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A Special Thank You
by Teresa Wilts
Bundles of Love would like to extend a special thank you to Marilee Sagat and the St. Paul Needleworkers chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America.
For their June meetings, this group of talented needleworkers held baby showers for us. Members of the group brought in diapers, baby soap, lotion, baby clothes, fabric and monetary gifts. We contributed some plain fleece blankets, hats and mitts, and some burial gowns, and members of the group took them home to embellish.
Mary Jo Prinsen spoke to both groups about Bundles of Love, and at the second meeting, some of the needleworkers had already turned in their finished projects, which were absolutely lovely.
Some of our regular volunteers might remember when they first joined Bundles of Love thinking about what fancy things they were going to make. Now we’re so busy concentrating on mass producing we don’t always have time to embellish our projects. It was really nice to be able to mass produce the plain garments and blankets and have them come back looking gorgeous!
Thank you so much!
Questions Regarding Flammability & Fire Safety
Some volunteers have asked about using non-flame resistant fabrics in the garments that we make and donate for infants.
The Flamability Fabrics Act was passed by Congress in 1953. There have been several amendments to the original ruling.
In 1996, the CPSC further ruled to exempt children’s tight-fitting sleepwear and infant sized 0-9 months sleepwear garments from meeting the flame retardant requirements. Part of the rationale for the change was that infants of this size are not as mobile as older infants and children, which would presumably make clothing less likely to ignite.
Since we are constructing newborn sized garments, our items do meet CPSC (Consumer Products Safety Commission) requirements. However, our board of directors is reviewing this information to determine whether, as a public service, we should include information with each bundle to help educate parents.
The information would remind families receiving the bundles that safety experts recommend that children not be allowed to sleep in loose-fitting or oversized garments due to the risk that the garments may more easily ignite and cause severe burn injuries.
You can obtain detailed information regarding the Standards for the Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear 16 C.F.R. Parts 1615 and 1616 from the CPSC website at www.cpsc.gov.
New Patterns
In recent months, Ruth Volk has modified the bib and gown patterns, and created a new hooded jacket pattern with raglan sleeved.
The snapped bib pattern was modified to be bigger around the neck.
The gown pattern was made simpler for cutting and sewing, by making both the back and the front pieces the same. We also modified the sleeve to be identical to the sleeper sleeve. If you have a small piece of fabric left over after cutting, go ahead and cut some sleeves – they can now be coordinated with both the sleeper and the gown.
The preemie open front gown pattern has also been added to the web site patterns for downloading.
We are working on testing a larger sized newborn sleeper pattern based on some feedback we’ve received about babies quickly growing out of it.
Visit the Patterns page for updated patterns and downloadable patterns.
Preemie Size Measurements
Sandy Eding kindly shared measurements which she uses to make birth-size dolls for parents of preemies, for hospitals, and for charity use. Her “Rough” Sizing Chart can be found at:
www.macatawa.org/~eding/sizingchart.html
You can read more about Sandy’s amazing ministry at her web-site:
PREEMIE
DOLLS -
www.macatawa.org/~eding/dolls.html
If you visit Sandy’s web-site, make sure to check out her photos of kids holding their custom-made birth size dolls. They are amazing! What a wonderful keepsake!
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