Monday, October 01, 2007

Homemade Needle Holder

I started giving flu shots today, so in addition to the normal (ranges from hectic to insane) workday filling prescriptions, I'm jabbing people in the arm. I gave about 40 shots today, that's a lot of shoulders to torture.

Some of my creative energy is going towards managing the pharmacy. It's odd to think of managing as creative, but some of the planning and organizing feels similar.

I can't remember if I've posted about the needle holder before.
-The fabric is from upholstery sample fabrics from a thrift store.
-The ribbon is from the country fair.
-The numbers are written on the elastic in Sharpie. I'm pretty sure that is mentioned in the book of couture sewing techniques I'm reading right now.
-The pattern is based on needle holders that I inherited from my grandmother.



The only tricky part was figuring out that I had to sew the channels before I put the front and back panels together.