Making Corn heating bags

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How to make your own basic style microwave feed corn heating bagsInstructions for cutting:Start with 45 inch wide cotton fabric, and as long as you want. Snip the edge of the fabric every 9 inches. Tear off a 9 inch wide strip for each bag you want to make. Cut the strip in half along the fold line, so each piece is 9 inches wide by 22 or 23 inches long. The two pieces don't have to be exactly the same length. You can also take a fat quarter and tear it in half. Use one fat quarter for each corn bag and matching pillow sham. Making the pillow sham:Take one of the two pieces to use as the pillow sham. Serge the short ends to give it a finished look. If you are using the sewing machine, fold the ends under towards the wrong side, and make a narrow hem at

each end. Place the fabric on the table, right side up. Fold one short end over, 3 1/4 inches. Now, fold the other short end over, and bring it up so that it overlaps about an inch and a half past the other short edge. Serge or sew the raw side edges closed. Turn right side out. Ideally, you should use cotton thread, but polyester thread will be okay. Rayon and Nylon threads haven't been tested. Do not use metallic threads. Making the corn bag:Fold the remaining piece of fabric in half. The folded size should be 9x11 inches. If serging, fold wrong sides together. Serge down one long side, across the folded bottom, and up the other side. Leave the top open. If using the sewing machine, fold right sides together, sew 3 sides (including the folded edge), then turn right side out. Measure out 4 level cups of corn, and put in the bag. Sew

or serge the last side closed. Cut the fabric off with the serger (or fold inside and sew) about a half inch to an inch, to make the finished bag the same size as the pillow sham.Getting the bag ready to use:Heat the bag 3 times, at 3 minutes each. Let it cool between each time. This will kill any critters, eggs, or spores that may be present, and will remove the initial excess moisture.If using in a hospital, store the bags near a microwave that isn't used for food, to help reduce the risk of infection. That will encourage people to only use that microwave for heating the corn bags. Some hospitals have a microwave that's used exclusively for bath washcloths, and that one can be used for the cornbags as well. If a patient gets germs on a corn bag, and you reheat it, you probably wouldn't want to put your lunch in the same microwave, and if your lunch splatters, you probably wouldn't want to get

food all over the corn bags. It's okay to use them in the same microwave as your food at home. Place a sign at eye level, explaining how long to heat the bags initially, as well as how long to reheat them. Your sign should also instruct people to use a Ziploc bag between the corn bag and the outer slipcover. Be sure to put a box of Ziploc bags nearby. Finally, you should have a container for dirty outer covers, so that when people return the corn bags, they'll have a convenient place to put the outer covers, and won't just reuse them on another patient. I used a plastic bath basin, and wrote "dirty corn bag cases" on it with a black marker. Heating instructions:When heating for use on adults who are awake, alert, have normal sense of feeling, and are capable of moving the bags, do not heat more than 2 minutes. If an adult is not capable of repositioning or moving the bag

offthemselves, or if they have poor circulation or poor sense of feeling (as many diabetics do), don't heat more than a minute and a half, or they could be burned. The "official" heating time should be one minute to a minute anda half on your sign. The bag stays warm for an hour or two. When used as a bed warmer, most patients will fall asleep before it cools off. When reheating a bag that isn't completely cooled, only reheat for one minute. If you use a different amount of corn, you will need to experiment to see how long to heat it. Do not use on infants. After heating, place the bag in a new plastic Ziploc bag. This will protect the bag from being soiled by any wounds, sweat, or other body fluids. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats

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