It is easy and cheap to make your own flax seed pillow. A flax seed pillow filled with lavender scent can make anyone feel pampered whether they lay the pillow on their eyes to relax and block out light or under their bed pillow for aromatherapy. The pillows can be heated in the microwave or chilled in the freezer to help muscle aches as well. A flax seed pillow is an easy to make gift that seems very special.
Instructions
1. Get enough flax seed to fill a pillow of the size you want to make. Some health food stores such as Whole Foods sell flax seeds in their bulk bin section for a low price per pound.
2. Decide if you want to use lavender oil or dried lavender. Dried lavender flowers can be mixed in with the flax seeds, but does not give off as much smell as crushed lavender flowers or oil. You can put dried lavender in a blender to create a powder for a potent aroma, but the powder then must be put in a tea bag so that it does not seep out of the pillow. Lavender oil can be used to coat the seeds.
3. In a bowl, mix your flax seed and lavender. If you are using oil, drop oil in different spots and stir for an even coating. If you are using crushed lavender in tea bags, you will need more than one.
4. Cut a piece of quality fabric twice as wide as you want the pillow. Silk and velvet are luxurious choices. Turn the fabric so that it is wrong side out and fold so that you have a rectangle.
5. With the wrong side facing out, sew the long side and one of the short sides of the pillow so that you have a rectangular pouch.
6. Turn the material right side out so that the pillow almost looks like the finished product, but with one open end.
7. Pour your flax seed and lavender mix into the open end of the pillow until it is 3/4 full. You want to have some empty space so that the seeds can move and form to the body part it is being laid upon.
8. Sew up the open end of the pillow.
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