Thursday, 4 September 2025

Sleep masks for the operation

First of all if you read my blog regularly and i know several thousand people from around the planet are regular visitors, I am truly sorry to have let you down with my recent very slack blogging. 

I have been sewing and knitting and playing with a flower loom but because I have tomorrow got my hip replacement I have concentrated on the sewing rather than my blog. 

After the op I will not be allowed to sew for at least 6 weeks so in that time my plan is to get to it and update my blog because I have been collecting photos of my makes so there is loads to show you.

Because my last op I was harassed by other patients who just had to talk to me even when I was obviously listening to music with my head phones on and really did not feel up to socialising I have this time made a sleep mask. Then hopefully they will leave me alone. Yes that is antisocial but seriously some people just want to chatter incessantly and I really felt ill after the last op.

Hopefully a sleep mask and headphones will put them off. I might of course get nicer people in with me this time. 

Anyway just in case I decided to make a sleep mask. Or a friend suggested it. It's a free pattern from the UK burdastyle website. 
Fabric of the best version is woven cotton camo one side then French terry the other.
I did attempt one in just French terry but it's s bit dodgy and wavy round the edges. Probably needs interfacing but I only need this for one day and its tomorrow so  Ijust sewed this as is. Never mind. I only need one and the woven one will work well.
Here you can see the French terry version,  woven and French terry lined and the pattern piece.
These are so simple to make. 
Have a lovely week and I promise to be back soon with lots of sewn makes. And it should be much easier to sew again in a few weeks because in all honesty it's been difficult for at least 6 months now.  Tomorrow the surgeons will fix me. If it's as good as my right leg it will be amazing.
Thanks for visiting and take care
Back soon
Bracken