I saw a pattern and instructions on how to make the "cool tie". Had I only known what summer would bring, I would have made a lot of them this spring. Right now I am waiting for the local nursery to get more of the polymer filling to put inside.
Very easy to make, good way to use up some of your larger fabric scraps...They take 1/4 of a yard and the filling. Very easy and quick. Since most all of our family members are gardeners and outdoor people...I plan to make more for stocking stuffers. The pattern on >organizedchristmas.com<

I changed my bulbs out the florecent bulbs bought at Wal-Mart not too expenxive they are a lot cooler. this really helped be. also cuts down on electric bill hope this helps.

The best thing I found for light is I had a solar tube installed. it is much like a sky light except it does not have any heat lost or gain, that makes it wonderful to have and gives a daylight effect in the whole room. Being a widow I had to have someone install it for me. Lowes sells them much cheaper if you have a do-it-yourselfer to work with it. Even it you have to have it installed it is under a thousand dollars and uses no engery so a good investment if you can get one. I sure enjoy seeing.

Those curly lights are called "compact flourescent bulbs"----much cooler, use less energy, but some do give off a bluish light.
Halogen bulbs are VERY bright but hotter than blazes and the new LED lights (remember the new tiny Christmas light bulbs?)..are much whiter...no heat and VERY EXPENSIVE NOW...but the cost will be coming down in the next few years..
Perhaps you could replace a few of the bulbs with CFL (compact flourescents) for now so it would be cooler---just remember to look at colors in the sunlight...maybe one LED--it will last forever...

(I actually have learned something at my new job--wow! LOL!)

The ice and fan will put lots of humidity in your room. Not good as it will make the A.C. work that much harder. A.C. works by pulling humidity out of the air. It defeats the purpose to have wet items drying or water standing in rooms you are trying to cool with A.C.

I've had the same problem, and I'm about to start replacing bulbs with fluorescents, as much as I dislike them. Discount stores, a few at a time.

We have gradually replaced every light bulb in our home with the more energy efficient ones. We just replaced as the old ones burned out. They produce no heat, last about 10 times longer and are very energy efficient. They are expensive to buy all at once, so we just bought a couple at a time and replaced as they died.
In the sunroom/sewing room, we have pot lights in the ceiling, plus a ceiling fan. They even make the bulbs (like spotlights) in the more energy efficient ones. Helps reduce the heat tremendously since that room is on the west side of our house.

Ceiling fan installed in my sewing room has made all the difference in the world.

Go to Wal-mart and look for the herbal yellow on box medication which will help with your Hot Flashes and night sweats too. Next time I go there will get the name for you and e-mail you privately. This is over the counter product.

My sewing room is in a finished attic eave, on the west side, with dark roof (never again). The central ac quit upstairs, and right now I keep kool by using a fan on a tall pedestal that occilates, and a ceiling fan. I use limited artificial light. My suggestion would to use only the lights that you need in the area that you are working. Unless you are doing close work, you do not need bright lights. I get hot when using my sewing machine, so I only sew in the morning.