WELCOME
WELCOME BACK TO MUSIC MORNING EXTRA. YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE WRAPPED BLANKETS.
WHAT'S VERY SPECIAL ABOUT THESE
ITEMS IS THAT THESE ITEMS WILL
BE USED TO HELP ANIMALS WHO WERE
BURNED IN THE BUSHFIRES WHICH
ARE CURRENTLY RAVAGING AUSTRALIA
.HOW WAS ALL THE SEWING GETTING
DONE? WELL, MEET THESE SPECIAL
LADIES. I'M KAREN NEWBERRY HERE
ALONG WITH HER BEAUTIFUL, VERY
TALENTED DAUGHTERS HERE, MADISON
AND RACHELLE OVER THERE. FIRST,
KAREN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. MY GOODNESS. HAVE YOU
BEEN BUSY? YES, WE HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY BUSY. SO YOU ALREADY
OWN A SEWING COMPANY RIGHT HERE
IN SAN DIEGO. BUT THEN ON SUNDAY
,I HEARD THAT YOU SAW A SOCIAL
MEDIA POST THAT INSPIRED YOU TO
SORT OF DROP WHAT YOU WERE DOING
AND TAKE IT IN A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN I SAW THE POST, I
REALIZED THEY ACTUALLY NEED
PEOPLE SEWING AND SO I ASKED
THE GIRLS IF THEY WANTED TO JOIN
AND THEY JUMPED RIGHT ON BOARD.
AND WE STARTED WITH THE BAT REPS
,THE BAT WRAP. SO MADISON, DO
YOU MIND IF I ASK WHAT IS A BAD
RAP AND I CAN HOLD THIS FOR YOU
OF THAT RAP. SO BASICALLY YOU
SEW UP AND THEN ONE SIDE HAS A
PILLOW AND THEY HUG THE PILLOW
AND THEN YOU ROLL IT, YOU ROLL
THEM IN IT AND THEN IT ACTS LIKE
THEIR MOTHERS. OH, MY GOODNESS.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE MICHELLE
OVER HERE UNFOLD THAT SO WE CAN
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND IT
ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A BLANKET WITH
A PILLOW SEWN INTO IT ON THAT
ONE SIDE AND THEN SHOW HOW THAT
THE BAT WOULD GO INTO AND BE
ROLLED UP. CAN YOU SHOW WE WOULD
BASICALLY LIKE HUG THE PILLOW?
DO YOU WANT TO USE YOUR PROPS
FOR IT? OH, YEAH. THEY'RE A
LITTLE STUFFED ANIMAL AS
THE DEMONSTRATION. OK. AND THEN
YOU BASICALLY CHANGE THE WAY YOU
ROLL THE BAT RIGHT INTO IT. AND
KAREN, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD? HOW
WAS THIS HELPING THEM? IF
THEY'RE BURNED, THAT WOULD KIND
OF PROVIDE COMFORT AND IT
PROVIDES COMFORT. THEY'VE LOST
THEIR HOMES. SOME OF THEM HAVE
LOST THEIR MOTHERS. COMFORT PART
IS THE SNUGGLY FABRIC,
THE FLANNEL OR FLANNEL ET BUT A
LOT OF IT IS JUST CARING FOR
THEM NOW THAT THEY'RE
ESSENTIALLY HOMELESS. YEAH,
THEY'RE ALMOST ORPHANED. AND
THEN I ALSO NOTICE AND AND
MEDICINE, IF YOU WANT TO START
SEWING AND WE CAN GET SOME VIDEO
OF YOU DOING THAT TOO BECAUSE
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE TALENT
COMES IN HERE. SO A STRAIGHT
LINE IS LIKE BEYOND WHAT I'M
ABLE TO DO. BUT THAT'S ALL IT IS
FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
RIGHT? YES. YEAH. IT'S MEASURING
AND OF COURSE, FABRIC THAT WE
ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE
HAVE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN
CENTIMETERS WHICH FOR US WE'RE
USED TO SEWING AND INCHES AND
YARDS BUT IT'S 25 CENTIMETERS BY
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
CENTIMETERS FOR THE FABRIC.
HOLDEN HALF. SO THAT TOGETHER
AND THERE YOU GO. NOW I ALSO
NOTICED MICHELLE, WHAT'S THIS
OVER HERE? WHAT DOES THAT ONE DO
?SO BASICALLY THE ANIMAL CAN
JUST GO INSIDE THE LITTLE POCKET
AND THEN IT JUST STAYS WARM AND
COZY. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A
LITTLE COMFORT ZONE FOR
THE ANIMAL. YEAH, LIKE A LITTLE
SLEEPING BAG. I LOVE THAT.
THAT'S SO COOL. AND IT LOOKS SO
TIDY. BUT WE THINK OF
THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
ANIMALS IMPACTED BY THESE FIRES
AND THEY WOULD LOVE SOME MORE TO
PROBABLY FEEL SAFE AND COZY. HOW
HARD IS IT TO DO ALL THIS SEWING
?IS THAT HARD? IT'S KIND HARD
TO TAKE INTO MEDIA. OK. OK. SO
THERE YOU GO. AND AS FAR AS HOW
MANY HAVE YOU DONE PERSONALLY?
HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN SO FAR?
I'VE SOLD ABOUT LIKE FIVE, SIX
OR SEVEN. GREAT. OK. SO YOU'VE
BEEN HARD AT WORK. THAT ISN'T
HOW MANY HAVE YOU DONE AS YOU
WRAP UP THIS ONE HERE? I THINK
FIVE OR SIX. SO YOU'VE BEEN BUSY
,TOO. KAREN, YOU WOULD LOVE
PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP
OUT AS WELL. WHAT CAN FOLKS DO
TO HELP MAKE SOME OF THESE?
THE BAT WRAPS IN THE LITTLE
POCKETS. IT'S A MIX OF ANYTHING
.THAT'S THE NICE PART ABOUT
THIS. IF YOU'RE TALENTED, IF YOU
SO IF IT WAS TALENTED, IF YOU SO
YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME STOP BY,
GRAB FABRIC AND START SEWING
THESE YOURSELF. SOME PEOPLE
CHOOSE TO DONATE MONEY THAT GOES
TOWARDS SHIPPING TONS OF PEOPLE
.I MEAN, I SPENT THE WHOLE DAY
YESTERDAY GOING THROUGH E-MAILS
,SENDING INFORMATION ON HOW
THEY CAN GET FABRIC OR FINISHED
GOODS TO ME. SO I HAVE PEOPLE
SENDING PILLOWCASES CLEANED. OF
COURSE THEY'RE SENDING FLANNEL.
THEY'RE SENDING COTTON. ANY
REMNANT FABRICS THAT THEY HAVE
THE SELFHOOD HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
CONTACTED ME AND SAID, HEY, IF
YOU NEED FABRIC, LET US KNOW
WHAT YOU CAN READ. I KNOW. SO.
THEY'RE SEWING THEIR STUFFING
THE PILLOW PARTS PORTION OF
THE BAT WRAP. SO I KNOW YOU CAN
PROBABLY USE SOME MORE HANDS AND
HELP TO DO THAT. HERE'S WHAT
WE'LL DO. WE WILL PUT
THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEB SITE
,THE CW SAN DIEGO DOT COM AND
LET PEOPLE KNOW RIGHT THERE
WHERE THEY CAN LINK UP WITH YOU
IN CASE YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP WITH
THIS PROJECT AS WELL. BY THE WAY
,WHAT YOU NORMALLY ARE SEWING,
THOUGH, ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL
APRONS OVER HERE AND SEE BABY
BIBS AND OTHER THINGS. WE TOOK A
BREAK FROM DOING THIS AND THEN
STARTED DOING ANIMAL CARE
PRODUCTS. SO THIS IS REALLY COOL
.YOU'RE A BUSY LADY. I'M
DEFINITELY BUSY, BUT I LOVE TO.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT
FIVE YEARS NOW AS A BUSINESS AND
I HAVE A HUGE PASSION FOR IT.
WHICH IS MAKES IT EASY JUST LIKE
THE GIRLS FELL RIGHT ALONG. SO
YEAH. YOU AND I'M GETTING TOSSED
OVER HERE. IS THIS A HEADBAND?
YES. THAT IS A REALLY STAY WHERE
WE'RE AT. SO LIKE ROSIE
THE RIVETER I MAKE ROSIE RAPS.
THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY STRETCHY SO
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TIE IT INTO
YOUR HAIR AND THEN YOU CAN
ACTUALLY TAKE THIS BOW OFF AND
PUT ON ANY OTHER BODY, OTHER
MATCHING. SO WE HAVE ROSIE
THE RIVETER. WE ALSO HAVE KAREN
,THE REAL LIFE ANGEL OVER HERE
WHO IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE
FOR ANIMALS RIGHT NOW. AND
AUSTRALIA. LADIES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN
HELPING MOM OUT WITH THIS
PROJECT. AS WELL, BY THE WAY.
HOW DID YOU GET THE STUFF TO
AUSTRALIA AND YOU SHIP IT? WE'RE
SHIPPING AND THE ANIMAL RESCUE
CRAFT GUILD. THERE IS A BUNCH OF
INFORMATION. THERE IS A US ONE
AND AN AUSTRALIAN ONES LIKE SHIP
STRAIGHT TO AUSTRALIA OR I CAN
SHIP TO THE CLOSEST HUB HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES. AND THEY WILL
SHIP INTERNATIONALLY AND THEY'LL
DO IT THERE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY
COULD USE YOUR MONETARY
DONATIONS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S
THE LATEST FROM STUDIO OVER HERE
.ERIC, I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU
.RIGHT. THEY ARE ANGEL. SOME
LIKE HALF A BILLION TO A BILLION
ANIMALS HAVE DIED OVER THERE. SO
THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. HOW
THEY'RE STEPPING UP. YOU SEE
THE VIDEO AND THE PICTURES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND I THINK THEY
ALL STOP US IN OUR TRACKS LIKE
WHOA, WHAT COULD WE DO THAT