My MIL's birthday is tomorrow and every year it is a challenge to figure out what to give to her.  As she has some lower back issues I thought about making her a heating pad that she can heat up in the microwave.  I found an excellent tutorial from Abbie of The Green Wife for a Heating Pad Tutorial.

 It finishes up at 18" x 7" and took me just about an hour to make.

Sure hope she likes it.  Oh well, I'm making her a cake too so my chances are good that she'll be happy.
Ciao~
Susan