Rice Bag Scarflett

Hailey has super bad TMJ.....if that's even what we should call it. It started out that way and eventually she found out she had some bone loss around her Temporomandibular area, which causes her A LOT of pain and is a huge pain in her side....or side of her jaw, head and neck area.

So winter is upon us, and her and winter are not the best of friends. She has to wear a scarf and hat whenever she goes outside. She holds her hands up to her cheeks like the kid in Home Alone and runs from the outside to the inside.

Pretty sure that's how she looks too!! 

Think about it.....what do you do when you go outside and it's cold???
Tense up right? She puts tension on her jaw, then one thing leads to the next and she has got the world's worst headache......so I came up with a solution.

Hailey: I hate winter and don't want it to come.
Me: Me either.
Hailey: At least you don't have a jaw problem and get headaches all winter.
Me: True. I wish there was a way you could heat up your scarf to keep your jaw warm. You could wrap those little hand warmers in your scarf and it will be nice and toasty warm! 
Wait! That gives me an idea. Why don't I make you a rice heat bag scarf!!!!

The idea was born and came to pass

She LOVES the Yankees, so we picked some fabric up at Joanns

You'll need:

fabric 26x12 (mine is fleece)

rice ( I used a little more than 1/2 of a 32 oz. bag)

thread to match

button of your choice (I got mine at Hobby Lobby)

I folded the fabric in half---hot dog way:)

 with right sides together, then sewed up the edge.

I also sewed an end together while I was at it.

Turn your fabric right side out

This is where you want to decide how many sections of rice you want.

I sewed a line down the middle of the tube length wise to make the sections smaller

I then sectioned that fabric into 4 inch sections making 6 total sections

I filled the tube up with rice, then sewed a line and kept repeating.

Here you can see the first 3 sections

I did 5 sections with rice. The last section I didn't put rice in because I needed to make the button hole.

I tucked the end in and sewed together

I tried the whole button hole with the sewing machine thing and it DID NOT work for me.

That will be a later project.

I basically marked the spot I needed the hole and cut

I was a little worried about the ends continuing to rip to I sewed little fastening stitches to help

On the other end (with the rice), I marked the place and sewed the button on

Good-bye pain in the jaw

Hello winter!