Murphy

Very generous of you to do this for your BF's office. They are great.

amma

Wonderful gifts! They will be greatly appreciated :D:D:D

leiladylei54

What a nice gift to be giving. And using corn??? Where do you purchase the corn?

Sweetness

I made hand warmers earlier last week for some of the guys who work outside because it's so cold. I had made a set for my bf and he was hmmm can you make a few more pair...they loved them! I used rice in those however because they were small.

Sweetness

If you need some made, just let me know. I bet however, you could make them REALLY easy yourself!

Sweetness

I wouldn't suggest using anything other than 100% cotton materials. The fleece, minkie, etc tend to sweat for some reason. I used 100% material, muslin, chenille, and flannel.

My favorites are the chenille...I think they do up the nicest.

Sweetness

Extra Clean Deer Corn. You can find it at Walmart or Academy Sports (year round) in the hunting department. 40lb bag $6. You can get about 30 from two bags (depending on the size you make).

You can also get deer corn at the feed store, but my understanding is that is often more a "feed" quality and may contain a higher % of cobs, insects, etc. But the extra clean doesn't.

leiladylei54

TY for the info regarding the corn. So much for trying this idea out....no such thing as "deer corn" in Hawaii. And certainly can't use that feed store corn (if I could find it as we have so much more insects than most places). Sigh....

RedGarnet222

You have been a busy little santa's helper! These are very nice! I hope you get pictures of the delivery.

Sweetness

Thanks for all the kind words. Ya'll are so sweet. I wanted someone to be excited about them for me and I knew ya'll would. Hopefully, at least the ladies at the job will...not so sure about the guys, but I tried :)

Some of you have asked about a pattern. I looked online and tried several variations. The finally one that I like the best and is SUPER east to put together is this:

COVER:
-Backing Fabric (1)(cut whatever size you want) Ex: 9x18
-Contrast Fabric(2)(cut both3" longer than backing) Ex: 9x21
-Sew double roll a 1/4" seam on the short ends of both the contrast fabric pieces.
-Place backing fabric right side up on table.
-Lay (1) contrast fabric piece face down on top of the backing fabric with the seam towards the middle. Then take the other piece of contrast fabric and lay it on the other end with the seam towards the middle. This should make a sandwich with right sides together and the two seams overlapping each other by approximately 3".
-Sew around the edges of the entire sandwich, clip corners, turn inside out.

INSERT:
-Use muslin and cut a folded piece the same size as your backing fabric (but it will be twice as long) ie: 9x36
- With wrong sides together, sew down the long sides of the piece to form a big tube. Turn inside out.
- Find the center of the tube and sew a line lengthwise to create two tubes.
- Fill each of the tubes with feed corn. Making sure to leave approximaltey 3-3.5" of room at the top.
- Sew the tube closed a 1/4" from the opening.
- Fold top over and create a double seam. I sew over this 3x to ensure it is secure.

Then wiggle your corn pack into your fabric cover. It's a tight fit but it will go...just have to manuver the corn around a bit.

Then add an instruction card. If you're doing something smaller/bigger, adjust the warming times...(test them yourself 1st).

Hope this makes sense...enjoy :) I'll try to answer any questions you have. You can fill these with rice or flaxseed too. I like the corn because it's inexpensive, heat stays longers and the heft of it feels good on cramps, etc. If I make small ones then I use rice. You can add oils or herbs too just depends on how fancy you want to get!

Happy Holidays!