- Dream Pillows:
Dreaming The Night Away
- BY PIONEER THINKING
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Dream pillows
have been around for many many years, it was common place for
our grandmothers to stitch up a headache pillow to erase the
pain of headaches or have a dream pillow on every bed filled
with natures bountiful herbs and flowers.
- Materials:
- 100% Cotton
or Silk Fabric 5" x 5" (or slightly larger if you wish)
- Mesh bag for
herbal insert (muslin
is a perfect type of fabric for this project)
- Herbs &
Flowers:1 part Rose Petals, 1 part Dried Chamomile, 1 part Dried
Lavender
- Essential
Oils : choose any of the following - Yarrow, Sandlewood, Jasmine,
Geranium, Basil, Lavender, Peppermint or Rose. 5-7 drops.
- 2 teaspoons
Orris Root (fixative to retain scents)
- Needle &
Thread
- Velcro
- Pillow stuffing
- Directions:
- 1. Cut your
fabric into 2 pieces, one for the top of the pillow, the other
for the bottom.
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- 2. Sew the
pieces together with the wrong side of the fabric on the outsides.
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- 3. Sew 3 sides
together then turn inside out so right sides are now showing.
4. Fill a mesh
bag with the mixture of the flowers, herbs, orris root, and a
few drops of essential oil, tie off with a string.
- 5. Place inside
your pillow form and fill with pillow stuffing...don't overpack
as it needs air circulation to release some of the scents.
6. Finish
pillow off by adding velcro to the open end of the pillow, this
will allow you access to change the herbs and flowers when needed
or to wash the pillow itself.
Its best to
keep the pillow in a flat shape not round. It will be inserted
into a regular pillowcase for a scentsational nights sleep.
"Sweet
Dreams"
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