More Infant Loss Gowns

I have been busy making more gowns for Credit Valley Hospital. I had to stop to work on three requests for Feel Better Friends.
Credit for the patterns I use goes to,  Carewear, Preemie Burial Gown pattern, by Bonnie Hagerman
http://carewear.org/content/assets/sewing/preemie_burial_gown.pdf
and the short gown is from Mamma That Makes
http://mammathatmakes.blogspot.ca/2014/04/burial-gown-free-sewing-pattern-for.html

This is the donated wedding gown that has provided much of the fabric and lace for the gowns I have made.

Information on Feel Better Friends

Good morning, wherever you are. I finally got all the Feel Better Friend information in one place. Please share with your online community.

Please save this image and share it with your local hospital, Ronald MacDonald House, doctor's office etc. 

All the links in one place.

These are the requests I have filled in 2015 

If you are looking for a wonderful family of crafters and would like to be involved in a very sastifying charity I would encourage you to look us up on Facebook. 

Feel Better Friends

Feel Better Friend dolls are made by volunteers and provided free of charge for children with life altering conditions and complex illnesses. These are the dolls I have made so far this year.

Infant Loss Burial Gowns

Large size ( full term)

Small

Medium

These are the first 6 Infant Loss Gowns I have made for the group "Hats Off To Liz."
The gowns are made, in some cases, from wedding gowns that have been donated.

Carl wanted me to make something for a boy. Has has other ideas too.

extra small

small

Welshies love Dragons

Welshies love all dragons, especially red ones. I started this back in March, but it was always too big for my liking. Finally, I restarted with a finer yarn and I am happy with the result. Once a month I join a group of wonderful ladies who make and donate chemo caps in memory of a woman named Liz.

I first heard of them through my friend Sandy, back when Carl was in the hospital in 2013. I made and donated some monster hats for children at that time.
My personal goal was to make 12 unique hats styled for children in 2015. This is my donation for October's get together. This is my 15th hat for this year.
My hat was photobombed by the cat, Whisper.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Susanlacewing/dragon-hat

Information on "Róisín Dubh" Shawl

The pattern for the shawl in the previous post is available on Ravelry.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vining-roses
Then I used the edging from this pattern:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/teasdale

There are project notes on my Ravelry page here:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Susanlacewing

Thanks for the comment, It is much appreciated.

 Had to share this wonderful picture on this chilly Canadian autumn morning.

Róisín Dubh (Black Roses) Shawl

Kicking off the month of October by finishing off another project. I knit the body of the shawl from June to July 2014. Then I started the edging on the shawl  Aug 2014, knit some more in Dec 2015, then more in Jan 2015, put it aside, back at it in July 2015, finally in September I said, " I have to finish this." Ta Dah!!

Doll Making

I have been making dolls for the Feel Better Friends Project. More information will follow. in the mean time go to www.fbfdolls.org.

for Skyla Rose, she wanted a princess.

for Alejandra

for Faith

Designing a mermaid. A special request.

Caps for cancer kids

Bumble

Oscar & Slimy

Ice Princess

Princess Rose Petal

Princess Buttercup

Some of the chemo caps I have made lately for children. The crowns are crochet from cotton and stiffened with a mixture of 50% white glue and 50% water. I tied them on with ribbons so they can be removed.

She's baaack!

I have been away for far too long. Something happened and most of my pictures disappeared from the blog. I have no idea why but will try to reconstruct some of them.
I have been tremendously busy over the past year with the Feel Better Friends Project.
More on that later.
Suffice it to say. I am going to be posting at least once a week from now on. I have some patterns and ideas to share.
To those of you who have hung around, thank you for stopping by and checking up on me.