and take off!  The cover had to be
changed daily but not the ostomy bag.  This meant she had to be able to get
those little fabric covers onto the bag that was stuck to her skin about 3"
below her waist on her left side.  Truly a challenge!!
   I ended up making them out of 100% cotton knit that was a *very* good
quality.  They had sort of an envelope opening and were just sewn together on
the serger.  DSis has been gone almost 8 years now but I still have that paper
pattern!  CiaoMeow >^;;^<
.
PAX, Tia Mary   >^;;^<     Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!   
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