Originally Posted by
MadQuilter
...Princess, those bags are cute. How does the beads part work - do you string your own, or buy necklaces, or what?
The kids get the beads at the hospital. They get a certain type bead for every procedure they have to undergo. Some kids string them, some just store them in the bags. Sadly some children accumulate hundreds. My cousin belongs to a bead guild and they were contacted by the charity to make special beads for particularly difficult procedures.
Since lots of folks have many hobbies, some of the people from her guild were also making the bags & she gave me some labels to get me started.