What crafts can I do on bedrest?

jenifairies

I knit a bit. Crochet is not my thing. I could probably make bows if I can get a table set up for my glue gun. What else? I'm a sewer, and it sucks not being able to work on all my projects for DD and future DD#2.

baze2

what about organizing your photos..or saving them to a back up unit.

**I am a scrapbooker and find i don't have the time to plan ahead, back up photos or organize the old ones!

WA1215

If you have a laptop...try out pinterest   Its addicting, and really passes the time!

You might even find some crafts on there you could do from bed.

Otherwise, organizing photos is a great idea.

If you celebrate Christmas, you could make ornaments to give to your family this year.

franklintngirl

You could get a table that could roll to your bed like they have at the hospital and you could do bows there. You could knit cute hats or something for newborn pictures. You could start doing digital scrapbooking since you only need the laptop that has your pictures (I don't know anything about digital scrapbooking but I think there are posts here about it). You could do some hand sewn ornaments, browse pinterest for hours and get ideas of what to do when you can work on things. 

Shortcake2675

Hand sewing might be an option too.  

This book has lots of soft toys that could be hand sewn.

http://www.amazon.com/Wee-Wonderfuls-Dolls-Sew-Love/dp/1584798580

Also felt food would be fun too.  

Cross stitch?

Or you could hand piece a quilt from a precut kit. 

Justinlove

Hand sew!

charlatti

Focus on some knitting projects? If you keep a laptop nearby, you can get videos for any new stitch, and Ravelry is great for inspiration.

KristinMelissa

One of my friends was on bed rest for pretty much her entire pregnancy.  She was due right around Christmas so she made her whole family these beautiful hand sewn Christmas stockings... they were gorgeous and so special.  I wish I had a picture to show!

joeysgirl2008

Embroidery or cross stitch?

RoxBride

Ahhh, bedrest sucks.

I was in the hospital and found about all I could do was emboridery, because there are just too many interruptions to do cross stitch, and anything else like scrapbooking got so frustrating because you just couldn't keep enough supplies on a little table.

My Mom gave me lots of those little foam kits that make houses, ornaments. Cheesy, yes, but doable when on bedrest - yes!

daisy055202

hang in there mama.  I was there this summer and it was so frustrating when I had so many projects planned out.  I got my birth announcements list ready on my lap top and worked on a crochet blanket (could you try knitting?) and crochet his birth sampler.  Not sure what your BR is from but after about 3 weeks I got "quilting privileges" so I could sit up at the table and sew for a little while each day and finished his quilt and bedding after I could prove that we were stable enough and had gotten just a bit closer to full term.    My DH set up all my sewing stuff and a little pressing table for me in the kitchen really close to the couch so I could take frequent breaks, but of course we did all this with my OBs permission after a couple weeks.

jenifairies

Thanks ladies. I think I'm stuck until this LO hatches. I do like the idea of handsewing some things. That should be easy enough. I started knitting a scarf for my dd, and after this I'm going to attempt some hats. I have over 3 months to go if LO hangs in there, so plenty of time.