Benjamin Smiles: Tribute to a Beloved Son Benjamin Mollett loved the bright novelty prints he selected for the quilts and pillows his mother, Vicki, made for him. Tragically, the day before Thanksgiving, 1999, Vicki and Arnold Mollett lost their six-year old son, Benjamin, to lung cancer. During Benjamin’s traumatic year of chemotherapy and hospitalization, sewing [...]
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Benjamin Smiles Pillows
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Chemo Beret
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Gail Brown’s Creative Kindness Beret Dedication: Celebrating the generous spirit of Jean Ann Harding (11/5/21 – 7/17/96), who always made time to help others. Losing your hair doesn’t have to mean losing hope—or dignity. But Nancy and I soon discovered that comfortable, fashionable head coverings are in short supply. Basic sewing skills and a willing [...]
Chemo Turbans
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Production Sewing of Chemotherapy Turbans by Maryen Rogers, Searcy, AR Here’s a turban so simple to make that 15 members of my sewing club completed 191 of them in a single day. Before gathering at our favorite store, I had cut out most of the turbans from leftover donated fabric pieces and from a bolt [...]
Chemo Scarves
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Note from Nancy This column appeared in the May 2005 issue of Sew News, part of a quarterly series by Gail Brown called “Giving Back.” Learn about other inspiring people and their projects—and how you, too, can make a difference-in our book and companion video Creative Kindness. Would you or your group like to sew [...]
